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Posting this after our 2013 1.7 Diesel Sportage left my OH and our 8 month old stranded in Lane 2 of the A1 in rush hour this morning... By the time I got to her she had managed to get it off the carriageway to the side of the road thankfully, but she was distraught and very shaken up. The engine management light was on, and using my Bluetooth ODB reader i was able to see a fault code of P1186 - which relates to fuel supply.
I cleared the code and then I drove the car to the next junction - driving fine now - and got it home without further issue.
We've owned this car since the end of Feb last year, so this is the first winter we've had it, and it's not skipped a beat until now...
After some googling, and reading many posts on here, is is fair for me to assume that this issue is down to a combination of the fuel filter and the cold weather? It was -2/-3 here last night and we've had snow. Should I look to replace the fuel filter to solve this problem, or is there a more underlying issue I should be looking at? If it is just the filter should I make that a regular thing when I service the car?
Thanks
James
Posting this after our 2013 1.7 Diesel Sportage left my OH and our 8 month old stranded in Lane 2 of the A1 in rush hour this morning... By the time I got to her she had managed to get it off the carriageway to the side of the road thankfully, but she was distraught and very shaken up. The engine management light was on, and using my Bluetooth ODB reader i was able to see a fault code of P1186 - which relates to fuel supply.
I cleared the code and then I drove the car to the next junction - driving fine now - and got it home without further issue.
We've owned this car since the end of Feb last year, so this is the first winter we've had it, and it's not skipped a beat until now...
After some googling, and reading many posts on here, is is fair for me to assume that this issue is down to a combination of the fuel filter and the cold weather? It was -2/-3 here last night and we've had snow. Should I look to replace the fuel filter to solve this problem, or is there a more underlying issue I should be looking at? If it is just the filter should I make that a regular thing when I service the car?
Thanks
James