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So I was driving my S240 down a fairly bumpy road the other day and the oil pressure light came on, the digital LCD turned off and the first stage of the shift light started blinking. I immediately pulled the car over and checked the oil.
It was full and fresh.
Then I got back in the car and noticed something strange. The oil pressure light was still on, the first stage of the SL was still blinking, tach showed 2000 rpm and speedo showed about 30mph.
The car was off and the key was not in it.
So i tried starting the car. It started right up, no issue, but the dash still read exactly the same, with the exception of the tach still working.
So I turned the car back off. Tach read 1000. Oil pressure light still on, etc.
So I sat there, wondering what the hell to do. After about 2 minutes, the light went off, needles dropped to zero. I started the car again and everything was perfectly normal. When I started the car the normal display of CEL, ABS, seatbelt, etc all came on and the gauges functioned fine.
I assumed since it seemed like a cluster fault, not an engine issue that it was OK to drive, and I did so, with no issue, for about 3 hours.
Anyone else have this happen?
It was full and fresh.
Then I got back in the car and noticed something strange. The oil pressure light was still on, the first stage of the SL was still blinking, tach showed 2000 rpm and speedo showed about 30mph.
The car was off and the key was not in it.
So i tried starting the car. It started right up, no issue, but the dash still read exactly the same, with the exception of the tach still working.
So I turned the car back off. Tach read 1000. Oil pressure light still on, etc.
So I sat there, wondering what the hell to do. After about 2 minutes, the light went off, needles dropped to zero. I started the car again and everything was perfectly normal. When I started the car the normal display of CEL, ABS, seatbelt, etc all came on and the gauges functioned fine.
I assumed since it seemed like a cluster fault, not an engine issue that it was OK to drive, and I did so, with no issue, for about 3 hours.
Anyone else have this happen?