crepen
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Anyone else experience this?
Driving in to work yesterday (ironically, on my way to a dealer for 72k (km) service) when power disappears and check engine and ESC lights come on.
Seemed to be in "limp" mode - would slowly accelerate to 50km/h, but not faster.
Called dealer, they said pull over, shut her off for a few minutes and restart.
Voilá, car is fine again - ECS light off, CE light still on.
Dealer installed a software update, ref: engine code P0638.
Engine seems fine - better actually, since I was going to report an uneven cold idle - would drop to 750rpm, then up to 1250, until warm. I am in Canada, so cold means cold - 10F.
I find it funny, and kind of sad, to fix my car by rebooting, and then a software update.
Anyone else experience this?
Driving in to work yesterday (ironically, on my way to a dealer for 72k (km) service) when power disappears and check engine and ESC lights come on.
Seemed to be in "limp" mode - would slowly accelerate to 50km/h, but not faster.
Called dealer, they said pull over, shut her off for a few minutes and restart.
Voilá, car is fine again - ECS light off, CE light still on.
Dealer installed a software update, ref: engine code P0638.
Engine seems fine - better actually, since I was going to report an uneven cold idle - would drop to 750rpm, then up to 1250, until warm. I am in Canada, so cold means cold - 10F.
I find it funny, and kind of sad, to fix my car by rebooting, and then a software update.
Ain't it the truth? But then again, what isn't fixed by rebooting or pulling a battery? After all, cars these days are really just a computer on wheels.
