Retrofitting a Trip computer into a 2000 Peugeot 406 HDi 90. This car has the rapier trim level which doesn't seem to come with a trip computer, there is no button on the end of the wiper stalk, however being a HDi engine all the required sensors and systems are in place for the trip computer to work, peugeot simply didn't fit the wiper stalk with a button. I thought the car would also have had the trip computer disabled in the BSI's settings but checking on the PP2000 machine revealed it was activated, if it is not activated then you would need to get someone with a PP2000 machine to activate this option, which is a quick job. Normally you would just buy a wiper stalk with the trip computer button, which go cheap on eBay or in scrapyards but i didn't want to spend any money at all, so i wired it up to work off the cigar lighter, a light press changes the mode, and a full press down resets the display. This video applies to the Pre multiplex 406s built between 1999 and mid 2001, they have the HDi engine and the "thinner" wiper and indicator stalks. On the newer multiplexed cars which have the Com2000 unit which is the indicator, wiper and clock spring combined into one unit you would have to get a different Com2000 unit. On the older 406's built between 1995-2000 and fitted with the 1.9 and 2.1 diesels wiring up a trip computer may not be possible as the older XUD engines don't have the same amount of sensors and monitors on them as the HDi engines.

• published: 30 Aug 2013
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