Saab dashboard error display / reset ?

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...

Usually replacing the bulb or hitting CLEAR (or holding it) solves the problem... take it back to fix it?

I'll have a word with him when i'm back in work on tuesday...

As for taking it back to our garage (LOL) you typically only use them when no alternatives are available - the AA / RAC are probably more use.

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...

Surely if it's new, just take it back and tell them to sort it...?

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...

Take it back to the garage or tell your colleague to come on to the group so I can tell him directly what to do. No point relaying it via a third party.

He wants to be a hero instead. The main dealer will fix it within 5mins, so will the garage responsible for it. It's just a matter of taking it in and asking rather than demanding and telling them. People hate a know-it-all, especially when they ask in a newsgroup then go charging in bluffing about how to fix a problem.

No you won't because

A) You're a troll.

B) You don't know.

and C) You never follow up your posts.

You've misread the situation slightly, i'm not trying to be a hero at all, he doesn't give a s*it about the warning, and is happy to leave it there until its' next service - but knowing how many miles he does these days, that could be 6+ months away.

If it was simple to clear, I was going to let him know (and still probably end up having to do it myself - he's a little "challenged" by anything electronic these days, following an accident)

Per my other reply - following a 3 month coma and brain injuries a couple of years ago, he has a limited capacity for using electrical equipment. Computers come under that category.

I had him move next to me in work because it was quicker than walking over to the other side of the office every two minutes because he couldn't get the cursor to do what he wanted.

So, if you actually know, it would, in this instance, be easier to tell me.

Otherwise, if you would be so kind as to keep your uninformed judgements about any possible motives to yourself :-)

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...

Should he be on the road at all?

Erm, he can't get the cursor to do what he wanted, yet he's driving?

Is that safe?

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...

Did they actually replace the faulty bulb? And did they fit the right bulb?

The system used on these cars means that if one bulb goes out, it'll turn on another one. Get somebody to sit in the car and work all the lights, while somebody stands at the back and checks that the same bulbs are lighting up on both sides, and at similar brightness. It could also be a slightly faulty bulb or bad connection, which may still allow the bulb to light up, but confuse the sensing electronics (I've seen it a couple times), in which case easiest option is a trip to someone with suitable diagnostic equipment.

He's OK with most skills he had prior to the accident, but using a computer was not one of them. He's a little slower on the uptake of new skills now, but he's getting there.

I can't use a sewing machine, but I can drive. I suspect there are learned activities that you yourself are not very good at, but they have no bearing on your ability to drive. Archery, origami, and electron microscopy spring to mind as some examples :-}

He was never any good with computers, and perhaps the cursor example sounded too "limiting" - have you never installed an application and not had a clue where to start ? (hint: try POVRAY and raytrace a Model T as your first project, without looking at any examples or instructions...)

His competency level with computers was to format emails by pressing TAB until the cursor dropped to the next line, without realising that when someone opened the email in a differently sized window it'd all go to c*ck.

He's been through the medical screening and passed as safe to drive.

Yes

AFAIK, but knowing our garage...

Thanks for the sensible reply :-)

No worries, it'll wait until he sends it in for his service - all the other lights have been checked and seem to work normally.

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...

But he should...

Doubly so.