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super jumbe
25th April, 2014, 10:32 PM
Vauxhall Astra 2006 Z17DTH Diesel
Customer came this afternoon after replacing new battery, told me that battery going dead as soon as I replaced with new one.
Car starts fine with jump Leeds, I have scanned with op-com, please tell me what the fault is.

Total number of fault codes: 4

P0621 - Generator Lamp "L" Control Circuit Malfunction
(02) - Present

P0070 - Ambient Air Temperature Sensor Error
(71) - Not present

P1604 - Replace Electronic Control Unit (ECU)
(32) - Not present

P0606 - Electronic Control Unit (ECU) - Malfunction
(03) - Not present

Thanks in advance.

fes_786
26th April, 2014, 03:15 AM
P0621 - Generator Lamp "L" Control Circuit Malfunction
(02) - Present


check the alternator control circuit and see if its giving enough juice

synkrotronic
26th April, 2014, 07:20 AM
Possible generator damage voltage must be around 14 V ( measure on battery and generator positive cable).Steering well engine is allways working and is a big help to make battery down.

super jumbe
26th April, 2014, 08:58 AM
Thanks pal it was the alternator.