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I have no idea if temperature is a problem - I live in Scotland and it doesn't really get too hot here.

follow this link - you should see that fuse number 18 of the dashboard fuses of the left of the car is for the touchscreen. I removed number 17 too and put it back in.
Peugeot 208 Fuse Box Diagram

Remove the fuse for a few seconds - put it back in and it should reset the touchscreen - that's all i did and i had no problems.
This worked like a charm, once I'd left the ignition on before removing and replacing no 18 fuse. Dealership wanted ÂŁ100 min +vat
 
Hi,

Going through a million fuses! Anyone have a long term solution to this??
it's not the fuses that are faulty (typically). Just pull the fuse out and pop it back in and that resets the unit.

I bought a 13 208 3 months ago. Same problem! no real answer on this forum. However, removal and clean of SMEG unit and stretching of fan spring contacts appears to have fixed one owners problem.

Might try that.
 
it's not the fuses that are faulty (typically). Just pull the fuse out and pop it back in and that resets the unit.

I bought a 13 208 3 months ago. Same problem! no real answer on this forum. However, removal and clean of SMEG unit and stretching of fan spring contacts appears to have fixed one owners problem.

Might try that.
Did you try that and did it work? I’ve got the same problem, removing the fuse worked but stopped working again the next morning..
 
Will try tomorrow. Is that safe? 🤷‍♂️
Hi mate- yes that is safe. U r only dealing with low voltage. I generally use long nose pliers to remove the fuses just to be on the safe side. I do a driving job in the evening so my car is stop start. I have only recently got the car and it was really annoying me. I tried it with the car running and it has been fine for 48 hours so fingers crossed it’s sorted. I saw your post on here and thought I would share this info so I registered to update u just in case it helps and I would hate for other people to have the same issue as me. I will let u know if the problem comes back
 
I have exactly the same issue on my wife's 2013 208. Very now and then blank screen. Removing the fuse and reinserting works (although a pain when you have big hands).

I have had this issue intermittently, concluded after occuring this evening that if the main battery goes down to approx 40% charge (due to frequent short journies) then the screen won't come on. Similarly the start / stop feature will not work even on engine is hot until battery charger. Today topping up battery to full charge then pulling and inserting the fuse has cheered the issue.
 
I have exactly the same issue on my wife's 2013 208. Very now and then blank screen. Removing the fuse and reinserting works (although a pain when you have big hands).

I have had this issue intermittently, concluded after occuring this evening that if the main battery goes down to approx 40% charge (due to frequent short journies) then the screen won't come on. Similarly the start / stop feature will not work even on engine is hot until battery charger. Today topping up battery to full charge then pulling and inserting the fuse has cheered the issue.
Interesting view.....mine has just gone after a couple of years ownership and I've just changed jobs to one only 4 miles from home so could be an issue! I'll keep an eye on it thanks for your observation :).......Shame I lost 2 fuses into the depths of teh area trying this out......anyone know how to remove the glovebox? :D
 
Had the same issue on my son's 208 2012-13 screen dead, with no sound. The first time it happened I unplugged the fuse (18 I think) and it reset, the second time it happened nothing. I've looked into this a little deeper and found something that may be helpful to others. On the back of the main radio unit, there is a small contact tab that connects to the bottom edge of the heatsink using spring pressure. If this isn't touching the heatsink then the unit doesn't work. I can only assume this is designed this way because the heatsink expands and contracts so the connection needs to be flexible.
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I used a piece of bent plastic to provide a little more pressure for the tab like this.
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The unit now works so far!

You do need to disassemble the head unit to get to this but that's actually fairly easy to do. I use this Youtube tutorial to help.
Make sure you use a plastic tool for popping up the bottom of the screen surround trim. If you use a screwdriver there is a risk that you crack the screen in the bottom right and you will also mark the facia as well. Once you have the first trim piece off, the rest is to remove the 2 Torx screws from the top of the screen and 4 from the plastic frame behind then remove the 2 that hold the radio unit. Removing the connectors is fiddly but apply pressure in the right place and they pull out. The radio unit has a main connector on the back and two or three smaller connectors on the right side. The main connector has a lever at the bottom press in the tab insight the connector and pull the lever up, this will disconnect the multi-plug from the radio.

