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flashing arrow S40-V40 2001

My check engine light is on and my arrow up is flashing. Anyone have any ideas. the check enginge came on twith a reading code having to do with the thermostat. But the arrow statrted flashing last nigt. I had the switch replaced 4 months ago. trans checked out perfect.








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That is the signal of a transmission fault, and a code is stored in the transmission ECU. Usually, but not always, the car would go into limb home mode where you have only 2 forward gears and one reverse and you have to manually shift gears. One of the faults is oil temperature too high, which I would say is coupled with your engine ECU error code. It is possible that the fault is actually the temperature sender, not the thermostat. I have heared of that problem on these cars. There are 2 senders, one for the temperature gauge and one for the ECU. However if both the engine and transmission ECUs show high temperature then it is probably the thermostat and not the senders. Hope this helps.







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