Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site zinfandel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Idiot Light Question Message-ID: <142@zinfandel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 12:18:27 EDT Article-I.D.: zinfande.142 Posted: Mon Aug 13 12:18:27 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 01:59:29 EDT References: <1087@hou4b.UUCP> Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 20 This may or may not help, but I had an idiot light problem on my '84 VW Jetta after about 2 months. The 'fasten seatbelt' light would come on at random intervals, stay on for exactly fifteen seconds and then go out. The dealer fixed it under warranty by replacing a faulty relay. The moral of the story is, idiot light problems may be a fault with the light itself (and the associated circuitry) and not the engine. BUT CHECK 'EM BOTH! When I used to work on process control equipment, we always put in circuits and software (sounds like a RPG: "Circuits and Software" But I digress) to test the indicator lights and meters. But in a car? Noooooo. -- Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900