Q: Battery messages displayed on the driver's information centre
My Vauxhall corsa is just over a year old, the first message was around three weeks ago, saying, service battery charging system, with a picture of a spanner. The next message was two weeks ago on a journey, battery charging activated with a explanation mark. Put it into local dealer and a new engine sensor unit was fitted, but since this has been carried out the first message has returned to the driver's information centre twice. What should I do? We've only had the car a month.
My car has 12500 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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