Start stop error message
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I've had it quite a few times. It seems to sort itself out on the next engine restart. Don't know why tbh.
Could be that the engine hasn't ran long enough, you have air con on, you have a lot of electricals on (aircon,radio,rear demister, lights etc...)
Put your coolant display on the dash. Monitor it. The bar gauge on dash may be displaying cold?
The secondary engine control my have failed. There's buletin at seat for a change to this. And depending on engine there's a know thermostat isue
The secondary engine control my have failed. There's buletin at seat for a change to this. And depending on engine there's a know thermostat isue
I had this Wednesday including loosing the Cupra button and having the engine management light on. I've also for some time had my parking sensors activate on motorways when I'm doing 70 if another car comes close, making me nearly shat myself! Took her into Seat who ran a diagnostics and soft wear updates, stated I had lots of electrical fault codes. They cleared them and all seems fine for now! If it's in warranty then get it in, that's what it's there for.
RE start stop error message
Hi Leonmb
Just got the same warning message as you mentioned here (typical to get it on a bank hol ) .
Just wondering if you got this problem resolved ? did you find out the cause ? and did it require a dealer visit ?.
Mine is a 14 plate scfr 184 technology , on mine the glow plug lamp flashes constantly aswell , ( very irritating ).
any way kind regards and a happy new year to you .
Andy
Hi Leonmb
Just got the same warning message as you mentioned here (typical to get it on a bank hol ) .
Just wondering if you got this problem resolved ? did you find out the cause ? and did it require a dealer visit ?.
Mine is a 14 plate scfr 184 technology , on mine the glow plug lamp flashes constantly aswell , ( very irritating ).
any way kind regards and a happy new year to you .
Andy
stop start error
I had stop start error and also engine management warning at same time also went into limp mode.
took to seat dealer and they came back with error code stating air intake leek.
they dismantled it up to turbo and found seal near maf sensor was dry/ twisted. they reassembled it and so far everything is ok.
Had full service at 20k done at same time..... £229 to have oil and oil filter and pollen filter changed......that is a rip off no air filter or fuel filter...... thankfully I can now do all servicing myself as it will be out of warrenty next service date.
I had stop start error and also engine management warning at same time also went into limp mode.
took to seat dealer and they came back with error code stating air intake leek.
they dismantled it up to turbo and found seal near maf sensor was dry/ twisted. they reassembled it and so far everything is ok.
Had full service at 20k done at same time..... £229 to have oil and oil filter and pollen filter changed......that is a rip off no air filter or fuel filter...... thankfully I can now do all servicing myself as it will be out of warrenty next service date.
start stop error
Thanks for the info on that , i seem to have this problem too , it started on new years day , first flashing glow plug light , and the start stop error msg , then next morning on start up eml light and limp mode , was busy with work over the wkend so gonna ring dealer tom morning .
I also bought my 184 last march though mine was an ex demo, at the time i bought it , i also took out the nx 2 services package , Ie, £20 a month for nx 18 months , and your nx 2 service,s are covered , anyway car had 3k miles on it and was serviced on the day i collected it , so at start of Dec ,it now had 12k on it and service reminder came on , so booked it in to west london seat , telling them i want 2nd year service , as it already had its first .
When i was collecting the car and at the service advisers desk getting the paperwork , i noticed they had not changed the fuel filter , so i asked him why not ? and was told the computer tells us wot is needed to be done , computer says no ! ,,lol I said well customer says yes ! and that i had asked for a 2nd year service .
funnily enough on his desk was a mouse mat with the service schedules printed on it , i spun it around and pointed out diesel engines fuel filter at 2nd year and then every 2 year ,, He just trudged off to the parts store to get a filter , and took it in to the workshop , so i got me fuel filter changed .
Make sure you get wot your paying for Seat dealers are jokers !
Kind Regards Andy
Update , i was told mine had a faulty boost pressure sensor , that they replaced under warranty , and ready the next day .
