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Originally Posted by Zebster
Today I suffered a breakdown due to what I believe to be an EGR fault, although not the typical one... Intermittent loss of power, which got worse over about 30 minutes of driving until I got a "reduced engine power" message (featuring a tortoise) then performance reduced to such a level that I struggled to pull away from a standstill or go faster than about 10MPH and there was severe kangarooing. So I stopped and called Volvo recovery and the car is now at a dealer for 'diagnostics'.
However I carry an ELM327 so plugged it in to see what codes had come up and found the following:-
P2413 (logged)
P00be (pending)
P00bf (pending)
P2262 (pending)
I'm pretty sure they weren't there before, as I went through a phase of getting a P014c (relating to the exhaust manifold oxygen sensor being sooted-up) so regularly look to see if it's pending (it never is any more).
According to Google, the P2413 is probably due to the EGR valve sticking open and I assume the other codes relate to the effect that has upon MAF?
Anyone else seen this, of have any suggestions? I'm a bit concerned that this ISN'T the usual EGR blockage fault commonly reported in this thread, so may fall outside of Volvo goodwill!
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Just had a call from Shrewsbury Volvo... it is the EGR valve that needs replacing, at a total cost of £743. The dealer has spoken to Volvo who (as mentioned above) are only prepared to cover 50% of the replacement cost due to the car being (just) over 4 years old, which is disappointing. And I have to also pay the diagnostics charge, so a confirmed total cost to me of just over £430.
UPDATE: just had another call, they've now found that the EGR cooler needs to also be replaced! But fortunately that's covered by a 100% contribution from Volvo.
Both the valve and the cooler have been previously replaced and the car is now on 72k miles. Worrying for the future, isn't it?