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I left my VW Polo side lights on all day and had a very flat battery when i got back to my car so got a friend to help me bump start the car now as i'm driving it has a steering wheel symbol with a ! next to it on my dashboard coming on and a warning sound? What is wrong?
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Generally that means you have a bad ground on your circuit to your light or you have a chaffed hot wire that gets bumped and touches metal and blows the light. if the plug for the bulb melted or burnt, black browned from heat?
If the engine light is blinking you have major issues with the vehicle. Have scanned at autozone or similar for codes this will give you a idea what is wrong. Then get back to me when you have codes
Bought a very reputable diy service manual for the vehicle, and that plus a bit of thought and nous gave me the cure: no intrinsic problem other than loose relay connections. Went round with the wiring diagrams as guide checking all electrical connections in tight and relays fuses etc all good. Switched on and no problem any more.
By the way, vehicle is 1992 VW Polo - not Fox (which in UK is a variant of the Polo)
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