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Hi I have one of the 522 remaining Vti 5 doors remaining in the UK according to here I love the car and have had it from new. Despite convincing the missus to buy a new 1.6 diesel which is great, I want to hang on to my Vti because it's a Vti. (you know what I mean if you have one). I haven't tried to put it forward to be car of the week on this site but I'm playing a long game - a little bit like last man standing LOL. Anyway, I have an odd error code and wondered if anyone could help. On starting up, the car starts but all of the lights on the dash seem to glimmer rather than come on fully. After a few seconds they all come on strong and the ABD and ERS lights go out. (well most of the time). I then set off and either one or both of them come on and either stay on or go off after a few seconds. It's pretty random. I have tried the ERS reset proceedure here and it seemed to work but then come back again. I have checked the error code here it comes up with error code 6 1. It suggests an ignition voltage issue IE faulty battery, faulty charging systyem, faulty modulator. Which seems reasonable. The car isn't used much and did have a flat battery a few weeks ago. The battery is only a couple of years old. so the finger points to the 2 other bits, modulator or charging system. So the question is, how does one check these 2 parts, and what would the suggestion be ??? Thanks in advance