Fiesta MK7 engine malfunction but no ECU error code

[BP2411]

Hello everyone, on the way to work this morning dash showed the error "engine malfunction" and went into limp mode, I got the car home and put a cheap eBay obd2 bluetooth scanner on it but torque said there were no errors on the ECU, is this because the adapter is a cheapy or would this error not record on the ECU?

[MJNewton]

Was the CEL/MIL on as well?

Some faults do clear themselves although I would imagine (and I am only assuming) that anything that would put the engine into limp mode would be severe enough to warranty a latching code with associated freeze-frame data.

If all is now clear you might just need to wait for it to happen again and, if/when it does, scan for code immediately without turning the ignition off.

I would hope that Torque would know (and report) if the adapter positively reported the absence of any codes rather than just failed to read any, if you see what I mean. There are some modules that a cheap OBD adapter would not be able to communicate with but even the most basic should have access to all OBD data which would include engine-related limp-inducing issues.

[BP2411]

Yes the CEL/MIL did light up, I parked up and turned the engine off for 5 minutes and when I turned it back on everything seemed fine, the strange thing is the car felt alot smoother this morning before the problem started I suppose this could be due up weather / temperature

[isetta]

if it does it again and still no code and you report back on here, please let us know which engine you have