Vauxhall Astra
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i have a 52 plate astra and am having the same problem, its been happening for about 2 months to me now and it does it wherever im driving ( even on the motorway ) i have taken mine to a garage and they say that cos the orange engine light isnt on all the time they cant trace the fault so they have told me to keep going with it til the light is on always and then they will have a look again but when you are a woman driving 30 mile to work everyday and have a small child with you its quite scary. someone please help!
What happens to you car? when the light comes on? Jo
Achilles
That is something I thought as well.. 2 issues with this leg of diagnostics: 1. There is only 1 plug/ socket at the back of CD changer and it is powering up/ making noises... Does that mean that it should it be connected to the main CD headunit? 2. Also When I remove the headunit, there is base plate/ cage behind it. There is no way I can see the wiring for CD changer unless I remove the cage/ base plate.. Do I need to do that? The reason I've not done that so far is because I believe the loom/ plug for CD changer is part of ISO loom for the main CD headunit and there would be spare plugs/ connectors behind base plate to check... Am I right in my assumptions or would you like me to take the base plate out and do the checks by taking off all connectors and inspecting pins one by one. Thanks so much for your help...
I've found that you can get to the wiring behind the head unit by taking off the glove box (only 6 torx-20 screws). So I will try that and see what happens. There are no other issues at all with the CD player headunit. Remote (centre dash) display, phone, satnav, everything is working fine and being displayed correctly on the centre display... Hope a re-fit would solve this. Would owe u atleast a pint if it did :-)
An update: I opened the glove box and found a 4 pin flat-type connector dangling from one of the many looms behind the glove box and close to cage. It might belong to CD changer's connection to the Siemnes CD headunit. I will try to take the headunit and cage out and see if the dangling 4-pin connector can go into any spare socket behind the cage.. At the moment I do not have a long enough extension arm in my socket set to take the centre torx screw off the cage to take it out... will update as soon as I get one.. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Please check a dangling unconnected 4 pin flat type connector in the attached pic. I could not figure out where it would go. I was hoping that it was for CD changer's connection to CD player but could not find a spare socket for this connector in the CD player or in the wiring (visible area). Any idea where this connector would go please? Also would it be possible to get the pinout diagram for the main Siemens CD player and find out which is the pin for CD changer. I can then take it out again and make sure that pin is populated in the back of CD player. Cheers... 
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Edited by ksareen 26 June 2008, 10:55 AM
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