I thought I'd take advantage of today's gap in the 'barbecue summer' rain to take my car for a (hand) car wash on my lunch break from work.
On the way, I noticed a little orange engine symbol appear on the speedo. With some older cars, I've just stopped and car and restarted it and 9/10 times, the light hasn't come back. But today it came back on even after my FR TFSI had been parked for a while to be washed, dried and hoovered. The car seems to be driving fine - I didn't noticed any odd events that caused it either. No hiccups, hesitating or that sort of thing.
I called my local Seat dealer and have it booked in for next Tuesday to let them have a look. The workshop chap I spoke to said that if it's driving OK it should be fine to carry on using it as it's probably just a faulty sensor.
The car's only done 5.8k miles so it's a bit of a shock to see a warning light. I haven't (yet) got vag-com, although I might consider getting it one day especially if this starts happening outside warranty.
Anybody fancy guessing what might be the problem? If you turn out to be right after I've had it seen to next week then you can feel smug - no prizes on offer I'm afraid.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
On the way, I noticed a little orange engine symbol appear on the speedo. With some older cars, I've just stopped and car and restarted it and 9/10 times, the light hasn't come back. But today it came back on even after my FR TFSI had been parked for a while to be washed, dried and hoovered. The car seems to be driving fine - I didn't noticed any odd events that caused it either. No hiccups, hesitating or that sort of thing.
I called my local Seat dealer and have it booked in for next Tuesday to let them have a look. The workshop chap I spoke to said that if it's driving OK it should be fine to carry on using it as it's probably just a faulty sensor.
The car's only done 5.8k miles so it's a bit of a shock to see a warning light. I haven't (yet) got vag-com, although I might consider getting it one day especially if this starts happening outside warranty.
Anybody fancy guessing what might be the problem? If you turn out to be right after I've had it seen to next week then you can feel smug - no prizes on offer I'm afraid.