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[andrenimri]

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[Welly]

Be VERY careful here. The fault codes that come from the (rather stupid) ECU can sound a bit daunting at first but are normally a 'heading' under which numerous other silly faults can trigger.

I had some really serious sounding faults on mine but it turned out to be the radiator fan drawing too much current because it was worn out. The list of 'possibles' was quite long.

I would'nt give up on it yet and I would encourage your garage to look further into the fault codes. The codes will look like P3800, P2080 etc etc. there are ways of digging deeper into the codes. My mechanic looked on a 'common faults' online mechanics type web site and it helped him narrow down the problem.

Let us know how you get on.

[mjb]

Be VERY careful here. The fault codes that come from the (rather stupid) ECU can sound a bit daunting at first but are normally a 'heading' under which numerous other silly faults can trigger.

Or to rephrase... The fault codes are representive of symptoms, not causes!

For instance the fault codes listed by andrenimri, could all potentially be caused by an alternator belt snapping. It'd stop the power steering pump turning (fault 2) and the alternator, which would lead to the battery draining and not being able to provide power to the fuel pump (fault 3) which would mean there wouldn't be fuel in the fuel rail (fault 1).

Obviously this isn't the case as it would be blatantly obvious if this were the case, but it's a good example of how you can look into things further, buy a new belt for £10 and be done... or take the fault codes as gospel and replace your power steering pump, the fuel rail with everything attached to it and the fuel pump all at considerable expense without actually fixing anything