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Xenon warning light
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:36 am
by 6n2stan
I just started the car and whilst the ignition was on, I had the xenon warning symbol (Amber caption bottom right of speedo) come on briefly. When I checked my headlights, the offside was out but I switched them off and on and it works again? I switched the car off and started everything again and all is fine now. The only thing I'm thinking is the battery isn't brilliant, can this have enough effect to stop a xenon firing up with the engine running?
Re: Xenon warning light
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:43 am
by alexperkins
I have never seen the a xenon warning symbol on the dash! What did it look like?
Thats a common sign that the bulb is beginning to fail. You may need to think about getting a new pair of bulbs. HIDS4U are the cheapest - get genuine Philips 4300k ones
Re: Xenon warning light
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:31 pm
by 6n2stan
The only reason I know it's there is because I drove the other GTI I had around the drive with the headlights out and I got the same warning lol. It kinda looks like a warning triangle with a circular arrow going around it. As you look at the speedo, it's at the 4-5 o clock position and smaller than the other warning lights.
Can you run 'whiter' bulbs that have an OE fit, say from a later Audi for example?
Re: Xenon warning light
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:34 pm
by alexperkins
You can get Philips/Osram D2S 4800/5000k bulbs which are a bit whiter. You would find that newer bulbs are whiter anyway as they change colour with age
Im not sure thats a xenon warning light - I know the light you mean and i have a feeling thats something to do with an engine sensor, which normally only shows when youve had the battery off and go to start it after reconnecting
Re: Xenon warning light
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:51 pm
by alexperkins
Presumably it was that symbol?
Thats the warning light for ASR/ESP. It was later changed to an ESP light in later years as the symbol didnt have much relevance
Re: Xenon warning light
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:00 pm
by 6n2stan
Yes that's the one. That's a massive coincidence, that light coming on made me switch the headlights on and find the bulb out
That light means nothing then, I don't have ESP nor does the other car to think of it.
It stayed on with the other GTI and cleared after the headlights were back in too - strange. But it adds up to what you say, I had to jump start my car today
Cheers