[57 plate Fabia 2 1.9 TDI.]

Your help appreciated, guys.

It started at the weekend with the engine idling at 1300 revs when turned on.

Next day, while driving all feedback from the dashboard went off, revs and speedo dropped to zero, indicator lights and sounds stop, no back light for technical readouts etc. - very disconcerting when driving along.

Dealership said diagnostics pointed to a faulty dashboard pod which they replaced yesterday. Then last night and this morning, the engine idling problem was temporarily back, as was a new problem, the bright blue engine coolant light, which comes on and stays on for the first 5 minutes of a journey. Checked coolant level and it was perfect.

I phoned them up and the service guy said that the engine idling still needed to be looked at, but swore blind that the blue engine coolant light was perfectly normal for starting a Fabia on a cold morning. Now, I've had a Fabia for 7 years, and never, ever seen this blue light before, no matter how cold the morning (and it was well above zero here this monring). He said it must be that my previous Fabias and current one all had a faulty Engine Coolant Light switch? Oh really...?

So, is he talking rubbish, or is this genuinely supposed to happen? And if it is a fault, but he continues to swear blind that it's normal, what should I do?

Thanks,

j.

Edited 11 November, 201015 yr by jonamok

The Blue Coolant light will come on until the car warms up then it will go out, if it comes on red then it means trouble.

As you dont have a temperature guage on your dash the blue light comes on when the engine is cold and should go out when it gets to operating temperature. How long this takes will depend on a number of factors, traffic levels, external temperature. For example a slow commute on a really cold day will increase the time it takes to go out.

So,

Engine cold = Blue

Engine temp ok = no light

Engine overheating = red.

The light has nothing to do with the coolant level at all. and yes its perfectly normal on the facelift Fabia to see the light when the engine is cold.

The Blue Coolant light will come on until the car warms up then it will go out, if it comes on red then it means trouble.

Thanks for the rapid answer, mate.

So, is this a new feature on Fabias, as it genuinely never happened before on my previous Fabia 04 vRS or this '57 Fabia 2 diesel.

Perhaps it's a feature that's part of the dashboard pod itself (firmware or whatever), and this new pod has it included, while the old one didn't...

Totally confused. :S

The light has nothing to do with the coolant level at all. and yes its perfectly normal on the facelift Fabia to see the light when the engine is cold.

Aha, looks like you answered my follow up question as I was posting it. So if it is a feature of the facelift Fabia, then it wouldn't have been in my 04 vRS, and perhaps it never worked on my cuurent 57 Fabia, as the dashboard pod was faulty from the outset, and I should have been seeing it on cold mornings for the last 3 years!

It is blooming annoying though, very bright, just below the line of sight, and reminiscent of the full beam indicator light. Time for some black insulating tape then

Thanks,

j.

You prob had a gauge on the old jam jar, the latter being a fualty jobbie! Dont tape the light though, it will be the same one, just a different colour, for overheating and believe me, this will cause you MUCH MORE CONCERN! Just get used to it, like we all got used to not being able to dim the interior instrument lights.

You prob had a gauge on the old jam jar, the latter being a fualty jobbie! Dont tape the light though, it will be the same one, just a different colour, for overheating and believe me, this will cause you MUCH MORE CONCERN! Just get used to it, like we all got used to not being able to dim the interior instrument lights.

Was only teasing about the black tape. ( :no: )

But now you mention the non-dimmable instrument lights I really do miss those from my old vRS.

Are they on the new vRS?

Thanks for the rapid answer, mate.

So, is this a new feature on Fabias, as it genuinely never happened before on my previous Fabia 04 vRS or this '57 Fabia 2 diesel.

Perhaps it's a feature that's part of the dashboard pod itself (firmware or whatever), and this new pod has it included, while the old one didn't...

Totally confused. :S

On the facelift Fabia II you do have a normal temperture guage IIRC.

Davy

You prob had a gauge on the old jam jar, the latter being a fualty jobbie! Dont tape the light though, it will be the same one, just a different colour, for overheating and believe me, this will cause you MUCH MORE CONCERN! Just get used to it, like we all got used to not being able to dim the interior instrument lights.

Now you come to mention it I miss my dimmable interior lights that were on my old Fabia. I also miss my analogue temperature gauge and REALLY miss my analogue fuel gauge.... :'(

I am now just about out of the habit of diving for the dip beams when i forget that the blue light is there as it warms up. Oh and getting flashed by other drivers when I forget my main beam isnt my coolant light

I have one good tip. Seems many dont read the drivers manual first............I keep mine handy for when a mystery dash light appears.

Did OP get to the bottom of the high rev issue? Having the same problem on my 57 plate 1.9TDi My link