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Old 8th January 2016, 01:28   #1
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Hi all,

Eventually picked up my 75 tourer contemporary SE this afternoon and I am as pleased as punch to have her. Drives like a dream it's like sitting in your most comfortable arm chair and I love her to bits. How to I make her perfect? She's a 54 plate diesel. The things I would like to fix. The TV doesn't work as we've now went digital , the sat Nav isn't working although I've not had time to trouble shoot that yet. The back wiper isn't working , the reversing sensors are giving off a loud and continuous tone even though there is nothing there every time I select reverse. And I now have an airbag light on which wasn't on when I picked her up but I moved the drivers seat and now have a red light on. Any guidance would be gratefully accepted.

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Old 8th January 2016, 11:03   #2
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If the airbag light came on when you moved the seat then that might be caused by the under seat connectors which are of a poor design. Wiggle them to see if the light extinguishes
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Old 8th January 2016, 12:16   #3
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The reversing sensor harness is usually the cause of is problem described. It's a rather amateur affair of twisted together wires and insulating tape. A thorough going over the joins, soldering them, heat shrink seal, etc. may well fix it.

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Old 8th January 2016, 12:16   #4
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Hi Chris and

Don't worry; the niggles which you've mentioned are not particularly unusual.
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The TV doesn't work as we've now went digital ..
Some folk have fitted a separate Freeview receiver. Have a look at the ICE section of the forum.
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... the sat Nav isn't working ...
Give us some detail when you get a chance Chris. Is the 'Navigation' ledgend on the LCD screen grey rather than black?
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... the reversing sensors are giving off a loud and continuous tone even though there is nothing there every time I select reverse.
That's likely to be a faulty sensor or broken wire.
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And I now have an airbag light on ... I moved the drivers seat ..
Try re-seating and treating with WD40 the blue (seat pretensioner) and yellow (seat airbag) connectors under the seat. This is a common problem.

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Old 8th January 2016, 15:45   #5
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Thanks guys I'm going to get the car to my dad's garage so I can have a crawl around where it's dry. As usual brilliant advice.

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Old 8th January 2016, 19:06   #6
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Contemporary Tourer Gi'es a wee look then - pics please


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Old 8th January 2016, 20:22   #7
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Jules dealt with my air bag warning light issue by cutting-off both mating connectors and replacing with matching aerospace quality ones sourced from the same supplier, hence eliminating any electro-potential. It is corrosion which causes the warning light to come on (will be an MOT failure) and it is a common problem with many makes of cars where the seat electrics come from a different supplier to the wiring loom supplier.
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I should also add that Jules fixed my troublesome reversing sensors which no end of visits to the Rover dealer (when they were in existence) failed to do.
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Will do I'll get it cleaned up and get some photos taken.
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Hi Chris and

Don't worry; the niggles which you've mentioned are not particularly unusual.

Some folk have fitted a separate Freeview receiver. Have a look at the ICE section of the forum.

Give us some detail when you get a chance Chris. Is the 'Navigation' ledgend on the LCD screen grey rather than black?

That's likely to be a faulty sensor or broken wire.

Try re-seating and treating with WD40 the blue (seat pretensioner) and yellow (seat airbag) connectors under the seat. This is a common problem.

Simon
Hi Simon the sat Nov screen is grey. What does that mean ?

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