#Jeep compass red lightning bolt driver

I don't have experience with the diesel, but with the gasoline engines, the Electronic Throttle Body warning light flashing indicates a fault in the Drive-by-Wire, and its in a fail safe mode.

#Jeep compass red lightning bolt driver

Many modern engine have Drive-by-Wire, that the accelerator pedal is just a potentiometer sending a signal to the PCM/ECU that controls the Electronic Throttle Body to produce the power it thinks the driver is demanding. Well for a Diesel if would probably be a lever on the injector pump/ fuel control. That is because its the Electronic Throttle Body warning light.Įngine used to have a cable directly between the accelerator pedal and butterfly valve in the throttle body. The red lightening bolt has two curves on either side of it, to form a venturi, its suppose to look like a throttle body. Been waiting for 2 weeks and 3 phone calls to them to get a quote so far.Īny ideas before it goes back to the mechanic would be greatly appreciated. They did find a slight leak in the turbo intake pipe, which I'm trying to replace. Went back to Jeep who couldn't reproduce the fault, because I told them once it has happened and been turned off it won't happen again that day. If we turn it off and let it sit for 5 minutes then start up again it will run all day, running, stopping and staring without a problem. Now it travels about 1klm does a little splutter, the red light comes on and it blows a bit of black smoke (nothing like when the turbo died). All good for 1 week and the red flashing light was back. Glow plug module and the glow plugs were replaced. The red flashing light came back on and a scan said replace glow plug module.

We have recently replaced the Turbo and resonator intercooler (problem diagnosed by Jeep scan) and the engine light & red flashing light went off for about 2 months. I have an (Australian) 2007 Grand Cherokee 3ltr diesel. Hello I have put this on the Australian Jeep forum and have had some good advise, but thought a larger gene pool may may have more answers.