marinabrid Posted December 10, 2005 Report Posted December 10, 2005 hi all, 98 year 1.9 TDI 110 wife just come back from long journy and reported car just slowed to 10mph didnt cut out but wouldnt rev up. the glow plug wavy line warning light also came on.she stopped turned off and restarted. all ok for rest of journey around 40 miles. last week i reported it hiccupped in 4th around 30 mph under hard load.any suggestions could it be the maf ?many thanks Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 10, 2005 Report Posted December 10, 2005 Check the brake lights are all working? could be the dreaded brake light switch syndrone! :( Quote
marinabrid Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Posted December 10, 2005 yes checked brake lights working ok at moment. Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 10, 2005 Report Posted December 10, 2005 aye, thats whys it called an intermitant fault :D next time it happens dont switch off the engine get someone to check the brake lights? maybe the guy sitting in the drivers seat of the car in your boot could check them :lol: if its dropped into limp home mode then it should have left a fault code? get it read and go from there Quote
marinabrid Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Posted December 10, 2005 isnt limp home a limited speed etc, she said car drove normally after re-starting. Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 10, 2005 Report Posted December 10, 2005 If the fault is intermitant and she restarted the car it will revert to full operation till it has the need to switch over to limp home mode, so if she stuck her foot on the brake pedal and disturbed the switch causing it to work ok again then the problem is solved as far as the ECU is concerned till the next time! the same applies when you unplug the MAF the ECU reverts back a known set of parameters and allows the engine run abiet under powered, when you plug the MAF back in the fault reoccurs and the ECU then runs using the signals it gets from the faulty MAF Quote
marinabrid Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Posted December 10, 2005 just got more info from the wife. said all was normal till she camer into a town and changed from 5th down to 4th, as she did that the power the dissaperard till she turned off engine. whats this aboot two switches on the pedal ? which is the brake light one and will that cause this problem thanks Quote
7up Posted December 11, 2005 Report Posted December 11, 2005 please tell me more as i have just had a service done and one day later i have no brake lights and the glow blug light is flashing :angry: Quote
7up Posted December 11, 2005 Report Posted December 11, 2005 just had a read back in time and now i know what the fault is, when i ring fords in the morning i wont be fobbed off, thanks all :angry: Quote
johnb80 Posted December 12, 2005 Report Posted December 12, 2005 Not by any chance a drive by wire problem? i.e. u/s potentiometer from the accelerator ? The above of course assuming that yours is DBW Regards - JB Quote
Masked Marauder Posted December 12, 2005 Report Posted December 12, 2005 http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.php?showtopic=6744 Quote
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