Auris - Electrical Issues

[shenderson]

Hi,

My old man called tonight to tell me of an problem he had with his Auris. A day or so ago he put the key in the ignition and the entire dashboard lit up like a christmas tree - every bulb (warning ones, light ones, indicators - the lot) was on. He started the car - no problems but the lights did not go out so he turned the ignition off. Lights went out. Problem was - the engine did not stop! He had to stall the car to get it to stop! Toyota find no error logs in the ECU and claim to know of no othe car with a fault like this! Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone got a clue as to what is the likely root cause?

Cheers in advance of anyhelp.

[balli hi]

Hi,

My old man called tonight to tell me of an problem he had with his Auris. A day or so ago he put the key in the ignition and the entire dashboard lit up like a christmas tree - every bulb (warning ones, light ones, indicators - the lot) was on. He started the car - no problems but the lights did not go out so he turned the ignition off. Lights went out. Problem was - the engine did not stop! He had to stall the car to get it to stop! Toyota find no error logs in the ECU and claim to know of no othe car with a fault like this! Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone got a clue as to what is the likely root cause?

Cheers in advance of anyhelp.

My freind had something similar happen to his black cab , whereby he turned the engine off via the ignition , removed the key , but the engine was still running, but when he switched the lights off , the engine also turned off.

He was told by his garage ,that the problem had been caused by a dodgy earth ;)