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New Fiesta Owners Beware !
I bought a new Fiesta in May, a 1.4 TDI, and I have been very happy with it, but a difficulty has arisen recently, which is potentially very serious.
About 3 weeks ago, it began to "chime" at me, when I first started the engine. The chime was the same as the one it makes when you have left your headlights on, and opened the door. But it only happened once a day, and not any other time that I started the car for the rest of the day.
After spending ages trying to find the cause by reading the the handbook, I finally found out what it was ! A few days before the chiming started, I checked the oil by reading the dipstick, and I must have forgotten to push the bally thing all the way home. It was sitting a little proud of its hole and the engine compartment was covered in oil !
I checked the level and to had to top up with 3 litres of oil. So that what was all that chiming was about. But there was nothing to indicate in the handbook that this will happen when the oil was that low, and no amber, or any other warning light came up on the dash, a design error if ever I saw one.
The dipstick is quite difficult to push fully home, so I shall have to be more vigilant in the future. All Fiesta owners beware !
About 3 weeks ago, it began to "chime" at me, when I first started the engine. The chime was the same as the one it makes when you have left your headlights on, and opened the door. But it only happened once a day, and not any other time that I started the car for the rest of the day.
After spending ages trying to find the cause by reading the the handbook, I finally found out what it was ! A few days before the chiming started, I checked the oil by reading the dipstick, and I must have forgotten to push the bally thing all the way home. It was sitting a little proud of its hole and the engine compartment was covered in oil !
I checked the level and to had to top up with 3 litres of oil. So that what was all that chiming was about. But there was nothing to indicate in the handbook that this will happen when the oil was that low, and no amber, or any other warning light came up on the dash, a design error if ever I saw one.
The dipstick is quite difficult to push fully home, so I shall have to be more vigilant in the future. All Fiesta owners beware !
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Who today has read their handbook cover to cover? My first car was a Vauxhall Viva and I read the handbook completely in less than twenty minutes. Out of boredom because there were only three TV channels then. My current car is a Kia Cee'd and the handbook is like War & Peace. There was a whole chapter on bluetoothing my phone to it and even after reading that twice it took a lot of swearing and intervention by my son to get the two of them finally hooked up.
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