Could This Be Serious?

[davewill]

Driving along the A41 today, when suddenly i lost all revs to the engine.

The glow plug / engine management curly yellow light came on, and i glided gracefully to a stop on the verge :ph34r:

 

The engine was still running but on tickover speed only

Pressed the throttle pedal, but no increase in engine speed

 

Turned the engine off, waited 10 seconds and started her up again

 

Hey presto, everything back to normal B)

 

Drove another 30 miles to get home with no problems at all

 

A) Should i be worried by this

B) Any thoughts on what may have caused it

C) How much will frauds charge me if it is a glow plug problem

 

Thanks

[davewill]

Sorry forgot to say

 

I have the 1.9TDI Zetec 2002 Gal and its got 75,000 on the clock

 

Cheers

[marinabrid]

COULD IT BE THE THROTTLE pedal unit i think its a one piece unit you unbolt and replace cost me

[Scorpiorefugee]

One thing for sure - It ain't a glow plug problem.

 

Yes, If it were mine, I would be a bit worried but it sounds like some sort of emergency or safety bit of ECU programming that only the designer or someone really in the know would understand.

 

I hope someone can come up with the answer.

[Dave-G]

I had that occur while overtaking a lorry being tailgated by a car. When something appeared round a corner in the distance I floored it but the car slowed down! I had to allow the lorry to pass my inside and the tailgater wern't very co-operative till I almost rammed him on to the grass verge at the side of the road.

 

My life passed before me amongst all the angry horn blaring. Even though I had put my hazards on I can't say I blame them for thinking I was acting like an indecisive prat.

 

When I took it to the main dealers (SEAT) they plugged her in and found the throttle pedal sender was out of phase or somat with the throttle receiver. This was the first I knew of "drive by wire"

 

A new throttle sender was the fix.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

The glow plug warning lamp also acts as a "funny" when there is a problem with the brake light switch...and the ECU is set to kill the accelerator when the brake pedal is being pressed.

I suggest that there was a glitch with the brake light switch which fooled the ecu into thinking you were braking, hence the engine wouldn't rev above idle. When you turned off and then back on, it reset itself. Could be time to get a new brake light switch