Peugeot 207 - erroneous warning messages

[dm999]

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this please -

Car - Peugeot 207
Year - 2006 (56)

The warning panel intermittently warns of 'faulty lights' that are not faulty at all. It happens at start up, when taking a sharp left or whenever it decides to!

At MOT last month the garage had a look but couldn't find what the cause was and recommended we take it to the main agent. I don't want to fork out for diagnostics and possibly a large bill for replacement parts and labour so I was wondering if -

1) There is something dead obvious I can do to remedy this myself.

or

2) Can I turn the warning panel off and if so how? If so will I lose the clock, date etc and will the radio still work?

The warnings are very frequent and accompanied by annoying beeping so any help would be appreciated!

Cheers, DM.

 

[Jimmyjaffa]

Long shot but how about a loose element in one of the bulbs making and breaking with the bumps/corners, have come across this before.

 

[dm999]

Long shot but how about a loose element in one of the bulbs making and breaking with the bumps/corners, have come across this before.

It's got to be worth a go, I'll have a look at the weekend. Thanks.

 

[dm999]

Long overdue reply - the problem was a dodgy earth on the rear nearside light. Easy enough to remedy but it still needed the main dealer to reset the computer thingy to stop the messages once fixed tho...

 

[jonsieboy]

hey my dads car has the exact same fault he has rust on the bulb holder but all bulbs work has had a diagnostic code reader to see if any faults come up but that was clear to any ideas how to clear the fault

 

[Burnerman]

These are very prone to earthing problems in the light clusters.....assuming you have no towbar, try switching the indicators on, one side at a time, and have someone pressing the brake pedal. If the brightness of the bulbs change even slightly as the indicators flash, then it is an earth issue.
John