stef123 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 hi guys, A weird attitude from my car tonight on the way home. Was approaching a junction in second gear, had to stop for a car going past, the brake pedal went hard and when i went to turn the steering wheel wouldnt move. when i looked at the dashboard all the usual lights were on for it to be in ignition mode without the engine running. i turned the car off then restarted the engine, started perfect and has never happened again since. any ideas? When i rev the car and let it return to idle, the revs usually go just below 750 and you can feel a little shake, usually makes the lights flicker then it creeps back up. Never had a cutting out problem with it before though. VSS? ICV? cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintalkin Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 first to check and clean would be the icv as its the most likely suspect playing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraYankee99 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I agree fella. If that doesnt cure it, could be a remote chance its the VSS starting to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stef123 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 cheers for that guys, ive had the !Removed! ICV out numerous times in the past to clean it as i thought it was causing my uneven idle but it never made a difference. It has had some amount of crap cleaned out it though. Maybe just need to take it out again for another clean. the car tried to stall again today at a roundabout, just coming to a stop the revs dropped to about 300rpm then climbed back up to normal. Trying to get a hold of one without going to the dealer is something else though. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 cheers for that guys, ive had the !Removed! ICV out numerous times in the past to clean it as i thought it was causing my uneven idle but it never made a difference. It has had some amount of crap cleaned out it though. Maybe just need to take it out again for another clean. the car tried to stall again today at a roundabout, just coming to a stop the revs dropped to about 300rpm then climbed back up to normal. Trying to get a hold of one without going to the dealer is something else though.cheers saw one on eBay £29.95 cos ithink i have a like problem.....but i bet mine is worse than yours !! not sure of the quality of these ebays ones though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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