Hello,
First of all I wanted to say hi to everyone on the forum. I have a Panda 1.1 Active 2008 Petrol, 38k miles on the counter.
I am in desperate need for help. Let me start by saying I have very limited knowledge of cars, including my own. So best I can do is describe the symptoms in easy terms and hope for your support.
Couple of weeks ago I started feeling the engine vibrating. That was especially noticable when on idle. I didn't think much of it until it started happening very often. Then the check engine light came on. Engined stalled twice on traffic lights. Went to the garage, they read the error code - ignition coil. Changed the coil. Seemed fine for a day. Next day same thing happened - went back to the garage, they changed another one. Went away happy, 3 days later - no more vibrations, but the check engine light came on a few times for just a couple of seconds. When the light came on, the car was losing power but still kept going. On the 3rd trip to the garage another symptom - all lights on the dashbord came on almost as if the engine stalled but it actually kept going - I just didn't get any power to the wheels. Had to restart the engine - it happened 4 times in 2 miles distance. It was raining heavily, which may be a factor here.
Garage did some testing, no error codes. They were unable to replicate the issue in any way. The changed the ground wire thinking it may be that. That was last Firday. I tested the car throughout the whole weekend and Monday, it was dry and warm, no issues at all. Yesterday morning (Tuesday) it was raining really badly. Again the issue with check engine light - comes on for 2 second, engine "jumps", but the car keeps going. Happened twice, then it stopped raining and it was fine. In the evening, the same issue with all the lights coming on and no power to the wheels - 3 times in the beginning of the journey, then it was fine. It was raining. This morning it was freezeing cold. Again had the issue with check engine light. After it warmed up, everything seemed fine. This afternoon it was still rather cold but dry, however the engine did lose power to the wheels 3 times in the beginning of the journey.
Other than bad weather I cannot think of anything that connects those situations. Sometimes it happens when I accelarate, sometimes when I break, sometimes when moving slowly in traffic. I have tried accelarting suddenly, breaking suddenly, stopping and starting and there is nothing I can do to replicate the issue, which makes it very hard for the garage to diagnose, since there is no error codes logged. It only seem to happen at the beggining of the journey (first 20 minutes or so) and then the issue is gone until next time I get into the cooled car.
I would be grateful for any advice or idea you can give me. Many thanks!
First of all I wanted to say hi to everyone on the forum. I have a Panda 1.1 Active 2008 Petrol, 38k miles on the counter.
I am in desperate need for help. Let me start by saying I have very limited knowledge of cars, including my own. So best I can do is describe the symptoms in easy terms and hope for your support.
Couple of weeks ago I started feeling the engine vibrating. That was especially noticable when on idle. I didn't think much of it until it started happening very often. Then the check engine light came on. Engined stalled twice on traffic lights. Went to the garage, they read the error code - ignition coil. Changed the coil. Seemed fine for a day. Next day same thing happened - went back to the garage, they changed another one. Went away happy, 3 days later - no more vibrations, but the check engine light came on a few times for just a couple of seconds. When the light came on, the car was losing power but still kept going. On the 3rd trip to the garage another symptom - all lights on the dashbord came on almost as if the engine stalled but it actually kept going - I just didn't get any power to the wheels. Had to restart the engine - it happened 4 times in 2 miles distance. It was raining heavily, which may be a factor here.
Garage did some testing, no error codes. They were unable to replicate the issue in any way. The changed the ground wire thinking it may be that. That was last Firday. I tested the car throughout the whole weekend and Monday, it was dry and warm, no issues at all. Yesterday morning (Tuesday) it was raining really badly. Again the issue with check engine light - comes on for 2 second, engine "jumps", but the car keeps going. Happened twice, then it stopped raining and it was fine. In the evening, the same issue with all the lights coming on and no power to the wheels - 3 times in the beginning of the journey, then it was fine. It was raining. This morning it was freezeing cold. Again had the issue with check engine light. After it warmed up, everything seemed fine. This afternoon it was still rather cold but dry, however the engine did lose power to the wheels 3 times in the beginning of the journey.
Other than bad weather I cannot think of anything that connects those situations. Sometimes it happens when I accelarate, sometimes when I break, sometimes when moving slowly in traffic. I have tried accelarting suddenly, breaking suddenly, stopping and starting and there is nothing I can do to replicate the issue, which makes it very hard for the garage to diagnose, since there is no error codes logged. It only seem to happen at the beggining of the journey (first 20 minutes or so) and then the issue is gone until next time I get into the cooled car.
I would be grateful for any advice or idea you can give me. Many thanks!
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