I'd certainly start with the Wheel Speed Sensor, they've been known to confuse the CanBus, knocking out the fuel gauge and all kinds of unrelated systems.

 

Brilliant, do you know of any good non gen ones? I bought a £20 set and they made my problem worse 🤣 so had to put the old ones back in. Don't fancy paying £90 stealership prices.

 

ATE which I believe are often the original

 

Brilliant, do you know of any good non gen ones? I bought a £20 set and they made my problem worse 🤣 so had to put the old ones back in. Don't fancy paying £90 stealership prices.

There are at least two entirely different types, make sure to buy the correct version. ECP always seem to stock the wrong ones for some reason?!

 

I've got a pagid abs sensor from ecp, I'll be fitting it in 20 mins, I'll let you know how it goes

 

Fitted and took for a 30 mile drive, pinged up a couple of times to which we thought it was learning the new sensor. Towards the end the lights were militant and still threw up the 305 battery code 😭 any more suggestions?

 

Sorry, english is my forein language so, as i undrestand after changing ABS sensor you got still three light on dash and CCID 305 code?
What error code do you have in CARLY. CCID codes are only infotmation that something is wrong.

 

Sorry, english is my forein language so, as i undrestand after changing ABS sensor you got still three light on dash and CCID 305 code?
What error code do you have in CARLY. CCID codes are only infotmation that something is wrong.

I'm not sure, It isn't my Carly that I used it was a
Mates so I'm unsure of the codes
It bought up air mass flow sensor, I think it's a bit grubby, another long shot but is it this that could be making my cars electrics go hay wire

 

I should also mention that while i was on adaption drive, battery light came up in red.

 

I left the car at home today, my fella went out for a smoke, and found a puddle of water by the rear passenger arch. We found the well had water in it and have drained it. The PDC is coming out and being dried. I feel like now she's trying to give us clues.

 

There are a few plastic bungs in the chassis rails under the boot (4 if I recall correctly). I'd pop those out with a screwdriver or chisel, just to make sure she's not rotting from the inside out.

ABS sensors either work correctly or they don't, there's no learning or adapting. Sounds like you need a new Reluctor Ring.

Check you battery voltage with the engine off but headlights on, a healthy battery will show 12.3 - 12.6v. Much less and it's a red flag.

 

Hey guys ! Sorry it's been a while, Fault has now been cured. I don't know how but here goes a full on story and some theories myself and my fella have.
So Saturday, myself and my fella are out doing the water pump and auxiliary belt, also give the MAF a good clean up as it came up on the code reader. She has a K&N air filter, a few months prior we cleaned the air filter using the proper oil. Turns out it had sucked some of the oil in and clogged it up! Anyway water pump and belt job went fine.
That was until we went to take it on a test drive, heard a loud rubbing/crunching sound. Drivers side front spring had snapped!
Monday was spent with my fella stripping down the leg and getting spring off ready for me to bring the new one home with me. He had looked up and found the front ABS sensors completely covered in what looks like 16 years of dirt and grit. You couldn't even see the connectors. He cleaned them off with electrical cleaner (both sides) and replaced the spring. Today was the day for the drive. ( had to wait another day as spring had torn through my tyre, so had to take the wheel to work with me to have a tyre replaced) 50 mile round trip ( frantically looking for fuel! )and no lights what so ever. So maybe the snapped spring was some sort of blessing.
Theories :
The MAF wasn't reading correctly, due to being dirty. Maybe made the engine idle lower than it should be, sending funny signals to the battery and therefore being undercharged ? It used to hunt and then proper huff before flicking lights up

Maybe the belt did fix the battery error and the cleaning of the front abs sensors did just fix both faults simultaneously. Am i correct in thinking that maybe the sensors are circuited? And code readers was just flicking up drivers side rear sensor for giggles ?

Either way, car has behaved itself all night, no flickering lights, no hunting and no huffing.

I hope this helps someone who is having the same problems as myself, it's been a proper fighter this last 2 months and I don't want someone to have the same ordeal as I did. I'll keep you all updated if the error occurs again now I can drive it as a daily again. Thank you all for your inputs ! You've all been helpful

 

Joy was very short lived.
Sat on the drive and the trio of lights came back on.

 

UPDATE
I was lucky to borrow a snap on scanner, and do some live data.
ABS tests ran fine, pump activated when asked and speed sensors running normally.
Red battery light then flicked on, quickly looked at the live data and the alternator was at 0%
Alternator now on the way, to be fitted when I'm back home.

 

New alternator is on, been nearly 24 hours and nothing has flagged up. I think we've finally cured her !!

 

No faults since alternator has been replaced!