Johnfella

I’d be grateful for your advice please. This morning on starting the car and travelling a few yards. There was a sudden beep, and an image appeared in the Amundsen Display. I can only describe the image as a picture of the car with two blue air currents going over it much like a wind tunnel. Your help will be much appreciated. Thank you.

I will ask my son to change the pollen filter for me but, in the meantime is there an easily accessible air intake on the outside of the car where I can spray in some anti-bacterial air spray?

Thanks everybody for the advice. I get the Scout serviced every year and I don’t remember ever being billed for a pollen filter. The car blew a fuse in January and the garage technician re-fitted the glove box cover without connecting the damper again. When I complained he didn’t even know there was a damper! As changing the pollen filter involves removing the glove box cover it’s doubtful that it has ever been replaced. Looking on YouTube it looks like a very fiddly job but my son is confident that he can do it!

As my sight is failing now unfortunately I don’t drive anymore so am often in the front passenger seat these days. I have started to notice a “Sicky” smell coming out of the LH blower vent when the engine has started. The smell seems to go after a few minutes. I’d be very grateful for your advice please. Cheers, John

Hi all. Unfortunately I can’t drive now as my sight is so poor. My wife does all the driving nowadays and took our dog for a walk this morning with my daughter (I stayed at home). When she got back she told me that, when she pulled out she twice got a “ping” and a message came up and disappeared again so quickly she couldn’t read it properly as she was concentrating on the road but it mentioned “workshop” in the tex. We rang out local mechanic who said to bring it in and he would check it out on his computer. He said that his software indicated something to do with the auto gear box but couldn’t be more specific but to see if it happens again. It could well be the same issue as the subject of this thread. If it is this same problem is our car safe to drive? Cheers, John

That’s great - much appreciated! 👍

Many thanks for that but will that still leave the Amundsen SatNav display showing?

I hope you are all well. It’s probably in the manual but buried somewhere so I would be grateful for your advice please…. Both my wife and I always use the digital speed display on the Maxidot. We have the Amunden Entertainment System but don’t normally use the built-in SatNav function as we use a TomTom. The other day my son, who was in the passenger seat, decided to turn on the SatNav function to see where we were whilst my wife was driving but this had the effect of also changing the Maxidot display which panicked her as she had suddenly lost the normal speed display! I know that you can get the Maxidot speed display back via the steering wheel switches but my wife isn’t confident about doing that whilst in motion so can the SatNav system be set up to not effect the Maxidot display? Cheers, John

Many thanks!

Thank you for that advice. As you suggest I’ll get in touch with a local specialist re the tear. I must admit that I’ve never treated the leather seats with anything in the 3 years I’ve had the Scout. Can you recommend a good product for cleaning/feeding the leather please?

Here is a photo of the small tear.

Hi everybody I noticed a few days ago that the front black leather passenger seat has developed a small tear in the leather along the outside edge where it meets the beading. I think it has been caused by passengers scuffing the seam as they get in and out and it’s only going to get worse. It has pulled away from the stitching. Can this be repaired easily or would it need to have a major repair? Alternately is there a cover on the market to cover just the chair back? Cheers, John

It’s the 2.0 TDI 184 BHP engine and I’m familiar with the regeneration but this didn’t sound like that and also no burning smell which I normally get.

I’ve decided to book the Scout in tomorrow for a new cam belt & water pump as a matter of urgency to be on the safe side. A dodgy water pump sounds like the prime suspect as that would explain a sudden surge in water temperature if the water isn’t circulating. The electric fan was still running after I switched off after a drive of just a couple of miles!

Very interesting - many thanks! The symptoms described do sound like what happened to mine today. When my garage quoted me for changing the cam belt I think they said something about a “cam belt & water pump kit” as parts needed. Is the water pump changed at the same time as a matter of course? If so I think I might get this done sooner rather than waiting until June when it’s 5 years old.