Error on screen: Engine fault. Repair needed
Error on board: Yellow exclamation triangle and the yellow engine on the bottom right of the board.
The exclamation triangle is not permanent, it dissapears after 10-30 sec and then appears again in few minutes. The yellow engine is permanent once the engine fault appears, but not before. If i let the car cool down few minutes and start it again, the error dissapears and the engine works properly. See below problem with the engine.
On the tester there are two main errors:
U1218 Red CAN intersystem that is permanent and cannot be deleted. It’s connected with the main computer/electronics and the mechanics i talked to say that it should not affect the engine while driving.
P12A2 Cylinder 1 that only appears only after Engine fault appears. It can be deleted but then appears again.
After going through 4 service places I eliminated the following options (I hope):
The main problem of this error is that the reaction of the acceleration decreases while driving and it’s unpleasant. When the engine works properly it takes 5 seconds to go from 2000 to 3000 rpm. When the engine fault appears it takes more than 15 seconds when pressing the acceleration to the bottom and very slowly increasing in speed. The sound of the engine is the same.
This error only appears after about 100km when I drive long distance. So far it never appeared when driving in the city. I only have this car for 2 weeks now and I want to believe the previous owner didn’t know about this error. It doesn’t matter anymore, I need to find the magical puzzle piece to get rid of it. Please help! What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Car is Peugeot 5008 from 2013
Error on board: Yellow exclamation triangle and the yellow engine on the bottom right of the board.
The exclamation triangle is not permanent, it dissapears after 10-30 sec and then appears again in few minutes. The yellow engine is permanent once the engine fault appears, but not before. If i let the car cool down few minutes and start it again, the error dissapears and the engine works properly. See below problem with the engine.
On the tester there are two main errors:
U1218 Red CAN intersystem that is permanent and cannot be deleted. It’s connected with the main computer/electronics and the mechanics i talked to say that it should not affect the engine while driving.
P12A2 Cylinder 1 that only appears only after Engine fault appears. It can be deleted but then appears again.
After going through 4 service places I eliminated the following options (I hope):
- There are no issues with the injectors and cilinders
- The compression in the cylinders is fine
- The DPF works fine (although I havent cleaned it - car has 240k km) and the regeneration happens every 300km. There is quite some black smoke when I accelerate rapidly, maybe I can still clean the DPF?
- The usual suspects are all in good parameters: oil, antifreeze liquid, DPF liquid (tester says it has 500ml but the tank sounds empty when knocking it)
- The software was also updated after asking permission from Peugeot
The main problem of this error is that the reaction of the acceleration decreases while driving and it’s unpleasant. When the engine works properly it takes 5 seconds to go from 2000 to 3000 rpm. When the engine fault appears it takes more than 15 seconds when pressing the acceleration to the bottom and very slowly increasing in speed. The sound of the engine is the same.
This error only appears after about 100km when I drive long distance. So far it never appeared when driving in the city. I only have this car for 2 weeks now and I want to believe the previous owner didn’t know about this error. It doesn’t matter anymore, I need to find the magical puzzle piece to get rid of it. Please help! What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Car is Peugeot 5008 from 2013
12A2Description of Fault:No. 1 cylinder: The injector is not injecting enough or poor cylinder compression.
