Citroen c5 Warning light - looks like soft-verges

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Citroen c5 Warning light - looks like soft-verges

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I have a strange warning light on my dashboard which looks like a soft verge, seems like the car is leaning on one side (the drivers side), I have looked all over online, but cannot seem to find the meaning, does anyone know what it means?

Secondly, My wheels are wobbling at 50miles/hour speed and above, especially when I delay in changing gears, once i change the gear, it is still there but not as bad, what could it be?
One wheel nut was forcefully removed because it could not come out, could that be the problem? I also had an issue with drive-shaft and also changed tie rod/link rods on both sides
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Don't know, but you need to put some details about your car to get advice. Some sort of ESP malfunction?
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A pic of the warning light may help aswell.
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If it's a leaning car could possibly be tyre underinflation warning?? Might explain the wobbly wheels too.
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Never heard of a C5 with a soft verges warning.
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Could it be the ESP indicator. Mine lights up something like that at ignition on but I don't have ESP.
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Here is a picture of something close, this is how the warning light looks like
it is Citroen c5, 2004, MK1
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Not like this?
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Or this
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Ford Prefect wrote:Not like this?
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Exactly, that is the one
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Wot I said then.
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Probably the good old internal pressure sensor failure if it's an ATE ESP bloc.
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Nope - not the pressure sensor failure.
The pix is from my car (2003 C5 Break SX 2.0 Petrol) and I dont't have any pressure monitoring system - will have a look in the manual after work.
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You'll probably have to ask Dr. Lexia what is causing that warning light.
ESP does a few clever things in an attempt to improve traction dependent on information it gets from various sensors around the car, lord knows what it isn't happy with.

It probably isn't wheel speed sensors if the ABS light isn't illuminated as well, but that's as far as I can say.

Wobbly wheels could be to do with lack of air in tyres, or perhaps you've lost a wheel balance weight. It tends to feel worse at certain speed ranges and goes away - one of the tyres on my Xantia wobbled like a goodun at 70 :twisted:
Wheel nuts are a bit too close to the centre of the wheel to make much difference to the balance of the wheel, unless one is missing of course!
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Chlorate wrote:You'll probably have to ask Dr. Lexia what is causing that warning light.
ESP does a few clever things in an attempt to improve traction dependent on information it gets from various sensors around the car, lord knows what it isn't happy with.

It probably isn't wheel speed sensors if the ABS light isn't illuminated as well, but that's as far as I can say.

Wobbly wheels could be to do with lack of air in tyres, or perhaps you've lost a wheel balance weight. It tends to feel worse at certain speed ranges and goes away - one of the tyres on my Xantia wobbled like a goodun at 70 :twisted:
Wheel nuts are a bit too close to the centre of the wheel to make much difference to the balance of the wheel, unless one is missing of course!
Very good answer, thank you

I must also say that ABS comes on dashboard but it is not illuminated
I will take it for wheel balancing and take it from there

again thank you
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