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• Re: Brake Failure Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:15:04 -0700
  ...Many vehicle warning light indications are from system failure of the warning system itself, not what it is supposed to be warning about. How...
• Re: where is seatbelt warning relay
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:55:26 -0800
  ...Warning Relay Mark, is the seat belt relay buzzer the same as the oil warning buzzer I ask because the PO had removed the...
• oil pressure warning alarm
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:10:25 -0700
  Is the buzzer used by the oil pressure warning circuit separate from the seat belt warning buzzer? Looking at the wiring diagram in the...
• Brake Warning Light Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:53:24 -0800
  ...The brake warning light comes on bright when the hand brake is set. When I release the hand brake, the warning light goes dark...
• Re: Brake Warning Light Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:00:10 -0600
  ...When I release the brake pedal, the warning light goes back to not > as bright. > > If I read the Owner's Manual correctly, the...
• Re: Brake Warning Light Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:43:16 -0500
  ...Brake Warning Light Behavior New behavior recently in my '84 Wolfsburg Westy. The brake warning light comes on bright when the hand brake is...
• Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:07:11 -0500
  ...Caution! fuel vapors and sparks = � bomb! big explosion! Fire! � WARNING WARNING !!!! ��������������������������������������������������������������� �����������������ERic
• Additional warning light for heated rear screen switch?
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:36:45 -0800
  All this talk about warning lights got me thinking about one of the more annoying things about my 90 Vanagon dashboard, which is that...
• Fw: Continued oil buzzer/warning light hassle
  Historical mailing list - bpremack
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:35:19 -0500
  ...The oil warning light/buzzer come on after the first cold start > of the day. The warning begins about 30 seconds after start-up...
• Full Moon in Joon Directions
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:03:08 -0400
  ...WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNIN G!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!! The person staffing the gate tonight has indicated that the gates will be...
• Annoying position of Brake and seatbelt warning lamps
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:48:27 -0800
  ...The warning lamp is exactly obscured by my steering wheel rim and so is perfectly invisible. And yet there are two blank spaces above...
• Re: "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses???
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:13:28 -0700
  I was thinking about putting indicator lights for defroster and the brake warning light. These are the lights that i can't see behind...
• Coolant low-level warning control unit location?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 15:00:03 -0500
  Does anyone know the physical location of the coolant low-level warning control unit in an 84 Vanagon? Is it possibly built into the...
• WARNING! GROANERS! [f]
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Feb 95 21:34:47 -0700
  Warning! Groaners coming! Will Self Billings, Montana
• Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:47:31 -0500
  David, I thought the original idea was an audible warning not only for if the Alt light comes on but also the coolant warning...
• Re: where is seatbelt warning relay
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:04:23 -0800
  ...Warning Relay > Mark, is the seat belt relay buzzer the same as the oil warning > buzzer I ask because the PO had removed the...
• Charge warning light LED question - David B.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 May 2012 13:59:00 -0700
  ...Is the Batt/alternator warning light in the dash an LED or an incandescent bulb ? reason to ask ... I have a VW diesel in...
• Re: parking fish?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:40:43 -0500
  ...I have never met a car with brake-warning light that did not combine the handbrake warning and brake-circuit-failure warning in one...
• Re: parking light?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:33:14 -0500
  ...Aren't all cars like this? I've never seen one that had a seperate parking brake warning light. The only car I've...
• Oil pressure warning buzzer on 1986L
  Historical mailing list - Graham Benoit
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:44:53 -0600
  Has anyone had a problem with the oil pressure warning system on a 1986L? My mechanic has replaced both sensors and the dashboard warning...
• warning buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 07:25:08 -0700
  ...On the schematics in the Bently, there doesn't appear to be a warning buzzer up on the instrument cluster that I can see...
• Re: apparently aol4free virus warning not a hoax
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Apr 1997 19:52:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...owner of InterNIC) that apparently this virus warning is quite real.>> I received the same warning from my company as well. Chris '93 EuroVan...
• Need brake light warning unit
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 22 May 2017 14:16:48 +0000
  I had a 3rd party review the van and they concluded the same thing, all the connections to the break light warning are good...
• ECU Idiot Warning!?
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 09:22:23 +0100
  Vanamaniacs, While passing through Naperville IL on my way to an Ultimate Frisbee tournament my ECU warning lamp suddenly came on.... Van has 65k...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning-another comment
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:58:31 -0700
  ...Something failed or wear was really excessive which > would have provided much warning before parts started flying. YES! The oil pressure is your warning...
• Re: legitimate scam warning (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:38:11 -0700
  RE: Scam Warning And Joy is correct, this was recently mentioned on the local news.
• Oil pressure warning
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:23:56 -0500
  Hi Brian, I just read your latest post about your oil pressure warning without having read what repairs were performed and why but here...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:32:02 -0400
  At 12:05 PM 6/24/2013, OlRivrRat wrote: >"STOP AT ONCE if the oil pressure warning light comes on while >driving. (Brake warning...
• Re: Propane Warning Stickers
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 09:01:23 -0500
  propane warning sticker not sure if this is the one you are looking for ebay item#320200235520
• LVC "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses???
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:26:43 -0400
  ...Re: "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses??? > > I was thinking about putting indicator lights for defroster and the > brake warning light. > These are...
• Re: Need brake light warning unit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 May 2017 15:33:06 +0000
  ...Need brake light warning unit I had a 3rd party review the van and they concluded the same thing, all the connections to the...
• "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses???
