VOLKSWAGEN POLO
Safe message
Getting into his 2019 VW Polo 1.0, the owner was perturbed to see the dash displaying the message “SAFE CP”. He was a regular and had only recently got the newer Polo after the previous model which I had looked after for several years had been passed onto his daughter.
He sent me a picture showing the dash and asked me if it was safe to drive with this message up.
I asked him if it would start and drive OK, and he confirmed that it would, so I then informed him that the message was indicating “Component Protection”, the vehicle is safe to drive and it can be that the message will simply disappear while driving. There are a number of reasons it can show and this can include a low powered 12V battery, or a problem with the car loading its virtual settings.
This has been an issue on some VAG vehicles, and a service bulletin was issued by Audi on a similar issue (Number 90 21 32 2065490).
As the vehicle had been obtained from a VW dealer in the last nine months, I informed him that the best option was to contact them and arrange for them to check this out.
PEUGEOT 208
Pollen filter time
The owner of this 2014 Peugeot 208 was one of those I call a menu servicing customer. He likes to choose which individual part of the service he would like carried out, and if he doesn’t ask for it, he doesn’t want it done. When he
