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Forester
#1 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 8:57:32 AM
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Help!!! ESP, EPC warning lights & Vehicle Stalling on VW.

Anyone experienced this with their VW? What did you do and where can i have this sorted? Vehicle is a 2006 Polo, well serviced as it is company maintained so no river roady Njoroge has ever touched it.

Its scary when the car loses power at 80kph middle lane M-Road with a trailer rattling down behind you and nomatter how much you step on the accelerator, the car moves slower than a black mamba Sad Sad Sad .
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Chaka
#2 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 9:48:38 AM
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Forester wrote:
Anyone experienced this with their VW? What did you do and where can i have this sorted? Vehicle is a 2006 Polo, well serviced as it is company maintained so no river roady Njoroge has ever touched it.

Its scary when the car loses power at 80kph middle lane M-Road with a trailer rattling down behind you and nomatter how much you step on the accelerator, the car moves slower than a black mamba Sad Sad Sad .

The first people to ask should have been the guys maintaining it?
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innovator
#3 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 12:10:57 PM
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Most modern cars have a programmable software for safety reasons.

In fact you should be very happy for that behavior. Most mechanics do not know it, but it is called a SAVE MODE, its mean't to get you out of the road to a save place to check your car, if you force it the car will stop.

Hii mpesa for cosultation.
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The optimist
#4 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 12:43:32 PM
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innovator wrote:
Most modern cars have a programmable software for safety reasons.

In fact you should be very happy for that behavior. Most mechanics do not know it, but it is called a SAVE MODE, its mean't to get you out of the road to a save place to check your car, if you force it the car will stop.

Hii mpesa for cosultation.

Did you mean Safe mode
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kaka2za
#5 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 12:48:05 PM
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Take it for diagnostics. agba or opti-ride can sort it out.
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innovator
#6 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 1:43:00 PM
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The optimist wrote:
innovator wrote:
Most modern cars have a programmable software for safety reasons.

In fact you should be very happy for that behavior. Most mechanics do not know it, but it is called a SAVE MODE, its mean't to get you out of the road to a save place to check your car, if you force it the car will stop.

Hii mpesa for cosultation.

Did you mean Safe mode


Oooh! yap spelling
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XSK
#7 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 2:14:42 PM
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Forester wrote:
Anyone experienced this with their VW? What did you do and where can i have this sorted? Vehicle is a 2006 Polo, well serviced as it is company maintained so no river roady Njoroge has ever touched it.

Its scary when the car loses power at 80kph middle lane M-Road with a trailer rattling down behind you and nomatter how much you step on the accelerator, the car moves slower than a black mamba Sad Sad Sad .


Was that you at nyayo stadium roundabt with the vw polo today?
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Ash Ock
#8 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 2:18:38 PM
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Forester wrote:
Anyone experienced this with their VW? What did you do and where can i have this sorted? Vehicle is a 2006 Polo, well serviced as it is company maintained so no river roady Njoroge has ever touched it.

Its scary when the car loses power at 80kph middle lane M-Road with a trailer rattling down behind you and nomatter how much you step on the accelerator, the car moves slower than a black mamba Sad Sad Sad .


Your car is in the limp home mode. Without a diagnostic scan with VAG-COM (that is the VW specific diagnostic scanner, generic ones will just give you the engine date), it will be very difficult to say what could be wrong. So first step is have the car diagnosed at the company dealer. Just offhand guessing, probably could be the wiring to throttle body, coils, or just a loose vacuum tube. No big deal.
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webish
#9 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 2:22:29 PM
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XSK wrote:
Forester wrote:
Anyone experienced this with their VW? What did you do and where can i have this sorted? Vehicle is a 2006 Polo, well serviced as it is company maintained so no river roady Njoroge has ever touched it.

Its scary when the car loses power at 80kph middle lane M-Road with a trailer rattling down behind you and nomatter how much you step on the accelerator, the car moves slower than a black mamba Sad Sad Sad .


Was that you at nyayo stadium roundabt with the vw polo today?


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Forester
#10 Posted : Friday, August 01, 2014 3:39:34 PM
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kaka2za wrote:
Take it for diagnostics. agba or opti-ride can sort it out.


@Kakak2za - Never ever!!! Maintenance is capped to some amount. Thanks anyway.

@Ash Ock - buda boss, your answer is most accurate. Thanks to google i have an idea, problem seems common so mechs won't be clueless, i will educate them a bit.Imagine a mech telling you the check engine sign ati ni warning light that you need to change fuel filter,bure kabisa!!!

@Innovator - thanks bro.

@XSK - no, nilikuwa huko furniture palace heading to CBD.
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