jgleano

I have an 89 944. The exclamation light in the center of the instrument cluster has been lit up ever since i got the car. the car had front-end damage before i restored it. What does the exclamation mark mean.? It bugs me while im driving, i need it to go away!!!


thanks.

Serge944

Exclamation mark means put the hand brake down all the way, or, in less severe cases - not enough oil pressure!

It's a warning light.

jgleano

damn....well the hand brake is all the way down. im going to check the sensor there. i hope its not the low oil pressure thing.

Don 944 LA

I just use the " Massive amounts of smoke coming from under hood " warning before I really act on a problem

could be a brake pad sensor, low gas stuck... it's probably a " Some sort of gauge is out of spec "...

Like I stated, I am only used to the early ones ( the good ones ), but I will try to look it up if noone chimes in before hand...

Glad to see another SD/LA area person.

Don

Serge944

Often times the sensor gets bent down and the light will still be lit with the handbrake 'all the way down.' You can simply bend it up a bit and fix the problem (if thats what it is).

MPD47

Exclimation Point of Death.

jgleano

thanks. i will check for all these things in the morning.

and "Don 944 LA" im in fullerton mon-thur and in SD for the weekends. A good drive from school (CSUF) when theres no traffic.

Campeck

list of [__!__] problems.

oil pressure. handbrake. low brake floid. low oil level. airbag. brake pad sensor. seatbelt?

with front end damage i would geuss airbag. you sure ther aren't ANY other lights on with it?

Dilberto

It means "Achtung, Amerikaner!"....overheating, brake fluid level, oelpressure and even a bad Air Flow Sensor ...NOT!

Zach

bleucamaro

Check your other dash bulbs. There should be another light that comes on with it.

Chris_924s

now THATS funny.

Us "Old dash" guys have no such problem.

Matt O.

Try throwing some oil in the engine.

Chris_924s

Thanks Matt.. check the fluid levels- esp oil.

Gator_86_951

I don't have brake pad sensors anymore on my turbo and all i have is a constant brake pad warning light on the dash. Yes, i know I should fix that. Doesn't register through the exclaimation of death.

jgleano

I have not found anything to fix the problem yet. I will try changing/checking the dash bulbs to see if any are out, because no other lights are displayed beside the exclamation of death.