car losing power when hot

[pedro]

hey all. Im new on here and havent had the time to search the boards yet for a problem which is really bugging me.

I have a 206 99/00 1.1 litre.

I can drive around town and the car is fine but any motorway driving or b road driving the car engine management light will come on and then i lose all power for a couple of seconds. when the light goes out all power picks up again. this will happen untill it completely dies on me,if i leave the car alone for an hour it starts up first time.

4 seperate garages have looked at it including the main dealer and none of them can diagnose the problem on the computer. they all say the light has to stay on for the computer to find the fault.

any help will be greatly appreciated

[Pott]

I have exactly the same problem as Pedro, and the Peugeot garage has told me the same thing.
Peugeot are apparently aware of the problem, but other than offering the computerised test, which shows up as no problem, are doing nothing further.

[reap]

this sounds like anew prob? neve herd of this?.
if yellow k light came on the ecu will deffo have stored a code
for the light to go out again shows its only an intermitant fault.
sound a bit fuel/misfire related to me. ?

[Pott]

[quote=""reap""]this sounds like anew prob? neve herd of this?.
if yellow k light came on the ecu will deffo have stored a code
for the light to go out again shows its only an intermitant fault.
sound a bit fuel/misfire related to me. ?

This is not a new problem for the Peugeot 206 and apparently Peugeot HQ has written to all Peugeot garages to alert them.....
My W reg 1.1 has been very well looked after, serviced regularly etc. Since last year, several times when driving along normally, it will suddenly lose power altogether. Sometimes the light will come on and sometimes not, sometimes it happens on the motorway at speed and sometimes driving sedately on country roads. Each time I have to pull into the side and stop the car, when restarted it will then be as normal again. (It was, and still is, dangerous.)
The garage tested and retested the car, at one stage they put on a new exhaust, but the problem remains. The loss of power is very intermittent, sometimes I can drive for weeks without it happening. It therefore does not show up on diagnostic tests.
Last week my Peugeot Garage told me that Peugeot had written to them (so presumably to all Peugeot garages) saying that Peugeot HQ are very aware of this problem with some 206s but do not yet know the cause.

[pedro]

this sounds like anew prob? neve herd of this?.
if yellow k light came on the ecu will deffo have stored a code
for the light to go out again shows its only an intermitant fault.
sound a bit fuel/misfire related to me. ?

well what would you suggest trying out. it only seems to happen when its hot on long journeys.

[Terrylr]

I'm getting the same problem - bloody scary!

My garage told me that it was the temperature sensor. It was faulty and therefore cutting out. They did go into further detail - kinda made sense although I cannot recall word for word what they actually said.

[Hspeugeot]

Oh god, mines done similar too 2 or 3 times but I dont loose all power completely. Im coming to the conclusion my car is a bloody wrek after 3 and a half years! I managed to stop it from happening by pulling over for a sec and turning the engine off, the car starts straight away with all normal lights working again straight after but I dout that will help Pedro obviously.

[Terrylr]

I'm beginning to really not like Peugeots. SOO many things have gone wrong.

Get rid of it I think - well before it kills me

[prelude439]

You may have guessed from my username, that I actually drive a Honda, but my friend has just bought a 206 and is having what appears to be the same problem.

She bought it last week and the guy said he would put 12 months MOT on it, unfortunately for him, the cat failed and had to be replaced.

On the motorway home, the car broke down, as already described previously by others in this thread.
RAC took her home and the following day she had a new oxygen sensor fitted, everything seemed OK. She has used it all week going to/from work and then tonight went a little further, only for the same thing to happen again.

Do I take it that nobody yet knows what the cause is and how to fix it

Any help would be very much appreciated as she left her car with me tonight and has gone home in my lude, close to tears.

[Pott]

Just to update everyone having cut-out problems with their 206s.
I have been in contact with Peugeot over the months as the cut out problem in my car persists. Peugeot refuse to accept that it is happening in my car because it is a W reg, they say they know that there is a cut-out problem but they are only willing to acknowledge this problem exists in newer 206s which are within the 3 year warranty period!!!
This leaves the rest of us out on the roads in these dangerous cars. If yours has this problem too, then contact The Vehicle and Operaor Services Agency, a Government body that ensures the roadworthiness of vehicles and carries out recalls.

[prelude439]

My friend has just returned from fetching her car back from the dealer.

The diagnosis was a misfire on more than one cylinder, so they have changed the coil pack and plugs

She had been told that the problem was down to a faulty temp sensor, so when she questioned why they had changed the coil pack and plugs when the 206 had a fault with the temp sensor, she was told
"No, they have an ignition problem"

In coming home, she did take it for a similar run to the other night when it broke down and it appears to be OK (fingers crossed).
I don't know whether this will help anyone else and we don't yet know whether this has sorted her car out, but this has just cost the guy she bought the car from, just under £300, so for his sake let's hope so

[stam_par75]

Im not a technician but i had the same problem with an older car i owned. The problem solved when i disabled the car alarm which seemed to make the power go nuts (stopped the engine)

Just an idea if a car alarm exists in yours..

[prelude439]

My friend has today completed her first journey of any note and has travelled 40 miles without a hitch

Fingers crossed, the new coil pack appears to have done the trick

[SianAS]

I had the coil pack changed on my car as I was having the same problem. Ran fine for about a week, and then the problem returned.
I am now on my 3rd mechanic, hoping to get to the bottom of the problem. Car is 53 plate and has done 72,000.
Even took it to a Peugeot mechanic who didnt know the answer!!!!!

Very frustrating!

Likewise the problem is hit n miss. Could drive 50 miles with no problems, and then 10 miles doing 15 mph the whole way. Engine management light will either stay on or flash. Car also seems very hot! I havent had the temperature sensor checked so may be worth a mention. Good luck all x