These owners have had some luck, dealers should know the problem.

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=107708

 

My MY15 D4 had this exact problem but was covered by warranty at the time. They took it into the dealership without any fuss, had the EGR valve replaced, coolant drained and replaced and a software update to the ECU.

Seemingly this is a common problem with the D4 VEA engine and after those fixes the problem never returned.

Because it's a well-known issue, I suggest you get in contact with Volvo Customer Service first and explain the situation with the dealership and see if they are willing to take the lead.

 

Same happened to mine out of official warranty. Shop in Belgium told me that for this specific item warranty was extended, and work was done free of charge

 

I heard they had extended the warranty on this issue to 5 years.

 

I wrote to Volvo HQ - let's see what happens.

 

Well good news. Volvo took the lead, forwarded my complaint to the dealer...got the cooler replaced (apparently the EGR valve had already been replaced)...and all that at no charge. All seems fine. I am fairly impressed.

 

Hello everyone.
My mame si Aurelian and i have bought a volvo V40 D4 (Date of first registration 29.12.2014) a few days ago with quite alot of km on board (~190 000).
I drove for aprox. 500km and now the check engine linght appear on the board.
I have tested the car at the begining and nothing appeared on the tester.
Do you think that could be the same issue as Florin has?
Can I drive with this issue 2-3 days until I can go to Volvo dealer?

Thank you in advance.

 

I don't think it will hurt to drive it until you can get it to Volvo, I drove mine for nearly 2 weeks with the light on.
There is a free fix if it is the EGR & new hoses required.
Good luck.

 

Thank you Bounce for your reply. I will call them today and I hope to be a free of charge service.

 

As Bounce mentioned - it won't be a problem if you drive the care a few more days (I know I did drive it until the parts arrived) - with no obvious issues - no loss of power or anything else. The fix is free from Volvo - you may have to stand your ground if the dealer wants to charge you (assuming this is the problem).

 

I thought I may have avoided the EGR fault as my V40 CC D3 is MY17. Sadly light came on a couple of weeks ago, cleared it with phone, but came on again after a week, took it in to local dealer today and sorted in a couple of hours with new EGR, cooler and hoses. Hopefully there are no issues with the new one, only had the car just over a month.

 

Hi guys today after about an hours worth of driving the dreaded check engine light has come on.
If it's the egr and hose problem how have people managed to get a free fix.
My car is the v40 d4 64reg
Regards
Dion

 

Hi guys today after about an hours worth of driving the dreaded check engine light has come on.
If it's the egr and hose problem how have people managed to get a free fix.
My car is the v40 d4 64reg
Regards
Dion

Hi I’ve just bought a 15plate v40 d2, had it back at garage 3 times, they’ve now told me they’ll replace egr, just a bit concerned if they don’t change pipe work, the problem will arise again.

 

Hi guys I have a v40 d4 registered septber 2014. I have just reterned home with the check engine light on ?.
After reading a few posts on here it seems its possible it could be an egr issue.
If this is the case how have people managed to get volvo to fix this for free. What would I say?
cheers guys

 

I called at volvo they offered a free eger plus pipe work plus software update.
I refused this free fix and chose to have the egr deleted from the system and a remap.

 

I called at volvo they offered a free eger plus pipe work plus software update.
I refused this free fix and chose to have the egr deleted from the system and a remap.

I would still have the work done, you can then have the egr delete if you want.
I had an EGR delete on another vehicle, different engine, but the engine ran very hot because EGR cools the combustion and the rest of the system didn't seem to like it.
the VEA engine is a very recent engine so was designed around EGR function. Hopefully a delete might work but I would go for belt and braces just in case.

 

Hi guys I have got the engine check light on on my 15 d4 but has no warranty are Volvo still fixing these for free as I haven’t had a problem for the first year I owned mine but a month after it came out of Volvo main dealer for a service and some soft wear updates and sensors being cleaned the light has been on and off just been told it’s going to cost £99 just to look at the car

 

The EGR can be cleaned using the likes of diptane fuel treatment and gets rid of this issue, and another fault that comes up is for the INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR and MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR


Try this boost drive car heavy UP FIVE gears and let off if, reduce engine performance comes up its a sensor, bumps in the road and hills trigger it also

you can buy cheap obd2 reader and plug in while driving generic codes are online for this problem

P0127 sensor replacement needed IAT
U0301 sensor replacement needed MAF