[Warning Light] econ mode reset

[mrmautos1986]

how do you deactivate econ mode after replacing the battery is there a manuel way of performing this 2007 diesel thanks

[geoff]

Start the engine ??

[Mike]

Start the engine ??

It's what you do when it normally goes into eco mode, assuming it's the same.

[mikeB]

Economy mode must be the daftest system ever invented by a major car manufacturer. Yes, Yes - I know it's supposedly there to protect the battery from going flat when you leave something switched on, but is 30 minutes listening to the radio going to flatten the battery? I think not.

I don't think Economy mode can be switched off but you CAN extend the time using Lexia. I extended mine to 90 minutes so I can now listen to the radio while waiting for Mrs B. 

Another example of cars dumbing down. Citroen obviously think we're all stupid. So what, if we leave something on and the car won't start? Well, it's a lesson to be more careful in future. Cars are meant to do what we want, not tell us what we have to do.

Incidentally I also have a C4 Picasso with Stop/Start. I have disabled Stop/Start but Economy mode still kicks in, frequently after just 5 minutes. Citroen have gone to great lengths to include this feature but I cannot see how starting the engine after 5 minutes can preserve the battery. I now carry a small transistor radio in the car. How's that for progress? I will not buy another car with this feature.

End of rant!

[Pedronicus]

mikeB, I share your pain with the rant but can you give us an idea of the procedure to extend the Eco mode using Lexia please. 

[mikeB]

I really don't remember as it was over 5 years ago but it was simple and fairly obvious. From memory it was part of the Configuration section and had to be done in Manual mode, not auto mode. I think the default setting is 30 mins but you can set it to anything.

Bear also in mind that my Berlingo is M59 (2005 2.0 HDi) and yours is B9 so they may be different. If you have Lexia just give it a try. My Lexia is a very recent version and is also suitable for my 2016 C4 Picasso 1.6 HDi but for this vehicle it is not possible to disable Economy Mode or extend the time. It's just possible yours is the same but I doubt it. Just connect your Lexia and see what's possible.

I might also add that my local dealers told me it was not possible to amend the Berlingo timeout. They were obviously wrong but I get the strong impression that dealers are reluctant to do this adjustment. They also told me it was not possible to fit Cruise Control or a type 2 MFD but I now have both, thanks to advice on this Forum. Good luck - give it a try.

[Gryffindor]

I might also add that my local dealers told me it was not possible to amend the Berlingo timeout. They were obviously wrong but I get the strong impression that dealers are reluctant to do this adjustment. They also told me it was not possible to fit Cruise Control or a type 2 MFD but I now have both, thanks to advice on this Forum.

In the dealers' BSI technical manual recently posted by Zion* it also says (on p.4, my italics)

The electrical signals conveyed by the two wires are square and follow an information encoding sequence. Only the ECUs of the system can interpret them. IMPORTANT: It is forbidden to connect a measuring device (multimeter, etc) to the VAN network.

Fner fner! Very square!

* https://www.berlingoforum.com/thread-20254.html

Bit like lowering the speed limit on a bend when 3 spanners in one year try to prune a tree on it with their fender.

Where I work (a distribution co) we were told in a meeting once that in future only sat navs issued by the co could be used. That made everyone in the room laugh because there's no way they would supply any such thing, so their ruse failed - this was patently a covert ban on sat navs. Turns out that one driver took a wrong turn in London, blamed his sat nav, and got away with it.** Then the discussion moved onto the printed A4 maps the co does provide, and how many of them have flaws, causing yet more room-full hilarity and a silent, sheepish withdrawal of the proposed new sat nav policy.

** A truck sat nav with updated maps and properly set up, with its route also properly set up with appropriate waypoints before setting off, will not let a truck go onto an illegal road for that size of truck, into a payable emission zone, or under a too-low bridge. One bug-bear I do have is that although they understand 7.5t limits very well, they never seem to get that some have 'except for access' written under their signs.

A tool used properly is a proper tool. A spanner is a spanner.