Eng warning and limp mode

[iaegmooh]

This has happened twice now  - flashing cog light and red warning light with check engine displayed and car goes in limp mode, cured with a number of on/offs of the ignition. When it happened tonight I "limped" home and with the engine still running i plugged in my code reader but nothing was showing, no failures yet i had all the above symptoms. Anyone experienced this before. I do occasionally have the hesitation problem that seems common on these cars.

[Alan18]

look at my post from  27 January

"EAC fail + OBD no link"

[billyboy]

This happened to me and it took me 4 years to find out what the problem was, even the garage didn't know, it turned out to be the heater/glow plug relay, the brown one under the bonnet.