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Accelerator Pedal Fault?
charlie792
Posts: 1,744 Forumite
in Motoring
Just looking for a bit of advice here on this; We have a 53 plate Ibiza and was only MOT'd in December which it passed fine - today a light came up on the dash saying EPC, the manual says this means an Accelerator Pedal Fault, the manual gives no insight into the problem just says it should be taken for repair. The car is running fine and the accelerator itself seems to be working as usual.
Obviously don't really want to be paying out for it to be check out by the garage unless necessary so just looking for a bit of an insight into this, has anyone else had any experience of this etc...
Obviously don't really want to be paying out for it to be check out by the garage unless necessary so just looking for a bit of an insight into this, has anyone else had any experience of this etc...
MFW 2020 #111 Offset Balance £69,394.80/ £69,595.11
Aug 2014 £114,750 -35 yrs (2049)
Sept 2016 £104,800
Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)
Aug 2014 £114,750 -35 yrs (2049)
Sept 2016 £104,800
Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)
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These chuck the EPC light on for other reasons aswell....... Check the brake lights are working... A Duff brake light switch will light the EPC up aswell.0
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Flying-High wrote: »These chuck the EPC light on for other reasons aswell....... Check the brake lights are working... A Duff brake light switch will light the EPC up aswell.
Cheers - will check this out tomorrowMFW 2020 #111 Offset Balance £69,394.80/ £69,595.11
Aug 2014 £114,750 -35 yrs (2049)
Sept 2016 £104,800
Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)0 -
On most modern cars the accelerator pedal isn't actually connected to a cable anymore and is merely an electronic device which senses its position and sends it to the ECU. If it were faulty then as a driver, you'd feel no difference.0
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Need to get the ecu scanned using vag com ( cheap of ebay for the shareware version) or ask on a dedicated site, or pay a garage.0
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the light seems to have gone off again now - no idea why it came on....MFW 2020 #111 Offset Balance £69,394.80/ £69,595.11
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There will still be a fault code stored.0
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the golfs suffer from the from either a brake light bulb or the £1000 abs unit0
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Brake light switch, almost certainly.:A Luke 6:38 :AThe above post is either from personal experience or is my opinion based on the person God has made me and the way I understand things. Please don't be offended if that opinion differs from yours, but feel free to click the 'Thanks' button if it's at all helpful!0
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A bulb would put a different light on, and the ABS issue is the ESP light, not EPC.hubert_cumberdale wrote: »the golfs suffer from the from either a brake light bulb or the £1000 abs unit:A Luke 6:38 :AThe above post is either from personal experience or is my opinion based on the person God has made me and the way I understand things. Please don't be offended if that opinion differs from yours, but feel free to click the 'Thanks' button if it's at all helpful!0 -
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