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Today I have been drying all connectors and stripping the wiring loom where i know it got soaked. Having put it all together there was no sign of the engine management fault but I still had the electrical error on the indicator/rear lights etc. As it was all on the left i was trying to isolate that by pulling fuses and testing the car with different fuses out. When i had the RT Park/Tail & the LF Park/Tail fuses removed - I noticed I was now only getting the odd lights / fast indicator symptom when I engaged the car in reverse. I rechecked all the bulbs and found no error. But on removing the left indicator bulb i spotted the lights were dimming etc as i touched or moved the light block. I spotted the rear light cluster cable connection was slightly loose and the securing clip has been previously damaged. I swapped the unit for the one on the right of the vehicle (including the indicator bulb from that side) and all appears to be okay/ normal now with the lights... although i broke a bulb whilst removing it so need to replace this in the morning. It appears the rear cluster could have been causing the lights error. Because it has coincided with me stripping and drying the engine connections and loom, I am not sure whether it could have been the cause of the engine management light and the cut out? I am re-taping the loom tomorrow and will test drive the car after this. As well as collecting a replacement bulb to confirm all the electrics are working as normal. I will keep you posted here about how it goes but fingers crossed I could be getting closer to solving this. Thanks for all the help and suggestions its kept me going!!!

Hi there! From your other post I deduce you've got a diesel, so yes indeed a diesel fuel filter is right at 20,000 KILOMETERS, 12,500 miles, according to my Chrysler owners manual. It's just that on modern vehicles, which these aren't really (definitely not the petrol push rod engine!!) garages tend not to do that kind of thing - "oh they'll be ok" attitude. If you think that's bad, the oil & filter intervals for the petrol engine model, with town work stop start driving, is 3000 miles!!!! It goes to the heady heights of 7500 miles if driven more "normally". Obviously I stick religiously to that ha ha. The diesel owner guys will assist on this I'm sure, and warn of the potential follow on problems if it's not done correctly. There also appears to be a couple of locations the fuel filter may be - from memory underneath next to the tank, or in the engine bay, and you may or may not have a hand primer bulb on yours. If you don't have the hand primer it could be best to get a garage to do it for you. On my diesel 07 Galaxy it was a complete and utter git of a job to get it running again, including the help of my neighbour who has a fuel vacuum hand pump, a proper one, (he works for Ford). Like not changing brake fluid on a many years old "full" service, never heard of it being done, in fairness it's not even in the Chrysler book.