Turn the radio unit round and on the bottom left you will see the tab as shown in the image. I used a piece of packaging plastic cut into a strip and bent to provide the flexible pressure needed. I wouldn't propose jamming something in as it may not flex when the unit gets hot in the future.

CAUTION - I do not know exactly why this piece is there. It may be that it is designed to expand and disconnect if the unit gets too hot. It may be just a simple way of grounding the heatsink in the assembly between the two boards so as a consequence I don't know the long term impact of the fix. If you choose to do the same fix this will be at your own risk. It may be that the plastic doesn't hold up over too many heat cycles but at the moment it seems to work. To me it does match the connector approach used on the fan though so I think it's just easy to assemble it this may when manufacturing the unit. If someone has a unit schematic I would very much like to investigate this further.
 
Thought I’d post my experience in case someone has the same issue…

Yesterday the touch screen didn’t turn on when I started the car. Came here through Google and found the fuse diagrams. Opened up the fuse panel in the glove compartment only to find there was no No18 fuse like the diagram states. There was however a 20 fuse.

These fuses are NOT easy to get to. I had to use some long nose pliers to get the 20 fuse out and back in. And of course I dropped it inside the panel. But the bottom trim does come off easily by removing the 3 circular pull clips so I was able to find the fuse.

Removing and reinserting the 20 fuse did fix the issue and the touch screen is working again now. Although it is strange that the fuse box doesn’t have an 18 fuse, just a load of 15’s.
 
I have no idea if temperature is a problem - I live in Scotland and it doesn't really get too hot here. follow this link - you should see that fuse number 18 of the dashboard fuses of the left of the car is for the touchscreen. I removed number 17 too and put it back in. Peugeot 208 Fuse Box Diagram » Fuse Diagram Remove the fuse for a few seconds - put it back in and it should reset the touchscreen - that's all i did and i had no problems.
hello. I removed the Yellow fuse No. 20 using a long pair of pliers and scratched the contacts on the fuse using the pliers and put it back in again...it worked Thanks
 
I have no idea if temperature is a problem - I live in Scotland and it doesn't really get too hot here.

follow this link - you should see that fuse number 18 of the dashboard fuses of the left of the car is for the touchscreen. I removed number 17 too and put it back in.
Peugeot 208 Fuse Box Diagram » Fuse Diagram

Remove the fuse for a few seconds - put it back in and it should reset the touchscreen - that's all i did and i had no problems.
hello. I removed the Yellow fuse No. 20 using a long pair of pliers and scratched the contacts on the fuse using the pliers and put it back in again...it worked Thanks
 
