Hi all - I wonder if anyone can offer me any advice on a new problem with our 206cc. Everything was fine on Monday, the car was used 2 or 3 times with no problems. On Tuesday morning when we went to start the car everything died when turning to key to the starter motor position - all dash lights out, revspeedo dropped to off (ie below 0), some ticking from relays somewhere. An overnight charge hasn't helped but when I tried jumping it with leads this morning it fired up fine and drove around the block. So - I'm going to put a new battery in tonight (thank you GSF for being so local and keeping the batts on the shelf! ). But ... within a few hundred yards of pulling away this morning I had the stop light flashing and "Brake fault" on the display quickly followed by "ABS fault". I'm confident that nothing has actually broken (possible, but it was fine on monday) and is probably more likely due to the car getting its knickers in a twist with me trying to start it. So - can I clear these faults myself with a simple fuse pull, or will I need to get it to a pug garage for a diagnostic reset (at £85+vat, and days of waiting with a wife & babe transportless!).
will need a proper reste. all the ecu ..abs,airbag etc etc have more than deffo stored low power faults.all need to be told the battery good again.sorry.
Thankfully ... it seems not in this case The car sat with its bad battery in place for a day, had everything disconnected to fit the new battery, sat for a further day with no battery in place at all while I took back the wrong battery (grrr ... not tall enough, trust pug to mess about), and then finally had a good battery fitted (so a bad batt for 10hrs, then no batt for 24hrs) - when the new battery was installed everything fired and ran smoothly with no warnings or fault messages. I'm using the car today just to shake things through, but it looks like its all worked out nicely.
Thanks for feeding back too. That's the way we can all learn.
Regards, Ron
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
i had i similar problem with mine... its been sat on the drive for about 6 months as i took it back of the ex-wife... 6 months later the battery is flat!!! i have bought a new battery (one from national tyres not pug) anyway new battery connected and i get the abs fault:/. so then i take it to peugeot and they reckon i need a new abs ecu to the tune of £556 . does anyone think if i fitted a peugeot approved battery that this fault clear?? also does anyone know what type of abs ecu is fitted to the 206cc or where on the car it is to find the make of this? its a 52 plate 1.6.... or even better where i can get this fixed cheaper than £556 if it is goosed... it's just peed me off because the car hasn't moved then all of a sudden the abs ecu is f'd....HELP
). But ... within a few hundred yards of pulling away this morning I had the stop light flashing and "Brake fault" on the display quickly followed by "ABS fault". I'm confident that nothing has actually broken (possible, but it was fine on monday) and is probably more likely due to the car getting its knickers in a twist with me trying to start it. So - can I clear these faults myself with a simple fuse pull, or will I need to get it to a pug garage for a diagnostic reset (at £85+vat, and days of waiting with a wife & babe transportless!).
. does anyone think if i fitted a peugeot approved battery that this fault clear?? also does anyone know what type of abs ecu is fitted to the 206cc or where on the car it is to find the make of this? its a 52 plate 1.6.... or even better where i can get this fixed cheaper than £556 if it is goosed... it's just peed me off because the car hasn't moved then all of a sudden the abs ecu is f'd....HELP