Government to probe 'killer' Volkswagens

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I think all manufactures have their faults. However it is the way they go about rectifying said faults.

My car is a BF XR6 Turbo Manual MK2. I have had the car go in to limp home mode when it was stock on a few of occasions.

The first time I was not far from home so I continued driving it. When I got home I turned the car off and started it and it was fine. I booked it in to take it to the dealer and no fault codes. They said they tired to replicate it but no luck.

Now for me there was no warning, however I did find it weird that when it happened the first time I was unable to engage 5th gear, then within a minute or so it went it to limp home mode.

My first reaction was to not hit the brakes, however I did switch my hazard lights on and kept in the left hand lane.

Another time it happened when I went to change gears and it wouldn't engage 5th again, I waited and then it happened, limp home mode. I was rolling, so I put the car into neutral switched it off and restarted it again and it worked. I put it back in gear and continued driving.

It also happened once when I was teaching my sister to drive manual, we were in a quiet street then moving slowly due to her learning. I think she was still in first trying to turn in a cul de sac.

People have to learn how not to panic in these types of situations. Maybe these sorts of situations should be built in to the driving test. Maybe the tester telling the student the car has gone into limp mode home and see what they do.

Modern vehicles are full of electronics and can spit the dummy at any given time. I wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage of accidents are happening because people panic and an accident is a result of their actions. Obviously not in all cases though.

I am not familiar with all makes of vehicles and I only can comment on mine, so I would think that some cars would not be able to be fixed with a simple switch off and switch on again. Again it comes down to the drivers action.