sam2898

ZANY

Probably popped the bulb as he couldn’t afford the lambda

2nd thing I always check when purchasing a car is the dashlights...

1st one is to make sure car is left cold overnight and not started till I arrive orelse the seller will be paying for my time and fuel...

I’ve got a sti speedo blue face dccd you can have at £70 delivered if you need one

sam2898

Thanks for you response,
proppa rooky mistake, i bought the car from a trader, im not familier with subarus so i did not check the dash lights, as all looked ok and the car sounded good and drove so well i had to buy it,
is this a big issue is my next question? Is it best i replace the bulb in the dash 1st and see if it lights up?
Will be getting him to fix this if its faulty

RobsyUK

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JDM_Stig

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It may be worth bringing the EM lamp issue up with them, in case they say your messing has caused X or Y after.

sam2898

darrenk1987

it''s 6 months they have to fix a fault unless they can prove the fault wasn't their at purchase..

after 6 months it's then down to the buyer to prove the fault was there at time of purchase.

as you said they won't fix anything deemed wear and tear.

sam2898

1509joe

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If he's a dealer as above doesn't matter what he says.

darrenk1987

They don't "give" you a warranty as such.. they will try to sell you a 6 month or 12 month warranty with the vehicle in the hope you will use that if anything goes wrong.

If something goes wrong within the first 30 days of purchase you can legally ask for rejection of the car and your money refunded.

in fact it's your consumer rights that they are legally bound to within the 6 months from purchase.

if anything goes wrong that is not a consumable wear and tear item they have to sort it or give you a replacement vehicle if the repair cost is not viable.

read here "rejecting a secondhand vehicle"

https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/the-second-hand-car-i-bought-has-a-problem-what-are-my-rights

TECHNOPUG

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If the OBD2 isn't showing any faults, I wouldn't worry about it. I've changed the bulbs several times on mine and never noticed a unique engine management bulb. I'd just swap in a second hand speedo first to see if it's purely a bulb issue.

The Trooper 1815

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That is OK unless the Codes have been erased.

TECHNOPUG

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If there is a persistent fault though, the error codes will return.

Also, if you erased the codes, then the check engine light won't trigger - so what would be the point in tampering with it?

Jonnys3

I'll second this.

I had a problem with the ambient temperature sensor reading on my 07 instrument cluster ... the reading would be consistently out by 6 degrees, although it would still fluctuate in line with the outside temp. I replaced the temperature sensor a the front of the car but this made no difference. A couple of people suggested it might be the module on the cluster which "computes" the temperature and displays it, so I purchased a cheap second hand 07 speedo from a breakers, plugged it in and voila, the ambient temperature displayed correctly.

The second hand instrument cluster revealed that there was an issue with the original cluster (the ambient temperature module) and proved to be a good diagnosis tool.