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[greeners]

The next job is to track down a new alternator though as, when the car starts from cold, all of the lights flicker so the alternator is clearly not putting out the correct voltage. It settles down though once the car warms up. There's always something!

Don't worry about the flickering light....they all do that, it's a glitch between the Ford and MGR software

[AndyWest41]

Ah, thanks very much! That's one less bill to worry about!

[Herman]

If it's all lights I would investigate a bit further.

Generally it's only the battery light and only briefly...............

Run the car slightly above idle and measure the voltage at the battery. It should be roughly 13.6 - 14 Volts.
Then switch on the lights, heated seats, rear windscreen heater and see what happens. Voltage shouldn't drop too much if the alternator is putting out the required power.