Hi chaps and chapesses,
I have a weird problem with my lovely wee 2011 Seat Ibiza 1.2 TDi Ecomotive
The problem is intermittent but seems more likely to happen when the engine is warm. Once it starts happening on a journey, it'll keep doing it while the engine is hot.
Basically, you're cruising along and you have to slow down because of corners, traffic, junctions or whatever, you press the brake and the RPM sticks at 1500. Depending your road speed/gear combination then the car can push forward. Obviously it's a wee bit dangerous, fuel inefficient and wasting precious brake life - slight sarcasm there
When you press the clutch in, you see the RPM stay at 1500. The only way to drop them back to normal idle is to take your foot off the brake which is a bit iffy during a braking manoeuvre.
Once the fault has started, if you just change to neutral and stop on the brakes then even when you're stationary the revs still stick at 1500rpm. When you take you foot off the brake they drop back to normal although the start/stop won't kick in at this point - even though it should.
It is driving style related in that if you engage the clutch as you brake the issue won't happen.
I bought it last September and reported the issue to the garage after about a month. It's been back to the garage, they can't find anything. It was taken to a SEAT dealership who also couldn't find anything. The dealership downloaded the logs and sent it to SEAT themselves who also found nothing. It's due to go to a different dealership in a week or so.
All the mechanics who've taken a look have driven the car and experienced the problem but not found anything in their investigations. Recreating it in the garage seems to be difficult if not impossible?
I'm crossing fingers that someone here has some ideas I can maybe pass on or look into. I'm not the slightest bit mechanical myself though, the bonnet is there to make the car look nice, what goes on underneath it is akin to magic as far as I'm concerned
thanks
peel.
I have a weird problem with my lovely wee 2011 Seat Ibiza 1.2 TDi Ecomotive
The problem is intermittent but seems more likely to happen when the engine is warm. Once it starts happening on a journey, it'll keep doing it while the engine is hot.
Basically, you're cruising along and you have to slow down because of corners, traffic, junctions or whatever, you press the brake and the RPM sticks at 1500. Depending your road speed/gear combination then the car can push forward. Obviously it's a wee bit dangerous, fuel inefficient and wasting precious brake life - slight sarcasm there
When you press the clutch in, you see the RPM stay at 1500. The only way to drop them back to normal idle is to take your foot off the brake which is a bit iffy during a braking manoeuvre.
Once the fault has started, if you just change to neutral and stop on the brakes then even when you're stationary the revs still stick at 1500rpm. When you take you foot off the brake they drop back to normal although the start/stop won't kick in at this point - even though it should.
It is driving style related in that if you engage the clutch as you brake the issue won't happen.
I bought it last September and reported the issue to the garage after about a month. It's been back to the garage, they can't find anything. It was taken to a SEAT dealership who also couldn't find anything. The dealership downloaded the logs and sent it to SEAT themselves who also found nothing. It's due to go to a different dealership in a week or so.
All the mechanics who've taken a look have driven the car and experienced the problem but not found anything in their investigations. Recreating it in the garage seems to be difficult if not impossible?
I'm crossing fingers that someone here has some ideas I can maybe pass on or look into. I'm not the slightest bit mechanical myself though, the bonnet is there to make the car look nice, what goes on underneath it is akin to magic as far as I'm concerned
thanks
peel.