Seat Ibiza EPC light on and acceleration problem?

[nupgur]

i got a 08' seat ibiza at the start of the year in january i put up 33'000 km since.
This morning i started car and drove it around, dose'nt matter what gear its in or if i keep car in high or low revs the acelorrator seems to cut out every 10 - 20 sec's.
The car stays running just as if there's no petrol, but once i start pumping the accelorator it works again.

Dose anyone have any ideas the epc light came on after 30 - 40 minutes after it started happening. I had the car serviced at the start of the year at 16,000km and its 2,000 km overdue a 2nd service. Can i Still drive it?

 

[Mike90]

I had the same problem last year on my 1.2

Because Its an electronic accelerator, Its done by a potentiometer type switch. I.e. as you press the pedal, it changes the resistance in the switch thus causing the car to accelerate. The only fix, is to get a new one. If I remember correctly the part was around £7 - £15 plus labour if your not confident enough to do it yourself (like me).

By the looks of it, Its just a case of getting access to the switch, unplug it and put in the new one.

Hope this helps you.

 

[RUM4MO]

Yup, beaten to it!, some say that EPC equates to electronic pedal control - might be true as that is certainly the case - you should find the potentiometer box on the throttle pedal - top end (obviously!). Things might improve for a while if you pump it a lot with the ignition off - it might just clean up some "bad" sectors - you never know, its all you can do to help you until you fix it - and it just work - certainly no guarantee though I'm afraid - sorry!

 

[nupgur]

thanks for help,
how i fixed it was, appearently my brake light was out yesterday and today the other one was out and for some reason screwed up my electrics when there out, all i did was i gave the 2 plastic light holders a tap and the bulbs went back on (think they were only out of place) but ya that fixed it