Loss Of Power (Safe /limp Mode) While At Driving At Speed

[wji7284]

Hi all . I have a mk3 2009 Ford galaxy 1.8tdci and while I was driving on the dual carriageway yesterday she started to stutter and loose power, the esp light came on the dash and then wouldn't go any faster than the snail that passed me. It's the first I tried to sort it myself. I turned the galaxy off waited 60 seconds then turned power on and manually engaged the esp by pressing the button. Then I started her up and it miraculously cured the problem .

Has anyone ever encountered this problem or know what has caused it?

Many thanks in advance

[Rosie]

Did you hit water on the dual carriageway as you may of aqua planed without knowing it.This confuses the ESP sensor and will go into limp mode until you reset it by switching off the engine

[drjotty]

mine just did the same. fisrt 2 times was wet so thought a sensor was playing up

but live error code reading says fuel pressure high?

not sure what is going on

 

how did you fix yours???

 

[drjotty]

did you fix it?

[drjotty]

just changed the fuel rail pressure sensor on mine with a 2nd hand one. ford want to sell the whole fuel rail for £200. yet it simply screws on. job took just 3 minutes with a deep 27mm socket. you can not get a spanner on it as there is no clearance. no fuel spurted out and it ran fine straight away.

will let you know on my next run if it appears to be fixed.