iivsuperjay Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Got in my car this morning and started the engine fine, drove for no more than two miles and a beeping started, the abs light and the handbrake light lit up and then beeping continued, I've checked oil level and it's fine, can't see any obvious leaks however the engine light has now lit up also. Any help would be appreciated, trying to track down a obd reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 This seems to be quite a common issue that usually turns out to be an alternator fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iivsuperjay Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Plugged it into obd reader and it's reading code P0600 - serial communication link malfunction . Related to the electronic control module and one of the supporting modules. Why do I have a feeling this is going to be expensive trying to find the fault in the ECM Edited May 21, 2016 by iivsuperjay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iivsuperjay Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 23 minutes ago, Pete said: This seems to be quite a common issue that usually turns out to be an alternator fault. Have people had to replace alternators previously then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 You can test the alternator easily enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iivsuperjay Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Skezza said: You can test the alternator easily enough. How do I do this? I'm useless when it's comes to mechanics, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Put a multimeter across the battery terminals with the car running, IIRC readings of a bove 14V and your alternator is good, anything below that and it's not charging the battery properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Edit double post. Edited May 21, 2016 by JoeyEunos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Edit triple post WTF, posting on the computer at work often results in double/triple posts, argggh. Serves me right for spending my time here when I'm supposed to be grafting... Edited May 21, 2016 by JoeyEunos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 A ghetto way to test the alternator is disconnect the battery while the cars running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iivsuperjay Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Ill test the alternator at some point this week, however i got in the car yesterday morning and the light for engine management was still on but no beeping.. when i finished work the light had turned off and no beeping. its only beeped once in the last 50 miles. seems strange for this to just solve itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 31 minutes ago, iivsuperjay said: Ill test the alternator at some point this week, however i got in the car yesterday morning and the light for engine management was still on but no beeping.. when i finished work the light had turned off and no beeping. its only beeped once in the last 50 miles. seems strange for this to just solve itself. beeping is usually a sign of the oil pressure being low, but the switches are notoriously unreliable. Check your oil level though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Mine acted like this a couple of years ago; alternator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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