EPC fault

[kmpowell]

Half way through my 3hr motorway journey this morning and this flashed up on the dash and the car seemingly threw itself into limp mode. I stopped and restarted which cleared it, but a mile or so back on the M40 and it did it again.

Pulled into the services and rang VW assist who say they are sending a VW technician out rather than a AA person due to the nature of the fault.

So I’m sat waiting for a VW tech to arrive and wondered if anybody here had seen/experienced this before or know what it might be? 

[Guzzle]

Not on my Golf, but my diesel Octy vRS went into limp mode a couple of years back. I'm sure you know the warning light covers a whole host of potential problems.

But if it's like mine was, it could be a simple sensor failure, which the VW tech could possibly replace at the roadside. An AA tech is unlikely to carry such parts and is only really able to diagnose the fault.

Fingers crossed it's nothing major and can be sorted promptly.

[kmpowell]

Thanks Guzzle. As you say it could be one of many things. A quick Google suggests it could be one from a plethora of issues such as a faulty oil sensor right through to something as simple as it having had some bad fuel when I filled up this morning.

Fingers crossed the VW tech can sort it else I’m going to miss my young son’s end of year school play this evening. 

[sjw]

Thanks Guzzle. As you say it could be one of many things. A quick Google suggests it could be one from a plethora of issues such as a faulty oil sensor right through to something as simple as it having had some bad fuel when I filled up this morning.

Fingers crossed the VW tech can sort it else I’m going to miss my young son’s end of year school play this evening. 

Maybe you could set off earlier

Sorry to hear this has happened, hope it is sorted soon

[kmpowell]

Diagnosed and the fault found...



A faulty oil pressure switch. This engine apparently has 3 oil switches, and the one that’s failed is the one not carried on the VW technician’s van. 

I’ve been recovered back to my dealer and whilst on route they rang through to the dealer to make sure I have a replacement car to jump into the other end.

To be fair to VW, great service all round so far, just a shame it’s ruined the day. 

[kmpowell]

The courtesy sootchucker...

[Guzzle]

That looks ok to me. Could be worse.

When mine went in for its first service last week I got a bright orange 1 litre Polo.

Should take them long though to resurrect your Golf.

[kmpowell]

That looks ok to me. Could be worse.

It's not bad TBH (for a soot chucker). They asked me what I 'needed', so I said Golf sized, 5dr, and DSG, it could have been a lot worse.

The benefits of CarPlay came into force straight away as all I had to do was plug my phone in and all my destinations and music were there immedately, no need to set anything up etc.

It does baffles me how some people on here say the Leon has the same (or close) interior quality to a Golf, it really doesn't. Every piece of plastic, equipment, switch and sound is noticeably inferior.

Going to attempt to redo my long journey today, so it'll give me a chance to stretch the Leon's legs.

Should take them long though to resurrect your Golf.

Sadly they said they wouldn't even be able to look at diagnosing until tomorrow at the earliest, so I suspect work won't start on it until next week and I won't be getting it back until mid/late next week. 

[dubber36]

Your challenge is to see how many miles you can put on the Leon in that time.

[sjw]

That looks ok to me. Could be worse.

When mine went in for its first service last week I got a bright orange 1 litre Polo.

Should take them long though to resurrect your Golf.

As lucky as orange? Mine is currently beige/brown.

"Champagne Silver", look it up. Horrible. And it's a premium paint choice! No wonder I haven't seen any