i30 Owners Club
GOT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES? => DIESEL => Topic started by: AlanHo on November 02, 2012, 01:17:01
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I have been out and about this evening in my i30 1.6 CRDi and for most of the time the auto stop has been disabled. Previously this has been a sign that the DPF his being regenerated but the last regeneration was only 80 miles ago and the trip economy failed to show any increase in fuel consumption. Hence I doubt that the DPF had anything to do with it.
For the first time since I bought the car in April the frost warning light came on - with the temperature in the dash showing 4ºC. Can it be that Auto Stop is deactivated when the temperature is low.
Perhaps our friends in the colder Euro countries with a new i30 can help to shed some light on the matter.
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Perhaps the engine supplies cabin heat at those temps. :exclaim:
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For the first time since I bought the car in April the frost warning light came on - with the temperature in the dash showing 4ºC. Can it be that Auto Stop is deactivated when the temperature is low.
I would suspect so Alan .. The stop / start on my Hybrid does not cut in as much in cooler weather :cool:
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For the first time since I bought the car in April the frost warning light came on - with the temperature in the dash showing 4ºC. Can it be that Auto Stop is deactivated when the temperature is low.
Had my frost light on 3 times in the last week.
Any mention in the Handbook?
I'll check mine later...
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For the first time since I bought the car in April the frost warning light came on - with the temperature in the dash showing 4ºC. Can it be that Auto Stop is deactivated when the temperature is low.
Had my frost light on 3 times in the last week.
Any mention in the Handbook?
I'll check mine later...
The handbook says the Auto Stop will operate between 2°C and 35°C - but the temperature showing in the display was 4°C at the time - so it should not have been deactivated. Unless of course it has its own temperature sender which was reading a lower temperature.
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Wind chill is always lower.
Wonder if that has anything to do with it blowing around/under/over the car?