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Over the past few days I've had a problem in my 1.7TD caravelle.
While I've been driving along at night, the glow-plug indicator light has flickered on, shortly followed by my headlights flickering OFF!

Obviously this is a safety issue, and I need to sort it; but of course it's intermittent. It doesn't do it all the time. So how do I find the fault?

Is it likely to be a wiring fault? Or a dodgy relay? And how do I tell which?
I'll be spending today trying to find the problem; but any clues as to where to look would be very gratefully received!

Thanks.

sounds like a bad earth, or possibly the ignition switch??

Close but these are the fellers not gremlins...

philippacman wrote:or possibly the ignition switch??

ive just had this with my van. first of all the wipers wouldnt work or the heater then when i turned the full beam on the wipers would come on.then the lights wouldnt work.it took some head scratching to work out i tell ya.take the cover off the stearing colum and give the conectors a rub with some sand paper it sorted it out for me

jed

Thanks everyone. Of course, today it's all working fine! But I'll try the sandpaper trick on the contacts (when it stops raining!)