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E-208 has started getting a number of errors coming up.

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Hi all, my e-208 has suddenly got quite a few errors coming up and I wondered if anyone had ever seen anything like this before or could help me diagnose what could potentially be going on?
 

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#2 ·
How old is the car? What sort of journeys do you do? How far? How do often do you charge?

Strange errors like this are almost always caused by a flat 12v battery. Sometimes just disconnecting and reconnecting it is sufficient - Stellantis know that their software isn't great, and just like Windows 95 machines, often need to be turned off and on again. For that reason (EVs are never really off), they've provided a handy quick release. Leave it 10 minutes, reconnect it, wait another 20 minutes, and see if the issue reoccurs. If it does, change the 12v battery.

Make sure it's been taken to a dealer for the recall issued last year.

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Most probably a weak 12v battery, like already suggested, but if it doesn't solve it, then it might be a damaged ABS wiring loom, as these are known to be vulnerable on Peugeots. Look under back wheels to see if the cable I have highlighted below has any tears/splits in it, like the one shown.

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#8 ·
By the symptoms on an e-208 or Corsa-e, it's almost certainly going to be one of the rear wiring looms; a design flaw in how they were routed means they're prone to damage, and since they're a CAN bus, any systems attached to that same CAN bus will show errors if the wiring ends up open circuit or shorted - which is why you have a lot of warnings on your dashboard for what is a single fault in the wiring.
Peugeot have issued a technical service bulletin to its dealer service departments on how to deal with it, but they stopped short of issuing a recall.
 
#14 ·
There are 2 different issues which are linked to overwhelming error messages popping up from a number of stellantis vehicles.

The straightforward starting point is to test and possibly replace the 12v battery.
If it can be charged then it might help if only in the short term.

What age is your car, has the 12v been replaced?

Gaz
 
#15 ·
Another clue to a weak battery is that "Emergency Energy mode" will activate after a few minutes, if the car's infotainment system is turned on when the car is no longer turned on in "ready" mode. This kicks in when the voltage falls to 12.1v or below.
 
#17 ·
It has done that to me once a few weeks back; the voltage on the battery currently reads 12.16V if I connect up my multimeter. It's not clear to me if once all these errors are thrown they'd be expected to reset themselves, or if it would require some sort of service command to reset them and see if they come back.

Thank you for the reply.