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Peugeot Boxer Engine Surge Diagnostics

Another fun one… Peugeot Boxer 1994 running problem & no diagnostic communication. 2500RPM the engine was surging up and down the rev range. On the scope ( blue line in the picture ) was the earth for the crank sensor this had a huge amount of interferance / was dropping. We traced the fault back to sevral earth faults on the vehicle. This was all due to age and corrosion.

First was the chassis to gearbox strap, 2 x ECU earths on the engine block were cleaned, Battery negative cable to […]

Peugeot Boxer Engine Surge Diagnosticsadmin2020-01-24T11:39:10+00:00

Ford Kuga Cobra Flush Mount Parking Sensors

Ford Kuga 2010 fitted with the Cobra flush mount parking sensors giving the most sleekest appearance possible. Cobra Flush mounts are the premium sensor which no other manufacturer even comes close to offering. The sensors look better than the original ones fitted by Fords. Cobra offer the most reliable sensors in the UK, these are a simple fit a forget once installed. They were professionally colour matched in the original Ford colour Sea Grey. Backed with our excellent 3 year warranty for complete piece of mind.

When the […]

Ford Kuga Cobra Flush Mount Parking Sensorsadmin2020-01-24T10:34:46+00:00

Peugeot 107 Dash Cluster Faults

This Peugeot 107 had a very unusal fault which had many faults all caused from the same component. The Radio, ABS and powered steering would all fail causing the ABS and EPS light to appear within the dash cluster. We stripped the vehicle down and this vehicle has the main interior fuse box built into the speedo cluster ( stupid design ).

When moving the cluster you would find the electrical components would turn off & on such the the ABS light, for example applying slight pressure to […]

Peugeot 107 Dash Cluster Faultsadmin2020-01-17T16:27:03+00:00

Hyundai Santa FE Scope Diagnostics

We was called out to a Hyundai Santa FE which was towed to a garage due to it being a crank, no start. The vehicle was diagnosed by someone else originally with a intermitant fault code stating the Cam Sensor was at fault. The sensor was swapped with a new sensor and the vehicle still wasn’t starting. DB Vehicle Electrics went through the motions on the fault finding process. We found the diagnostic machine stated no cam signal which straight away made us check for injector pulse and […]

Hyundai Santa FE Scope Diagnosticsadmin2020-01-10T20:57:17+00:00

Ford Transit Luton Van Light Repair Skegness

Slightly unusal problem on this one! Ford Transit luton removals van with a Euro 5 Transit custom BCM. All lighting such as side lights and indicators are controlled via the BCM ( Electronic ECU ). If the BCM detects any shorts or paths to ground on the main lighting wires it will shut the lighting down. The only way to get the lighting working / back online is the repair the lighting fault and reset all the fault codes via diagnostic machine. The lighting was also back feeding causing the […]

Ford Transit Luton Van Light Repair Skegnessadmin2020-01-08T16:49:04+00:00

Peugeot Partner Deadlocks Fitted Louth

Peugeot vehicles are often targetted due to being very easy to break into. As such the owner of this Partner wanted to secure the vehicle slightly more than usual. We added the Thatcham approved deadlocks offering complete piece of mind when leaving the vehicle, these locks feature anti drill and anti bump cylinders giving complete security. All brackets and fixings are designed with this exact vehicle in mind giving a very sleek installation. The locks are supplied with 3 keys in total and both the rear barn door and sliding door was […]

Peugeot Partner Deadlocks Fitted Louthadmin2020-01-07T21:54:13+00:00

Ford Mondeo Thinkware Dash Cam Fitted

This Ford Mondeo is now protected by the Thinkware front facing dash cam. This dashcam gives 1080p recording while the vehicle is in motion and it also records when the vehicle is parked, this is called parking mode this records any movement near your vehicle such as someone damaging your car or van while its parked. The camera also records impact detection in parking mode meaning if someone reverses into your car in a car park the camera will record it.

All this footage is saved to an SD card […]

Ford Mondeo Thinkware Dash Cam Fittedadmin2019-12-28T17:30:05+00:00

Renault Clio ABS Diagnostics

The owner of this Renault Clio attempted fitting his own sub & amp, sadly when the system was being installed it caused an issue with the ABS system and the ABS light was remaining on. We sorted the issue and fully reset the ABS light using diagnostics. Once the ABS issue was resolved we then moved onto correcting the sub & amp installation by fully removing all the wiring from the headunit to the rear of the vehicle along with the power & ground cables. We then inserted the fuse within the engine bay and run […]

Renault Clio ABS Diagnosticsadmin2019-12-12T19:29:29+00:00

VW Scirocco Lighting Repair

The VW Scirocco we looked at was suffering some lighting issues. Main issue being the main driving bulb on the drivers side was dead. Customer changed the bulb and got a garage to also change it but sadly still no light. Apon arriving we tested the bulb and this was confirmed fully working. We also tested all the wiring going to the light unit, this was all ok and comfirmed good.

Once we removed the headlight which isn’t the easiest of jobs to do, we found the bulb holder inside was […]

VW Scirocco Lighting Repairadmin2019-11-14T18:29:24+00:00

Volvo V40 Rear Parking Sensors Installed Skegness

Volvo V40 fitted with our Parksafe rear parking sensors in Skegness, Lincolnshire. These sensors come with a 3 year warranty for complete piece of mind. We installed these in the standard black trim giving a fantastic sleek appearance. Once the reverse gear is selected the sensors automatically become active meaning there is no input from the user / customer required. These sensors are fantastic quality and start detecting objects up to 1.5 meters away.

With the excellent detection range you can rest assured you will be alerted of any objects in your […]

Volvo V40 Rear Parking Sensors Installed Skegnessadmin2019-11-01T14:54:21+00:00

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