Emission System Service Required Warning Message??

[bomberh]

Been out to my car this afternoon to go for a little drive in the sunshine and had the following warning come up:

“Emission System Service Required”

The engine light is illuminated and also a yellow warning triangle illuminated.

I turned the engine off for a moment. Then when I turned it back on again, after the self-check the same warning came up.

I can remove the warning by pressing the “read” button and the message goes away, but the yellow engine light is still illuminated.

Is there a real problem or an emissions chip problem? Can I still drive my car, I take it I will need to go to the dealer to sort this out?

What a pain

[bomberh]

stevewushu said:

Or it's 1 if 4 lambda sensors gone.
Bamford Rose did this on mine last year to solve the issue.

Isn't that serious?? Can I still drive my car, if this is the problem??

[bomberh]

bogie said:

not really serious - mine has been doing it at random for 6 years now

I have an OBD II reader in the boot to reset it...then it might last 1K, 5K, 10K miles before it comes on again with a message about a sensor being wonky

get it checked out next service, likely they reset it, give it all a clean and it dosnt come on again

however if you reset it and it brings up the same error every day then it might need a new sensor - about £60 one ebay

I've only had the car 2 weeks, so the dealer can sort it out.However I'm in Wiltshire and the dealer is in Derby!

I have been more concerned about driving the car with this fault.

The OBD II reader might be a good idea, where does it plug into and is it easy to use?

[bomberh]

stevewushu said:

But like any warning light it's frustrating more so because, if you're like me, would prefer to read the digital speedo!

I can remove the message by pressing the read button, but the engine light is still lluminated which I would find very unnerving if you know what I mean?

[bomberh]

Little Donkey said:

bomberh said:

I can remove the message by pressing the read button, but the engine light is still lluminated which I would find very unnerving if you know what I mean?

The socket is just under the dash in the drivers footwell to the left of the steering wheel. Easy stuff.....plug it in, read the code and reset, send me £5.00 in the post, job done! Here to help.

I take it the reader will only pick up the displayed faults tell you what they are and enable you to reset them? You haven't got to scroll through loads of codes to find the correct one to reset?