schmoo_smith

Hi all

I recently bought a SportKa from a mate, the car had previously been sat for 3 months, the battery was dead so we had to jump start the car to get it running. The car runs no problem at all now. The only issue I am having is that whenever I start the car the speedo and rev counter are ticking like mad for a few seconds, the fuel gauge drops down and back up and also the trip resets itself, this is happening every time I start the car. I did a video of the issue, here is the link
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Vehicle Driven:Ford SportKa
Name:Martin Smith
Location:Wiltshire, UK
Posted Today, 05:17 PM
Hi all

I recently bought a SportKa from a mate, the car had previously been sat for 3 months, the battery was dead so we had to jump start the car to get it running. The car runs no problem at all now. The only issue I am having is that whenever I start the car the speedo and rev counter are ticking like mad for a few seconds, the fuel gauge drops down and back up and also the trip resets itself, this is happening every time I start the car. I did a video of the issue, here is the link:
Many thanks in advance for your help.

Martin

DIBZZY

Mine did the same when the battery power was too low. Would start fine needles bounce/rattle for a few seconds then fine. Fitted a new battery and job done

schmoo_smith

Yep did this, worked spot on. Thank you