LucindaLee
New Member
This fault has been bugging me for ages - for no obvious reason the car suddenly goes into limp mode. When this happens, I have to pull over to stop the car and turn off the ignition, wait a few seconds then start up again and then it drives fine until the next time which can be soon after or not at all until another time driving it - but it still has engine warning light on which sometimes even disappears until the next time. Our mechanic cant seem to find a solution as the fault is weirdly intermittent - the car will drive and run with no problems - he even kept it drove it for 2 weeks and frustratingly had no problem.
Looking for signs of when it will happen; I notice that the engine starts to go a tiny bit 'lumpy' when driving and then sometimes it happens after I have turned left and onto a slightly downhill road (same location a few times) and other times driving normally on a straight road while keeping a steady speed.
Really annoying as this A2 has low mileage 72k, otherwise it is in good condition - just can't trust it on main roads or long journeys until it's fixed and don't want to give up on it.
Looking for signs of when it will happen; I notice that the engine starts to go a tiny bit 'lumpy' when driving and then sometimes it happens after I have turned left and onto a slightly downhill road (same location a few times) and other times driving normally on a straight road while keeping a steady speed.
Really annoying as this A2 has low mileage 72k, otherwise it is in good condition - just can't trust it on main roads or long journeys until it's fixed and don't want to give up on it.