1 hour ago, Botus said:

adblue is uric acid

I still have no idea what kind of committee decided that for a diesel car to operate, that it needed an additional 'fuel' other than diesel to keep it going. If it was that important, couldn't they develop an additive in the diesel itself to make it run as designed? The whole ethos is just wrong...

Adblue isn't a fuel.  It doesn't burn or go anywhere near the engine.  It produces a chemical reaction in the exhaust.

6 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Adblue isn't a fuel...

Hence the quotation marks used round the word 🤣 It's still a fundamentally flawed concept...

1 minute ago, StephenFord said:

It's still a fundamentally flawed concept...

I disagree.  It's such a simple system and highly effective.  Much more simple than trying to regenerate a DPF/GPF even. 

The problem is, as is often the case on cars, user error.  People buy the wrong type of vehicle for their needs because they like the colour or the infotainment and then complain that mechanically it doesn't work properly with their type of usage.

1 minute ago, TomsFocus said:

The problem is, as is often the case on cars, user error...

At last - agreement 😂 Any system that relies on the user to work correctly, is flawed...

On 5/2/2022 at 8:52 PM, Dac driver said:

I got my car in February 2021 at 14 months old it's Dec 2019, with 11k miles. I am a driving instructor and a high mileage user. After we were allowed to go back to work and I started to put miles on the car I had the management light come on about June 2021. A friend who is a mechanic plugged his computer in and it showed a p2000 nitrous oxide trap 1 below efficiency error, I contacted my local Ford dealer and they said they would change the sensor. The light comes on again after a few thousand miles and has done at least 12 times since about June 2021. Ford have reset the management light, reset the software and changed the sensor twice, 4 times in total with them. My friend has reset it 5+ times and another friend has reset it 3 times. ford is about 20 miles away and if the light comes on when I have a driving test going out the test will be cancelled and I would be responsible for the cost of a new test, this is why I have got friends to reset it. I also informed Ford this was being done and why. As I said it stays out for 3k miles roughly, I have done 35k miles since getting the car. after the last time it came on just before a test I had to get it reset and after went to Ford. The service manager said they would take it in for a few days and fix it or possibly get a ford technician to come over, I cant afford to have the car off the road. As it turned out I was going on holiday at the end of March so left the car with ford on the 28th of March late afternoon, a friend spoke to ford on the 4th of April they said the were still doing tests, they contacted him on the 7th and he picked it up on the 8th. from what my friend could gather they tested it did a regen and re loaded the software, no mention of any Ford technician. that's the 5th time they have had the car plus services and a few other visits to discus the issue. So they had it 12 days including drop off and pick up, or 10 full days. I collected the car on the 13th of April and started work on the 14th. 15 days later on the 29th the light is back on, we plugged it in and it is the same error. If we could not reset the light I would have had a fair few tests cancelled, plus a lot of lost work if I had to get ford to do it. Where can I go from here. the only other Ford garages locally are part of the same dealership. I did approach 1 a couple of months back but their service manager failed to call me as promised.

Hi David,

Have you solved this issue? I'm having a similar problem with my ford focus which keeps getting a P2000 error and I've ran out of ideas. Thanks.

On 12/28/2023 at 1:43 PM, StephenFord said:

At last - agreement 😂 Any system that relies on the user to work correctly, is flawed...

I spent a lifetime in IT, often designing-out the "all the user has to do is .." flaws, sometimes accompanied by a "discussion" with the development team!!