EdButler said:Adding to what Ol'Timer said - The flashing heat plugs light signifies an electronic issue thats commonly associated with the brake lights. Make sure you check them. This often happens to people who have retrofitted LED bulbs in their cars...
Could always try to hook up a VAG COM?
Ol' Timer said:There is another issue with a faulty brake light switch. There is a connection between the switch and the ECU, so that when you brake, the switch sends a signal to the ECU and it cuts power to the engine (which is why you can't heel and toe most VAG cars now). Therefore if the switch is sticking on you can find the car suddenly losing power, which is pretty unnerving. This happened to me on my Leon and I couldn't understand why the car was suddenly slowing down without any apparent reason. I have had four new switches on my SEATs, so a faulty switch is definitely a possibility.
unitedjmd said:I have no idea what a VAG COM is lol.
magic77 said:when mine use to come on it was due to misfuelling mixture error. Are you running any plug in power boxes to give you more power. When does the light come on while driving or just as you turn the car over. It generally means engine management has detected a signal from a sensor thats outside norm so could be a fault. Like the breaks or something more sinister liek issue with fueling. Best next service get dealer to run a diagnostic.
where abouts u from if local to me happy to run a quick diagnostic on the car which will bring up the fault that has been logged.
unitedjmd said:I'm not running anything other than the standard equipment.
The light has only came on once and that was on the motorway sitting at about 75mph after about 25 minutes of driving.
I'm from Middlesbrough mate but thanks for the offer.
magic77 said:I'm up that way at some point in Jan so if you dont find anyone with vag com cable I can always bring one up.