Beaver

Active Member

• Jan 21, 2012

• #1

I've had a search and can't find anything so I'll pose the question.

I was doing about 70mph on the motorway and the engine suddenly died with no power and the check engine light came on. I pulled on to the hard shoulder and switched the ingition off and tried to start it again. It started and ran fine with no lights staying, it's like it rebooted itself. Any idea what happened and is it going to be a recurring problem.

 

sible88

New Member

• Jan 21, 2012

• #2

Guesing it's a TD5!!
They have a common problem with the accelerator switch.
Give it a clean and should be ok for a while again

 

Beaver

Active Member

• Jan 21, 2012

• #3

Many thanks, yes it's a Td5. Is the switch at the pedal end?

 

Shifty1962

Well-Known Member

• Jan 21, 2012

• #4

Check the ECU earth point under the drivers seat and give it a good clean. Or it could have flipped the ECU into limp mode if the turbo was overboosting or the MAP (inlet manifold pressure) sensor is full of crap from the EGR or faulty.

 

khaos

New Member

• Jan 22, 2012

• #5

The simple answer is you shouldn't have been doing 70.

 

Shifty1962

Well-Known Member

• Jan 22, 2012

• #6

khaos said:

The simple answer is you shouldn't have been doing 70.

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Why not?