When I start my car, either the engine management or the power steering light stays on. This is intermittent - there can be no problem for a few days and then one of the lights will remain on. It normally only stays on for that journey and will be off again the next time I use the car. This has only started happening since the mot a few weeks ago (they also reset the service indicator).

I only ever use the car for very short journeys and I wonder if the battery may not be charging enough (although the car always starts and does not sound as if it is struggling). I wonder if a low battery could cause the intermittent lights.

The car is a 2003 Fabia hatch

Many thanks for any advice.

Hi,it could possible be the battery if u are only doing short journeys-but if the engine and power steering light are comeing on the dashboard there may well be a problem with the powersteering.The powersteering pump does draw a lot of amps from the battery on startup,have u checked the powersteering fluid level? this may be low check that first,then the battery,if u can get a fault code reader plugged in this may find the cause of the lights comeing up on the dash.Hope this helps:).