Evening all,
I've had a squint on the search but cant find anything with the same problems to mine.
On a long run today from Oban on the west coast back up to Aberdeen and about 1.5hrs in after cruising along just around 60mph i put the foot down a little to get her up a hill, next thing i knew it went into limp mode and would not accelerate, there were no warnings on the DIS. I pulled over and turned her off for a few minutes and once i restarted everything seemed fine. Then about an hour later i was overtaking in 6th, and hit limp mode again, like before no error messages in the DIS. Pulled over and then restarted again, same as before.
The car is a 53 plate TDi Sport with only 61k on the clock. I could be imagining it since i've had problems but i could swear that the turbo chatter sounds different when changing gear. Made it home no probs but intentionally held back from any full throttle openings. I've only had the car 8 months, and to be honest i've always felt its harder on fuel than i expected, only achieving 42mpg on a motorway run from aberdeen to edinburgh on friday, dont know if this could be related?? My previous car was a Focus ST and she could achieve high 30s on a similar run, and it was a properly thirsty bitch!
I've noticed other threads from years ago mention potential turbo vane problems but these seemed to be on far higher mileage cars. I just got the A3 to release some funds for a house purchase and was planning to change cars again soon so would rather not have a big bill coming my way!
I've had a squint on the search but cant find anything with the same problems to mine.
On a long run today from Oban on the west coast back up to Aberdeen and about 1.5hrs in after cruising along just around 60mph i put the foot down a little to get her up a hill, next thing i knew it went into limp mode and would not accelerate, there were no warnings on the DIS. I pulled over and turned her off for a few minutes and once i restarted everything seemed fine. Then about an hour later i was overtaking in 6th, and hit limp mode again, like before no error messages in the DIS. Pulled over and then restarted again, same as before.
The car is a 53 plate TDi Sport with only 61k on the clock. I could be imagining it since i've had problems but i could swear that the turbo chatter sounds different when changing gear. Made it home no probs but intentionally held back from any full throttle openings. I've only had the car 8 months, and to be honest i've always felt its harder on fuel than i expected, only achieving 42mpg on a motorway run from aberdeen to edinburgh on friday, dont know if this could be related?? My previous car was a Focus ST and she could achieve high 30s on a similar run, and it was a properly thirsty bitch!
I've noticed other threads from years ago mention potential turbo vane problems but these seemed to be on far higher mileage cars. I just got the A3 to release some funds for a house purchase and was planning to change cars again soon so would rather not have a big bill coming my way!
