Couple of 406 questions

[David McCallum]

Hi All

Just got a 406 1.9 turbo diesel

1. The dashboard displays (mileometer, radio) is very dim, adjusting the little wheel thingy under the dash has very little effect. Is there anything elase I should look for

2. The is a hidden keypad under the dash (anti-start I think), but I can find no reference to it in the owners manual. How do I operate it?

3. I currently have a Sony MP3 player, what's the best way to fit it?

4. Does this car have the trip computer (I can't see the display see 1 above). The button mentioned in the manual on the wiper control doesn't seem to move

TIA
David McCallum

 

[NoWay]

Hi All

Just got a 406 1.9 turbo diesel

1. The dashboard displays (mileometer, radio) is very dim, adjusting the little wheel thingy under the dash has very little effect. Is there anything elase I should look for

2. The is a hidden keypad under the dash (anti-start I think), but I can find no reference to it in the owners manual. How do I operate it?

3. I currently have a Sony MP3 player, what's the best way to fit it?

4. Does this car have the trip computer (I can't see the display see 1 above). The button mentioned in the manual on the wiper control doesn't seem to move

TIA
David McCallum

answer 1 - there are two bottons on the glass part of the speedo, one puts the dash lights up and down the other resets the trip, keep it pressed it cycles through the options.

answer 4. the button on the top right stalk operates the display for the centre dash above the radio trip computer/miles to go/current mpg/overall mpg/current speed and distance travelled.

dont know about 2 or 3.

 

[Dan405]

> Hi All
>
> Just got a 406 1.9 turbo diesel
>
> 1. The dashboard displays (mileometer, radio) is very dim, adjusting the
> little wheel thingy under the dash has very little effect. Is there anything
> elase I should look for
>
> 2. The is a hidden keypad under the dash (anti-start I think), but I can
> find no reference to it in the owners manual. How do I operate it?
>
...

Dunno about 2, thought you had to put the code in before you could start the engine, yours may have been disabled?

3. Remove standard stereo, haynes manual should mention this, in my 405 it was easy, little bit of plastic pulled off, revealing 2 small holes, shove something in each of them, stereo pulls out, it'll be something like that. If you're lucky, it should just plug straight into the existing connectors, if you're not, you'll have to go buy a connector from Halfrauds. Also, you'll need a seperate connector for making the steering wheel controls work - ebay is good for these.

 

[Mindwipe (6)]

"David McCallum" wrote:

Hi All

Just got a 406 1.9 turbo diesel

1. The dashboard displays (mileometer, radio) is very dim, adjusting the little wheel thingy under the dash has very little effect. Is there

anything

elase I should look for
bulbs blown behind it,not bad to change about 10 mins(although i'm a

mechanic)

2. The is a hidden keypad under the dash (anti-start I think), but I can find no reference to it in the owners manual. How do I operate it? may be slaved to your remote ,make sure you know the code though,cos if

the remote goes faulty you will need to type it in(handbooks can be bought from the dealer)

3. I currently have a Sony MP3 player, what's the best way to fit it? depends which year ,let me know which shape/year it is
4. Does this car have the trip computer (I can't see the display see 1 above). The button mentioned in the manual on the wiper control doesn't

seem

to move
may not have one
TIA
David McCallum

 

[David McCallum]

Noway

answer 1 - there are two bottons on the glass part of the speedo, one puts the dash lights up and down the other resets the trip, keep it pressed it cycles through the options.

I only have one button there, any other clues?

answer 4. the button on the top right stalk operates the display for the centre dash above the radio trip computer/miles to go/current mpg/overall mpg/current speed and distance travelled.

The button appears to be stuck, is this a common fault?

David

 

[David McCallum]

Mindwipe

mechanic)

Is this covered in a Haynes manual?

406 turbo diesel saloon, r registration

David

 

[Cheater2k]

Theres no button on the wiper side, only on the left hand side witht he lights (which operates the horn)

 

[Neil D]

I have a 1998 GLX, it looks like I have the button, but I don't have the computer and hence can't press the button. At about 1998, only the executive had the computer (and later on the GTX's too)

Neil

 

[Mindwipe (6)]

should be ok with the stereo then..................dont know if haynes manual covers it.i just went in and did my first one by exploration........................you will need a flat screwy,a torx 20 screwy and a short chubby torx 20(halfords sell them)

 

[Ognat]

2. The is a hidden keypad under the dash (anti-start I think), but I can find no reference to it in the owners manual. How do I operate it?

You're correct, it's the engine immobiliser keypad. It uses a 4 digit code and (according to my handbook) works in one of two ways:

1. You can set it so you need to put in your 4 digit code everytime you start the engine.

2. You can also set it so that the immobiliser automatically dis-arms when you open the car with the remote. You will have 30 secs to start the engine, after which you'll need to put your code in to start it up.

By the sound of it, yours is set on the latter. They are also prone to malfunction from time to time... Peugeot replaced them with a transponder type immobiliser eventually.

 

[Mindwipe (6)]

spot on..............what happened was the wiring snapped into the back because of flexing