ESP & Glow Plug light flashing & no power

[A4philb]

Hi all, I'm after some advise i have a A4 53 plate 1.9 Tdi Avant

Today lost all power, nothing when throttle pressed, engine running at
about 1000rpm. ESP & flashing glow plug lights on.

Turned ignition off & back on all lights off, pressed accelerator & lights back on & no power.

Called AA & they came out & checked it out saying that no error codes in "brain" & that it was a faulty connection on throttle peddle & i need to get it changed it is a common fault on A4 & VW.

Anyone else exprienced this? ANy idea on costs?

[kite]

Check your brake lights are working..

[A4philb]

Yep all brake lights are working fine.

[kite]

You need a scan with vagcom to see what faults are logged.

[A4philb]

Hi The AA man did connect his PC to the car & said there were no fault codes is that the same?

How do i get to vagcom?

[kite]

Looking at your first post the AA man found "no faults" but told you its the throttle.
Vagcom is software for VAG cars.
Look in the vagcom section for a member in your area who will scan your car.

[Florin]

Hi,
I experienced the same trouble. I was in the middle of a trip when, just after an overtake, the ESP light appeared and the glow plug light started flashing. Whatever I pushed the gas pedal, the engine was only revving at around 1200rpm.
I concluded I had a problem on pedal or something, and the ECU switched to 'limp home' mode. Even after repeated switch ON/OFF the key, the lamps always started to light at the first push of pedal.
Helplessly, I continued my trip, in limp home mode. I even reached 70Km/h in the 6th gear (!!!) down a slope :biglaugh:
However, once I reached the destination, I did another try (turned the key OFF/ON), and the trouble disappeared. Moreover, no fault was memorized in the ECU :confused:
So finally it seemed a temporary problem, somewhat related to the pedal sensor or something.
Do you still have the problem?
Cheers

[Zeb]

I was told that cars go into limp mode particularly Audi's , is caused by the boost control switch. Whenever I go on long journey it goes on to Limp Mode.