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:53:54 -0700
  ...I've wondering if anyone has ever found any use for the two "empty" warning lights located below the the Oil and Battery warning...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:12:28 -0700
  Only 80-84 vans have the brake failure warning setup. These use 3 wire switches to supply the signals to the dash warning module...
• Re: VDO gauges
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:40:43 -0400
  Hi Per, David is right when he says that the "VW Dynamic Oil Pressure Warning System" is a decent warning device. And yes it...
• Re: Annoying position of Brake and seatbelt warning lamps
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:03:50 -0500
  ...The warning > lamp is exactly obscured by my steering wheel rim and so is perfectly > invisible. > And yet there are two blank spaces above...
• Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 19:35:17 -0800
  I think the biggest improvement was making the oil warning led a blinking warning to better get the driver's attention. The second oil...
• LOCATION OF BRAKE WARNING SENDER
  Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 04:20:26 EDT
  Hi, Can anyone tell me where the sender for the brake warning lite system is? (Not the parking brake switch}. I have a 84...
• Re: Brake master cylinder switches
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 05:52:07 -0700
  ...This brake failure warning circuit was dropped in 85 and newer models and the brake fluid level warning circuit was added. Mark Bill Collins...
• Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - Tim Timothy
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:21:34 EDT
  I just got an '84 vanagon which has a flashing Water reservoir level/engine temp warning light flashing continously. With engine cold and reservoir...
• H2O warning light
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:59:33 -0700
  Although nothing seems amiss, although something obviously is, the H2O warning light comes on randomly for no apparent reason. Sometimes it stays on for...
• Re: Owner's Manual
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:09:33 -0800
  ...Drying lock cylinders in case you didn't > tape them over. > Undercoating specification/warning/instructions. > Oil grades vs. ambient temperatures. > Oil filling instructions, including...
• Coolant level warning light switch
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:16:46 -0700
  Can someone please tell me what the socket size is for the coolant level warning light switch for a 1986 2.1? Thanks BT
• Re: Need brake light warning unit
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 22 May 2017 16:14:01 +0000
  ...Need brake light warning unit Pull the red lens cover and check the bulbs. Been some time, I think they can be replaced. Dennis...
• Re: Oil pressure warning buzzer on 1986L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 20:47:57 -0400
  ...Oil pressure warning buzzer on 1986L >Has anyone had a problem with the oil pressure warning system on a 1986L? My >mechanic has replaced...
• Vanagon Security
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:54:34 -0800
  The latest issue of 'Nuts & Volts' has a nice rundown (including schematics) of various 12V/automotive security projects - + ice warning, lights-on, & low fuel...
• Brake Failure Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:51:13 -0300
  ...My issue was that when the brake line failed and the rear brakes > started loosing fluid, my brake failure warning light didn�t activate...
• brake indicator light- 1985
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 11 May 2005 20:54:04 -0700
  I see now that there is a mistake or 2 in the Bentley wiring diagram for the 1985 brake warning light circuit. If you...
• Re: Owner's Manual
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 01:11:10 -0500
  ...Humorous warning re automatic kick-down operation "Rapid acceleration may cause skidding." Towing instructions. Warning to run engine at fast idle for two minutes...
• Re: oil pressure warning alarm
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:31:03 -0400
  The oil pressure warning alarm, believe it or not, is in the speedometer housing. Seems an odd place to me, but that's where...
• Re: Brake warning light flickering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:14:38 -0500
  ...Brake warning light flickering My brake warning light has started flickering when I'm in motion. I did leave the handbrake on once or...
• Re: oil pressure warning alarm
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 02:17:10 EDT
  In a message dated 98-06-04 21:10:00 EDT, raven@HALCYON.COM writes: << Is the buzzer used by the oil pressure warning...
• IMPORTANT!! Virus warning is HOAX
  Historical mailing list - KEITH PIKE
  Wed, 30 May 2001 17:51:14 -0230
  ** High Priority ** Sorry, the warning is a hoax; Some of you have received an email indicating the sulfnbk.exe will turn into a virus...
• Oil warning light and buzzer go off when going uphill
  Historical mailing list - Brett Whistler
  Wed, 18 May 2005 20:52:47 -0600
  ...Today I was driving up a steep hill and my oil warning light and buzzer started sounding. I immediately pulled over and put a...
• Re: OK- here's a good one........What is that other little LED on the instrument cluster that never lights up?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:08:27 -0500
  >>Has anyone ever wondered what those little black windows on the dash are >>for....does some sort of warning light up? They are spares...
• Re: removing gmail warning from vanagon messages?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 1 Sep 2016 19:00:53 -0700
  ...Gmail warnings You will also find that all email coming from several list members will always go to your Spam folder. So check it...
• Alternator warning light problem
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 20:39:56 -0700
  ...Alternator warning light problem Hi y'all, Today I did a 423 mile round trip in my '84 VW Transporter-based Reimo camper a...
• 1987 Vanagon Brake Light Warning Issue
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 14 May 2019 22:42:20 -0600
  Brake Light Warning Light won't turn off ~ Have checked switched switch under E'Brake Handle & it seems to be functioning properly & Switch on...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:35:40 -0600
  ...In case of brake failure, only the brake warning >> light will come on.) > > That would seem to be a leftover in the manual from...
• Warning Lights and Gauges
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:01:14 -0500
  Gauges/warning lamps currently installed on our 1982 Air-cooled Westy: Gauges: Manifold vacuum Compass Altimeter Exhaust temperature (L & R) Oil temperature Oil Pressure...
• Re: Oil pressure warning buzzer complaint
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:49:57 -0500
  Hi Jason, I produced a step-by-step check of the Dynamic oil pressure warning system a while back but there was very little...