new member sorry about the length lol

[kbekl]

well this isnt the first pug i have owned i have had a few over the years some good some bad and 1 really bad lol

i am karl and i live in cornwall at the min but with a move upto manchester due in 2 weeks i thought it was about time i got shot of the 806 that has caused me no end of greif bought it 1 yr ago and from the second day it was a night mare with stalling when it wanted and all the electrics playing up constantly and about 10 hrs in the garage thought it was about time to get shot lol

well i have now just bought a 1999 406 2.0 110 hdi and i do enjoy the drive and confort but it has a few niggaly problems 1 st one is it is on a 2nd MAF in 2 mths not sure why and the garage wont fix under warrant due to water being in the unit (not too sure how it gets in their as they didnt bother to check the first or second time it was replaced). is their a way to clear the ecu memory when i swap the part myself or do i need to go to the garage to have it cleared ??

my step dad took it to manchester airport whilst they were away and the battery died so the radio lost its code but have been told that this is a vin coded unit so this shouldnt have happened

the intermitent wiper seems to work when it wants to not in the original way lol but will go fast when their is no need to

i know these cars have a 7 seat option but can you diy these to accept the seats with out too much hassel basicly buy the seats and bolt them in place or is their no mounts in the car if it hasnt been done in the factory ?

well other than that i enjoy the drive from the car especially the economy i get from it and the power from the hdi unit is great

[teamster1975]

Welcome to you Karl!
You're right about the radio, on D9's the radio is coded to the BSI so no code to punch in.

[kbekl]

Welcome to you Karl!
You're right about the radio, on D9's the radio is coded to the BSI so no code to punch in.

cheers

is their a way to get it to work or is it a main dealer trip as i will just pop in a mp3 player i have lol

i have been reading the forum and turns out i can add the boot seats just got to watch out for the bolt sizing

good old search button lol

[mjb]

the intermitent wiper seems to work when it wants to not in the original way lol but will go fast when their is no need to

sounds like you have an auto wiper, not intermittent... works by a sensor at the top of the windscreen trying to work out the density of water on the screen

[teamster1975]

is their a way to get it to work or is it a main dealer trip as i will just pop in a mp3 player i have lol

It should just work when you reconnect the battery! If it isn't it may need recoding to the bsi, main stealer job
To be honest if that's the case I'd just stick with your own head unit!

[teamster1975]

the intermitent wiper seems to work when it wants to not in the original way lol but will go fast when their is no need to

sounds like you have an auto wiper, not intermittent... works by a sensor at the top of the windscreen trying to work out the density of water on the screen

Just to add if this is the case you need to turn the wipers off and back on when you start the car to reset the sensor (if you left them on when you stopped the engine!)

[kbekl]

thats what i thought in reguards to the radio so i will just stick with my jvc any one want a cd changer lol

wiper thing i thought that was the fault on it when i stop and restart the car they didnt work lol so their isnt a fault in their lol

can you add a mpg computor into the hdi verisons or is this a petrol only option

how can i reset the check engine light when i have installed the new MAF ?

[kbekl]

hi how do i know if mine is a d8 or d9 (not that i am sure what that means)

[teamster1975]

hi how do i know if mine is a d8 or d9 (not that i am sure what that means)

D8's have a slatted front grille and D9's have a honeycomb grille, D9's also have a body coloured strip through the rear light clusters.

[Doggy]

Hi Karl & welcome

D9's also have a body coloured strip through the rear light clusters.

Saloons only, I'm afraid.
Do pay attention, Teamy

D9 head unit is a Clarion & if not coded to the BSI will still work, but beep every few seconds until re-coded correctly. The D8 unit is a Philips, (I think), which will need a code.

The engine management light should clear itself after perhaps 10 journeys without a fault.

Computer upgrade is probably possible, but you really need to know the exact model you've got first.

HTH

[teamster1975]

Saloons only, I'm afraid.
Do pay attention, Teamy

[kbekl]

right the car is
1999
2.0 hdi 110
head unit is a clarion with the display for it where the date and time is shown this also warns me if their is risk of ice and doors being open also fuel level

it is the estate ,manual gearbox,also seems to have traction control as it lights up and goes out but it is a LX model