EPC Light just come on!

[RSCosworth]

Hi folks, was out in my car 3 days ago & it performed faultlessly as it has since I bought it back in August last year! Put it away in the garage when I got home but have just gone to get her out again now & the EPC Light has come on/stayed on! Drove a stones throw up my street & back again & it still seems to drive fine & as it should, any ideas what's likely to be wrong???

[R1RS4]

Hi folks, was out in my car 3 days ago & it performed faultlessly as it has since I bought it back in August last year! Put it away in the garage when I got home but have just gone to get her out again now & the EPC Light has come on/stayed on! Drove a stones throw up my street & back again & it still seems to drive fine & as it should, any ideas what's likely to be wrong???

It would be silly to guess mate, you need to hook up VCD's and then you can get some sensible feedback

[RSCosworth]

Just been out in it round to my mates house (max. 1.5 miles there & back) & the light's now switched itself off & behaving as it should Still worth hooking up to a diagnostic machine to see what brought it on in the first place though would you say??

[TomRS]

Just been out in it round to my mates house (max. 1.5 miles there & back) & the light's now switched itself off & behaving as it should Still worth hooking up to a diagnostic machine to see what brought it on in the first place though would you say??

Definetly worth hooking up and checking, could be a fault that might prove more common as time goes on who knows? for the sake of plugging it in and reading the codes i'd do it.

[The_Coat]

Had this the other week, turned out to be the MAF sensor after running a scan.

[RSCosworth]

Had this the other week, turned out to be the MAF sensor after running a scan.

Same symptoms as mine, light came on but car still drove normal then light went off again of its own accord??

[The_Coat]

Had this the other week, turned out to be the MAF sensor after running a scan.

Same symptoms as mine, light came on but car still drove normal then light went off again of its own accord??

Car still drove fine
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[RSCosworth]

Had this the other week, turned out to be the MAF sensor after running a scan.

Same symptoms as mine, light came on but car still drove normal then light went off again of its own accord??

Car still drove fine
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Cheers bud, hopefully mine will be an easy fix like yours was then!

[kev4]

I think my car was lying just over a week and the same thing happened, the EPC light came on.

There were no abnormal running issues, i turned off the car, restarted it and the light went off.

Later on in the day the light came back on, after a few miles the light, (touch wood) has stayed off, and done approx 150 miles
and the light has stayed off.

Is it maybe with lying a while in this damp, frosty weather?

Kev.

[pcglader]

I had exactly the same fault with mine, intermittent EPC light coming on, more and more over time, then eventually more and more over a period of 2 years.
Turns out it was the flaps in the inlet manifold becoming worn.
It could be this or a number of other things but worth the heads up for ideas as I was stumped, putting up with it until the engine management light came on and stayed on.
Hope you get it sorted, if not already.