ddcboyle Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Done something i shouldnt, turned car on then put foot down on a straight beforqe it warmed up (obv bad and brain never clocked in properly), anyway, when i changed to second and put foot down there was no acceleration. Car just stayed at 30mph. Turned car off, turned on , let it warm up, then it worked fine. Im guessing its somethng the computer does to stop you blowing engine? Or did my car just go bit dodgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Stayed at 30 - so it was accelerating but just not properly? Were there any revs at all or total death? Sounds to me like limp home mode - I had it in the Alfa the other day......would only go up to about 3krpm and it would do that pretty slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddcboyle Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 I didnt keep engine on long enough to know if it was increasing much,but it wasnt decreasing. It happening once then working on restart aint something to worry bout is it? Im only guessing about speed and revs as electronics are down atm so just on base driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Its almost certainly a conflict between the throttle position sensor and the throttle pedal sensor - mine did it when I test drove it (thats probably my first post on this site actually) and has done it couple of times since, most often when on track. As you found, killing the ignition and firing it back up again sorts it out, with practice you can do it without stopping Here we go, see Tere's answer, Im 99.99% thats what it is viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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