Hi all,
Started my 2.2 Civic up tonight when heading home from my girlfriends and got a nasty looking warning light on my dash!
Bit of background for you. I bought the car just over a month ago, done 1,100 miles in it since (about 20 miles a day commuting, along with a 200 or so mile motorway trip). A lot of my commute is traffic, but it's mostly flowing traffic until the last 10 minutes.
I've had no problems with lack of power or anything up until now.
Started the car tonight to head home as I said and the dash lit up like in the video below. I checked the owners manual and it says to restart the car three times and that may fix the problem. Did that and the lights still come up. The manual advises to take the car to a dealer now.
Before I do that I was wondering if any of you guys might have any ideas?
Basically, this light came on and I drove home (2 miles tops). There is a noticeable lack of power now this light has come on, I was in third with my foot on the floor and the car was barely pulling away. There also seems to be a whining noise coming from the drivers side of the engine. I popped the hood and I couldn't see anything that had come loose and the fan belt looks to be working fine.
Here is a video of the lights and what the whining noise sounds like (may have to turn up your volume if you cant hear it)
Check System Engine Warning Light - YouTube
If you need me to rev the engine longer let me know, I didn't want to sit there revving outside my house at 2am!
Thanks for any help guys, and sorry for the wall of text!
Started my 2.2 Civic up tonight when heading home from my girlfriends and got a nasty looking warning light on my dash!
Bit of background for you. I bought the car just over a month ago, done 1,100 miles in it since (about 20 miles a day commuting, along with a 200 or so mile motorway trip). A lot of my commute is traffic, but it's mostly flowing traffic until the last 10 minutes.
I've had no problems with lack of power or anything up until now.
Started the car tonight to head home as I said and the dash lit up like in the video below. I checked the owners manual and it says to restart the car three times and that may fix the problem. Did that and the lights still come up. The manual advises to take the car to a dealer now.
Before I do that I was wondering if any of you guys might have any ideas?
Basically, this light came on and I drove home (2 miles tops). There is a noticeable lack of power now this light has come on, I was in third with my foot on the floor and the car was barely pulling away. There also seems to be a whining noise coming from the drivers side of the engine. I popped the hood and I couldn't see anything that had come loose and the fan belt looks to be working fine.
Here is a video of the lights and what the whining noise sounds like (may have to turn up your volume if you cant hear it)
Check System Engine Warning Light - YouTube
If you need me to rev the engine longer let me know, I didn't want to sit there revving outside my house at 2am!
Thanks for any help guys, and sorry for the wall of text!