Had the same issue on my son's 208 2012-13 screen dead, with no sound. The first time it happened I unplugged the fuse (18 I think) and it reset, the second time it happened nothing. I've looked into this a little deeper and found something that may be helpful to others. On the back of the main radio unit, there is a small contact tab that connects to the bottom edge of the heatsink using spring pressure. If this isn't touching the heatsink then the unit doesn't work. I can only assume this is designed this way because the heatsink expands and contracts so the connection needs to be flexible. View attachment 1412 I used a piece of bent plastic to provide a little more pressure for the tab like this. View attachment 1413 The unit now works so far! You do need to disassemble the head unit to get to this but that's actually fairly easy to do. I use this Youtube tutorial to help.
Make sure you use a plastic tool for popping up the bottom of the screen surround trim. If you use a screwdriver there is a risk that you crack the screen in the bottom right and you will also mark the facia as well. Once you have the first trim piece off, the rest is to remove the 2 Torx screws from the top of the screen and 4 from the plastic frame behind then remove the 2 that hold the radio unit. Removing the connectors is fiddly but apply pressure in the right place and they pull out. The radio unit has a main connector on the back and two or three smaller connectors on the right side. The main connector has a lever at the bottom press in the tab insight the connector and pull the lever up, this will disconnect the multi-plug from the radio. Turn the radio unit round and on the bottom left you will see the tab as shown in the image. I used a piece of packaging plastic cut into a strip and bent to provide the flexible pressure needed. I wouldn't propose jamming something in as it may not flex when the unit gets hot in the future. CAUTION - I do not know exactly why this piece is there. It may be that it is designed to expand and disconnect if the unit gets too hot. It may be just a simple way of grounding the heatsink in the assembly between the two boards so as a consequence I don't know the long term impact of the fix. If you choose to do the same fix this will be at your own risk. It may be that the plastic doesn't hold up over too many heat cycles but at the moment it seems to work. To me it does match the connector approach used on the fan though so I think it's just easy to assemble it this may when manufacturing the unit. If someone has a unit schematic I would very much like to investigate this further.
I'm curious, now after half a year, your solution is still permanent?
 
Well I have been having this issue and the fuse reset worked for the last year, unfortunately now the Screen touch stopped working, and I think the Screen caused my battery to die completely overnight as it kept the radio always on (i saw the screen brightness but though it was my impression and the next day i had no battery in the car). After a reset in the garage over the electric system, the radio started working again, but my touch capability in the screen stopped working, and now some months later it went black again... So now no radio again and touch screen doesn't work, only the buttons of the menu work without problem, do you think t is some short circuit that is causing touch not working and all the problems above? I don't have craftsmanship to solve it alone :S :S
 
Hi silverfox3001 - thanks for the detailed information. Has the issue come back or did your fix work?
I'm having the same issue with the same radio/unit and looking for a more permanent solution than taking the fuse out again and again!
 
Hey Folks,

So I messaged silverfox3001 and he said a year and a half later his issue was still fixed. So as crazy as it sounds I did the same as his reccomendation...

and its worked! It used to drop out every couple days but its been fine for a few weeks now. Funny to think a little bit of plastic from a yogurt pot has fixed it...

I actually have a 2013 2008 with the same stereo and at the same time I upgraded a box behind the scenes with android auto from this thread Android Auto on a 2013 | Peugeot 2008 Forums which has worked really well too.

I've attached an image of my fix too which just an identical pretty much. Not too hard to get it all out if you buy a cheap plastic removal pry kit (ÂŁ3) and a 25 torx screwdriver head. Follow instructions on the link above I posted. Good luck!

Image
 
Hey Folks,

So I messaged silverfox3001 and he said a year and a half later his issue was still fixed. So as crazy as it sounds I did the same as his reccomendation...

and its worked! It used to drop out every couple days but its been fine for a few weeks now. Funny to think a little bit of plastic from a yogurt pot has fixed it...

I actually have a 2013 2008 with the same stereo and at the same time I upgraded a box behind the scenes with android auto from this thread Android Auto on a 2013 | Peugeot 2008 Forums which has worked really well too.

I've attached an image of my fix too which just an identical pretty much. Not too hard to get it all out if you buy a cheap plastic removal pry kit (ÂŁ3) and a 25 torx screwdriver head. Follow instructions on the link above I posted. Good luck!

View attachment 1570
Out of interest, was the USB socket working whilst your touch screen was down?

mine currently only shows the Peugeot Logo, and the USB isn’t working, and I’m not sure whether it’s a down to the same thing, but the air con won’t work either. it all happened the same time that I had the battery replaced
 
Hi,

Going through a million fuses! Anyone have a long term solution to this??
The fuse is ok . Wait a while and put old fuse back in. But its not a perminent fix . Im lookin at the fan problem as the above with the pictures were posted (thanks) or im wondering as the battery wears down. Could it need a brand new battery as ive noticed my stop start doesnt kick in as often as it used to so maybe . Its a power saving thing in the computer
 
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