Seems to be quite a common fault .
Thanks for the info on that , i seem to have this problem too , it started on new years day , first flashing glow plug light , and the start stop error msg , then next morning on start up eml light and limp mode , was busy with work over the wkend so gonna ring dealer tom morning .
I also bought my 184 last march though mine was an ex demo, at the time i bought it , i also took out the nx 2 services package , Ie, £20 a month for nx 18 months , and your nx 2 service,s are covered , anyway car had 3k miles on it and was serviced on the day i collected it , so at start of Dec ,it now had 12k on it and service reminder came on , so booked it in to west london seat , telling them i want 2nd year service , as it already had its first .
When i was collecting the car and at the service advisers desk getting the paperwork , i noticed they had not changed the fuel filter , so i asked him why not ? and was told the computer tells us wot is needed to be done , computer says no ! ,,lol I said well customer says yes ! and that i had asked for a 2nd year service .
funnily enough on his desk was a mouse mat with the service schedules printed on it , i spun it around and pointed out diesel engines fuel filter at 2nd year and then every 2 year ,, He just trudged off to the parts store to get a filter , and took it in to the workshop , so i got me fuel filter changed .
Make sure you get wot your paying for Seat dealers are jokers !
Kind Regards Andy
Update , i was told mine had a faulty boost pressure sensor , that they replaced under warranty , and ready the next day .
Seems to be quite a common fault .
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Can you elaborate on those issues please? What are the symptoms?
We picked up our new FR (2.0l 150PS) in December. It currently has less than 500 miles on it (mixed country roads and motorway) and has developed an intermittent stop-start problem.
The symptom is that before joining the motorway (we do about 10 motorway miles on the way home), the stop-start works fine, but after any quick runs, we find that the stop start is disabled by the time we reach the motorway exit. The Car display on the stereo displays the 'engine must be running' error message.
We do about another 4 miles on country lanes (40-50mph) before we reach home, so the engine should have cooled down if it was getting hot, but when we park up, the engine cooling fan is running flat out and there is a strong burning smell. The temperature gauge doesn't rise above half way.
We will take it back to the dealer, but they're 20-odd miles away in the opposite direction to work.
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That sounds like the car is doing a DPF regen when you come to switch it off.
The stop/start will not interrupt an active regen because the ECU has decided it needs to finish it.
I am guessing that the idle was also up around the 1000rpm rather than the normal 800rpm.
Take the car for a good run until it is up to full temperature and then see if the idle is 800
If not - carry on driving some more till at standstill it is 800rpm
I would gess the stop start will be active again.
Thanks. It hasn't done it for the last couple of days. I'll check the revs when it does it next. Would probably explain the burning smell too.
Sounds like what i had with my EcoTSI i basically did the same turned it back on and it was fine, did get Seat Assist out though as it was Christmas Eve of all days, and less then a week old, i had stalled it twice in quick succession (4th Manual car, never stalled a car so many times in my life???) guy made contact with Factory but there was no known problem, he looked at the codes and then reset everything, seems to be all ok
Never use START/STOP its the first thing i deactivate everytime i drive the car, cant be bothered with it FULL STOP.
SEAT must have done there homework (Well VW technically) as the Battery is an exp one on this car & meant to have a life of 10years
Did anyone know that?
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/bu...teries/halfords-start-stop-agm-battery-agm096
only £119 inc VAT with TRADE CARD... still an exp bugger tho.
Lets hope we never need it eh.
SEAT must have done there homework (Well VW technically) as the Battery is an exp one on this car & meant to have a life of 10years
Did anyone know that?
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/bu...teries/halfords-start-stop-agm-battery-agm096
only £119 inc VAT with TRADE CARD... still an exp bugger tho.
Lets hope we never need it eh.
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Did you ever find out what the issue was. I have a 184 tdi 14 plate and the glow plug light flashes, it’s gone into limp mode and it won’t boost at all. Foot planked to the ground and it won’t even Rev.
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