Snow/auto Warning

[Maverick]

On my way back from town today I got the three beeps, followed by the flashing Auto/Snow warning. I could not stop where I was (A4 in rush hour) so continued while the wife looked up the error.

Turns out this was the "Panic, STOP and call Citroen" or something similar. By the time she had located this in the manual (Page 54 I think) the error had gone.

Anyone else had this, know what the cause is, or if I am likely to be on the slippery slope of having my car turn against me.

TIA,
Mav

[hertsnminds]

Best case
A sensor has given a glitch reading and has triggered the warning. (We know how easy it is to confuse the logic in the Pluriel).

Worst case
Faulty sensor or part that needs to be replaced.

If it is a one off I would ignore it until the next service, if it happens again I would take it to a Citroen dealer and get it hooked up to the diagnostic computer as soon as possible.

Ian
Orange 03 Senso

[dobbin]

I would recommend calling your dealer. I think when they plug their computer into the Pluriels computer at the next service, they can download a list of all the warnings that have been displayed. In the worst case scenario they could accuse you of ignoring a warning, which may invalid the warranty. Its got to be worth a call at least.

[n_olympios]

I must have understood something incorrectly here or I'm just not familiar with the terms... The snow warning is shown when the outside temperature is below 3 degrees C, or am I wrong? I don't see how this is related to the car itself. It just warns you to be more careful on driving, that's all.

Please correct me if I'm missing something. :(

[Maverick]

[quote name='n_olympios' date='Aug 23 2004, 12:02 PM'] I must have understood something incorrectly here or I'm just not familiar with the terms... The snow warning is shown when the outside temperature is below 3 degrees C. [/quote]
Welcome back. :(

The sensodrive gearbox has a warning light when it detects snow (or wheel slippage?) and puts the gearbox in a snow mode, I guess shortening the gear changes).

In this case the box has a warning mode where the auto and snow lights flash and beep to alert to a problem with the gearbox.