Hi There,
I have a 2012 T7 308 prince turbo 1.6. I've been a bit of a lurker so far but first post!
Found my way here shortly after buying the car... it's had two timing chains in 100,000k. The great thing is, thanks to others' experience in this forum, Peugeot paid for the second - because I knew to ask!
Anyways... I have an 'engine fault: repair needed' warning message greeting me on every startup. I've done a bunch of research and I still can't seem to get clarity on whether this vehicle requires the Lexia3 cable and dedicated software to tell me what's up.
From what I can see the car is OBD2 compliant, which theoretically means any compliant OBD2 interface can be utilised to read/erase fault codes. However, my last car was a Fiat which required a specialised OBD2 interface to get access to some of the more unique functions of the car, like DPF regen reset etc.
I've also read the eBay descriptions for these Lexia cables and they seem to suggest newer vehicles are incompatible. So my questions are:
1) Is the Lexia cable only needed for earlier models before OBD2 was more standardised?
2) Does anyone have any experience of generic OBD2 readers, do they work at all? Or, are they limited to more generic features of the car? ie - if I get a specialised Peugeot interface can I do more stuff?
3) Any recommendations?
Any perspectives would be most welcome! Ta.
I have a 2012 T7 308 prince turbo 1.6. I've been a bit of a lurker so far but first post!
Found my way here shortly after buying the car... it's had two timing chains in 100,000k. The great thing is, thanks to others' experience in this forum, Peugeot paid for the second - because I knew to ask!
Anyways... I have an 'engine fault: repair needed' warning message greeting me on every startup. I've done a bunch of research and I still can't seem to get clarity on whether this vehicle requires the Lexia3 cable and dedicated software to tell me what's up.
From what I can see the car is OBD2 compliant, which theoretically means any compliant OBD2 interface can be utilised to read/erase fault codes. However, my last car was a Fiat which required a specialised OBD2 interface to get access to some of the more unique functions of the car, like DPF regen reset etc.
I've also read the eBay descriptions for these Lexia cables and they seem to suggest newer vehicles are incompatible. So my questions are:
1) Is the Lexia cable only needed for earlier models before OBD2 was more standardised?
2) Does anyone have any experience of generic OBD2 readers, do they work at all? Or, are they limited to more generic features of the car? ie - if I get a specialised Peugeot interface can I do more stuff?
3) Any recommendations?
Any perspectives would be most welcome! Ta.