I got the warning 'Beep!' & the message FUSE 10 FAILED. I checked the manual & Fuse 10 is the driver's seat (RHD) & indeed I discovered that I could not adjust my seat. Fuse 10 is conveniently located in the little fuse box under the right hand seat. I then spent about ten minutes scratching my head as the fuse appeared to be OK. Eventually I realised that I was looking at the wrong 30A fuse. Once I found the correct fuse I confirmed that it had blown & replaced it. The seat can now be adjusted again. The heated seats have never worked & I have never bothered to fix them as I am not a fan of heated seats. As a former co-worker commented to me regarding his new car with heated seats "It feels just like I pissed myself!😀
Mina says that every time I turn the ignition on and has done for about 8 or 9 years, only on mine it says FUSE 20 FAILED. Fuse 20 hasn't failed and as it supplies power to the passenger electric seat I don't have, I just ignore it. Apparently there's a resistor on the BeCM power board that is part of the fuse checking circuit and it sometimes fails. I've got a spare BeCM power board that would cure it but have never got around to fitting it. I've got so used to it, if I don't get the Beep when I first turn the ignition on, I'll probably think something is wrong......
nigelbb wrote:
....found the correct fuse I confirmed that it had blown & replaced it. The seat can now be adjusted again...
If the seat fuse is blowing WITHOUT you pressing buttons, you might want to look at the inflatable lumber support. (I beleive) this is the only seat function that has a switched negative (it has a live unswitched wire in the seat back). You can access this wire without removing the seat but I didn't find this out in time.
Today I've decided the p38 (and a spares car) need to go. Insurance is now so ridiculous I can't justify keeping them. Tax & insurance >£2k even with very limited miles. I can get traders insurance but I don't have a big car collection, just the old p38s.
Sad times, I've only had them about 5 years/18months.
Will be back to pick brains about types of wheels and seats before I finally send these great old machines on their way.
That sounds a lot. Tax on a pre-2001 P38 is only £30 a month and I'm paying just under a grand a year for unlimited mileage, unlimited number of cars, maximum value on each £10k, traders policy. As long as they see a bit of turnover they are happy. A couple of years ago insurers got very twitchy about Range Rovers due to the number of the newer ones being stolen, although when I explained that although I had 2 listed on my policy they were older ones that aren't at risk of being stolen. Last year they were only loading anything later than 2010.
If you are going for limited mileage, then a Classic policy might be an option.