Limp mode and numerous faults
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2026 6:26 pm
So the gfs GTi seems to have gone into limp mode and the dash is lit up like a Christmas tree. It suddenly happened as she was driving home from work but she managed to get it back to the car park at her work.
It now struggles to start and really chugs once it has actually started. There are a number of warnings that then pop up on the display:
- Error: Stabilisation control (ESC)
- Error: start-stop system
- Error: Type Pressure Loss Indicator
- Error: ParkPilot
If you try and drive it, the power steering comes and goes...not there at all at low speeds or pulling away, but then comes back as you speed up a bit.
Seems to be like some kind of ECU thing that a whole bunch of other stuff relies on, hence the multiple error messages, but that's just me guessing.
Going to try and get it home later on when the traffic is quieter and then to a garage, but just wondering if anyone could shed any light on this? Any idea what it might be?
Whatever it is, it feels expensive...!
It now struggles to start and really chugs once it has actually started. There are a number of warnings that then pop up on the display:
- Error: Stabilisation control (ESC)
- Error: start-stop system
- Error: Type Pressure Loss Indicator
- Error: ParkPilot
If you try and drive it, the power steering comes and goes...not there at all at low speeds or pulling away, but then comes back as you speed up a bit.
Seems to be like some kind of ECU thing that a whole bunch of other stuff relies on, hence the multiple error messages, but that's just me guessing.
Going to try and get it home later on when the traffic is quieter and then to a garage, but just wondering if anyone could shed any light on this? Any idea what it might be?
Whatever it is, it feels expensive...!