Hi all...first time on the forum.....be gentle
My wife has a 2014 308 Tourer that we purchased brand new. After a couple of years we started to get a warning engine signal when starting motor. Took it to the dealer and after several visits of them resetting the computer and same thing happening...the dealer "worked out" that it was the Adblue pump/tank. Under warranty they replaced the part and all seemed OK.
Several months later Wife took it to a local European Service centre as we were going on a long road trip and he bragged about all the extra fluids he replaced that he didn't have to do.
After about 8 hours of driving the UREA light came on...alarms flashing. So when we got to Dubbo for a couple of nights I popped into Auto Store and bought 10 litres Adblue. The car swallowed the whole 10 litres. looks like not only did the dealer NOT top up the Adblue BUT neither did the mob that did the service.
BUT from that point on, all the warning lights stopped flashing and the UREA light did not reappear....we were happy and for approx 1 month later, all was good. Once we were back home , my wife only did small trips to the shops etc. and after that month the warning light started coming on again.
So we took the car for a bit of a good run down the coast and was able to sustain good speeds for about 2 hours....low & behold...warning light stopped appearing when starting the car for about a fortnight then returned after doing only short runs again.
It appears that the car needs long sustained driving bursts to "burn off" or "clean out" some part of the system.
Has anyone else come across this and are there any simple solutions beside wasting fuel and doing an hour drive every week?
Cheers
Scott
My wife has a 2014 308 Tourer that we purchased brand new. After a couple of years we started to get a warning engine signal when starting motor. Took it to the dealer and after several visits of them resetting the computer and same thing happening...the dealer "worked out" that it was the Adblue pump/tank. Under warranty they replaced the part and all seemed OK.
Several months later Wife took it to a local European Service centre as we were going on a long road trip and he bragged about all the extra fluids he replaced that he didn't have to do.
After about 8 hours of driving the UREA light came on...alarms flashing. So when we got to Dubbo for a couple of nights I popped into Auto Store and bought 10 litres Adblue. The car swallowed the whole 10 litres. looks like not only did the dealer NOT top up the Adblue BUT neither did the mob that did the service.
BUT from that point on, all the warning lights stopped flashing and the UREA light did not reappear....we were happy and for approx 1 month later, all was good. Once we were back home , my wife only did small trips to the shops etc. and after that month the warning light started coming on again.
So we took the car for a bit of a good run down the coast and was able to sustain good speeds for about 2 hours....low & behold...warning light stopped appearing when starting the car for about a fortnight then returned after doing only short runs again.
It appears that the car needs long sustained driving bursts to "burn off" or "clean out" some part of the system.
Has anyone else come across this and are there any simple solutions beside wasting fuel and doing an hour drive every week?
Cheers
Scott