Emission fault, service required

[Gregor01]

I have problems to get reed of a fault message on my DB9 saying: Emission fault, service required. Earlier it dissipated when I took the car for a long ride, but now it is there all the time. I probably need to use the car more, it is a garage car that I only take out in nice weather, and I live at the west coast of Norway Any help? Geir

[steveway]

I had this on my V12V when purchased, took it to a local garage who put the light out and after a few tanks of fuel and some spirited driving (touch wood) it has not reappeared.

Yours is a new car to yourself as well isn't it?

[Gregor01]

Hi Steve, yes it is new to me. I have had it for a year, but it has been parked (winter stored) most of the time. Hopefully I will now start to use it more, but it is still a nice weather car, and I will not drive it more then 3-5000 km (max 3000 miles) a year. One of the problem I have is that there is no local dealer for Aston Martin where I live (Stavanger Norway) I need to go to Oslo, and it is 6-8 hours away. Anyway I will try to get the fault message reset, and see if it comes up again.

[M5MarkM]

I get this quite often on my DB9v, normally when battery has gone flat and then recharged, my indy normally just puts it out, I think only once have I actually needed the service and it has happened many time

[Zod]

I occasionally get it if I have a near stall at low speed in a car park. An OBD II reader clears it.

[leerandle]

Gregor01 said:

I have problems to get reed of a fault message on my DB9 saying: Emission fault, service required. Earlier it dissipated when I took the car for a long ride, but now it is there all the time. I probably need to use the car more, it is a garage car that I only take out in nice weather, and I live at the west coast of Norway Any help? Geir

I would suggest you get an OBD reader so that you can find out the fault code to decide how serious the problem could be.

The Emission Fault can be a number of various problems, but usually it is the o2 sensors Lots of threads on here regarding 'Emission Faults'. (NOTE: Usually as this seems to be most common cause, but not always !!)

Sometimes they clear themselves, sometimes they need looking at further to find out problem.

[Gregor01]

I have found many types of OBD II reader on e-bay and many other places. Is there a special model I should look for?

Edited by Gregor01 on Wednesday 14th June 09:50

Edited by Gregor01 on Wednesday 14th June 09:51

[bomberh]

leerandle said:

Gregor01 said:

I have problems to get reed of a fault message on my DB9 saying: Emission fault, service required. Earlier it dissipated when I took the car for a long ride, but now it is there all the time. I probably need to use the car more, it is a garage car that I only take out in nice weather, and I live at the west coast of Norway Any help? Geir

I would suggest you get an OBD reader so that you can find out the fault code to decide how serious the problem could be.

The Emission Fault can be a number of various problems, but usually it is the o2 sensors Lots of threads on here regarding 'Emission Faults'. (NOTE: Usually as this seems to be most common cause, but not always !!)

Sometimes they clear themselves, sometimes they need looking at further to find out problem.

What he said.

I purchased one of these from Amazon: Stoga U480 CAN-BUS OBD2 ENGINE SCANNER CODE READER can bus OBD 2 Diagnostic Scan Tool

Go to Amazon and copy the above into the search it should find it.

Its cheap and cheerful and basic and does the job.

[Zod]

bomberh said:

leerandle said:

Gregor01 said:

I have problems to get reed of a fault message on my DB9 saying: Emission fault, service required. Earlier it dissipated when I took the car for a long ride, but now it is there all the time. I probably need to use the car more, it is a garage car that I only take out in nice weather, and I live at the west coast of Norway Any help? Geir

I would suggest you get an OBD reader so that you can find out the fault code to decide how serious the problem could be.

The Emission Fault can be a number of various problems, but usually it is the o2 sensors Lots of threads on here regarding 'Emission Faults'. (NOTE: Usually as this seems to be most common cause, but not always !!)

Sometimes they clear themselves, sometimes they need looking at further to find out problem.

What he said.

I purchased one of these from Amazon: Stoga U480 CAN-BUS OBD2 ENGINE SCANNER CODE READER can bus OBD 2 Diagnostic Scan Tool

Go to Amazon and copy the above into the search it should find it.

Its cheap and cheerful and basic and does the job.

That's the one I have too. It lives behind the passenger seat, just in case.

[Gregor01]

This one looks fancy. You can use a TAB with large display to read the messages. I wonder if it will work with an Aston Martin?

iCarsoft Bluetooth Multiscan Tool i620 OBD2 (Torque - Android)

https://www.bildiagnosebutikken.no/media/catalog/p...

[dlm18]

Yes that code reader shown does work as I cleared that fault on my vantage on sunday.