Peugeot 308 touch screen

This seems to be a daily problem on Peugeot and Citroens with this fault on here . Check with dealership if any software updates to rectify this fault . If not that , load test battery to check condition .

Thank you Whittingeham.

I will get the battery checked first as the car no longer goes into stop/start mode and have heard that low battery causes that although I always switched it off in the past.

Richard

The fact that the start / stop is inactive is a further sign that that battery is possibly low . By the way I detest stop / start and it is the first thing I switch off on getting a new car .

Battery was 4yrs old registering 500amps, not 700 so low although the voltage was still 12.7v. Replacement cured stop/start issue.
Looks like a software fault on the electronics.

Thanks for updating the forum , at least one problem solved . Hopefully the screen issue is a simple fix .

I have a 2016 petrol 308 and have exactly the same problem which started around a week or so ago. After a few minutes the display/radio goes off and then comes back around 15 seconds later. This pattern repeats constantly. Stop/start has always been temperamental as most use is very local and the battery needs to be well charged for it to work . To check if the battery was the issue it has been fully recharged and stop/start is now perfect. However, it has not resolved the display/radio problem.

Had the same issue, just been quoted over £1200 for a new SMEG unit. The dealer said it’s usually fixed with a software update but they can’t do it while the screen is cutting out. Supposedly “a diode inside is broken”, I’ve got a 308 66 plate 1.6 blue HDI

Thanks Dan, yes same car and year with identical problem so will contact main dealer. This is a bit of a con if this unit is so unreliable on a 4 yr old car.

I've had the same screen off/on on a 2016 308SW 1.2 puretech petrol. Not fixed yet but oddly the screen is fine if the radio is in FM mode, and only goes off/on (a circa 2min 30sec to 3min cycle) if in DAB mode.
Just a hunch that the screen, the stop start intermittency, and an occasional engine erratic idle, is all down to the car/engine management software reacting to slightly less than normal voltage/charge. The Peugeot electronic management system seems to be deviously clever, shuts off functions/alters what works or doesnt (way before any error codes are thrown up) in reaction to less than usual voltage/current. I plan to have my new battery (a top spec AGM model) charge level and the alternator charge checked to be sure.

Problem fixed by a software update, £120, at Citroen/Peugeot main dealer. I was informed that this is a common problem on Peugeot, Citroen, Vauxhall and Ford. Bug in the software?.

Had the same problem with 2016 308 hdi allure, took to Robbins and day peugeot for diagonosis, they did software update £85, collected car told OK, within 10mins problem was back contacted them to be fobbed off with poor excuses, if I put radio on FM instead of DIGITAL it is not as frequent

Same problem same car had software update £85no different although if I use FMradio instead of DIGITAL it's better but not perfect

I had a similar problem with the infotainment system on the 2016 308 2.0L BlueHDi GT Line I bought last June. The sat-nav and radio would shut down and reboot intermittently on the journey home. When contacted, the dealer I bought the car from paid for my local Peugeot garage to update the system in the hope of curing the fault, but it didn't.
However, I have discovered that not having my iPhone connected to the system allows the touch screen to stay switched on even on long journeys.
From this, I conclude that Peugeot's operating system has not kept pace with current smartphones.