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[WaveyDaveyGravy]

My EPC was joined this morning by the Exhaust light - again both intermittent. Car is now going to dealers on Weds to try and get a resolution.

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

Went in to dealers today and was diagnosed a pedal switch and new throttle pedal (I believe they said). Booked in for next Tuesday so hopefully this will fix.

[fatboy58]

My CEL lamp came on 1 week out of warranty.  Took it to local skoda dealer, £33 to run diagnostics.  Initially suggested it was dpf needing replacement, then said it was the exhaust gas pressure sensor (slight difference in price!).  Seems to be a common theme with the diesels looking at this feed.

They reset it but CEL came back on next day, so looks like I'll be booking it in for replacement sensor.

[shane_saintsfc]

I also have both lights on and the Internal Check Sum error.

The problem I have is that I have already had the 24K5 update. Kind of stuck really as to what to do next. I'm not paying £1800 for a new ECU when the car is fine.

[Monk10]

I have a 2004 Skoda Octavia 1.4L manual gearbox and the next lights came on: EPC, control system for exhaust and ESP.
The car won't allowed me to rave the engine more than 2000 rot/min.
The mecanic its not sure, he told me that the throtle body can be faulty, but he wasn't sure.
Can anyone please help me!!!

[pz1811]

Octavia II FL '09 - 1.8 TSI, 6 speed manual (NO MAXIDOT)

EPC light on - Fault code - P1387 Control Module Malfunction Internal Altitude/Pressure Sensor.

only done 9k kms.

2 weeks back while running a scan via VCDS...my Engine -01 showed up this error. I thought must have been because of my fiddling around with VCDS..Cleared it ...No problem at all.

However after coming back from a 80 km drive I plugged in the VCDS to have a look and there it was the error was up again..I cleared it again thinking it was nothing serious as there weren't any Warning lights on the dash...
But after switching on and off the car the error seemed to come up again and after vcds had logged the error more than 2 times it showed MIL on ...however still NO warning light !

I went to the dealer and I was told that it was a static error and nothing to be worried about, he cleared it through VAS and had me on my way but funnily enough the error was still popping up on reaching home.
DIAGNOSIS--
to the rescue came Briskoda and rwbaldwin ---all thanks to him for helping me out with all the valuable information.

P1387 is a failure of the altitude sensor within the ECU...i.e the ECU is faulty and needs to be replaced...
The glitch however is that if you keep driving at or near sea level there will be no warning light on the dash and the only indication of the error will be a slight hesitation from the engine.(no reason for a warranty claim-if you are within the warranty period)
However once the altitude rises/lower air density the the altitude sensor(which reduces the charge of the turbo charger to avoid it from overspeeding) will detect the malfunction and there will be EPC light on the dash.

There is no alternative for this error and  the only way out is changing the ECU.
The causes of this can be excessive dust, moisture or humidity.
Sorry for the long read !

[supersport2]

Sparki, on 30 November 2010 - 20:00, said:

Exactly the same has happened to me but no resolution yet

This occured to my 2008 vrs cr tdi, having just driven to Cornwall, a 500 mile journey late evening and night time, at a good pace! Limped it into Falmouth Skoda, who did the diagnostic and it came back DPF 90% full of soot and a fire warning! A new DPF and sensor, £1400 on warranty, but my car only has 22k on it and 4 months warranty left, to say I am concerned is an under statement!!

I was told that if the engine had been a PD there would have been fewer problems as they are seen as being bomb proof!! Dealer said they had seen quite a few with this problem!

Edited by supersport2, 22 April 2011 - 17:29.

[SkodaZ]

2005 Octavia II 2.0 FSI

91000km

A year ago I had the head gasket replaced.  Shortly after that the engine light came on and we determined that a P2540 fuel low pressure sensor - range/performance error had occured and I needed to have the sensor replace.  Before I did this, the EPC light started intermittently coming on and couldn't notice any particular pattern as to when and no performace changes - nothing obvious anyway.  My mechanic suggested that the engine light (P2440 pressure problem) was related and it would stop once we changed the sensor.  Well, the engine light doesn't come on anymore, but about 5 minutes after driving away from the mechanic the EPC light came back on.  I know that it could mean many things, but I'm just trying to get as much information as I can before I go back to my mechanic (or to an authorized dealer).  

Any thoughts out there on this one?

[Lou_O]

Model: 2008 Skoda vRS CR TDI Estate
Problem : Control system for exhaust warning light. Glow plug system warning light starts blinking after awhile.
Mileage: 47000
Solution: Exhaust and Throttle sensors replaced under warranty

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

This evening I had engine, EPC, tyre pressure and ESP lights on at the same time.  A record!  Will be going back to the dealers AGAIN, I am getting pretty sick of this now.

[greym]

I had my 2009 VRS TDI CR,show up the CEL light and show the GLOW PLUG light which made the car go into limp mode.I went straight to the dealer who said it was the exhaust pressure sensor in the DPF,he changed it out,parts and labour came to 140 euros.The light came on,and i went straight to the dealer,which is 22 miles away and at that stage the DPF was 43% blocked,dealer said it has to be replaced at over 45%,at a cost of 1600 euros,any more problems and it will be a DPF delete at 600 euros for sure.

[SB1962]

Had my Exhaust Management System light come on today.  Car didn't go into limp mode & I made it to the dealer, approx 60 miles without any bother.

Credit to MBS of Darlington for sorting it straight away as I didn't get there until 16:15.  It was the exhaust pressure sensor. Changed under used car warranty (4 years/44K) - common enough according to service manager & borne out here!

He tells me the DPF was unaffected but I'll be busy researching the link between the 2 now I've seen the price mentioned above!

Edited by rosswm, 06 July 2011 - 20:11.

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

Well I had a software update which has taken my 4 lights off the dash.  Let's hope it's a permanent fix this time.

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

Lo and behold, the starting problems a month after the fix appear to have returned.  If the lights start coming on then I'm going to go mental.

[mac]

Mine has come on a few times after 1 mile of driving, Parkview, Reading, having plugged the car in, reckon it's
a dodgy oil pressure switch.
In next week so will update.

[Awesam]

I need help with these faults codes!

I used the U281 Scanner from Ebay, ->DTC->Engine -> Scan and got these codes:

01137
04721
05489
05784

I think 01137 could related to the DPF/Exhaust sensor, which needs to replace, but don't have a clue about the others and have tried searching on the net for them but no luck.

anyone?

[ian-inhome]

The exhaust management light came on. The garage replaced the sensor whilst working on it they found that the water pump was leaking. sensor and water pump were replaced. Half an hour after driving out of the garage the exhaust management light came on again. This time they have replaced the intake manifold. So far the light has not come back on.. Octavia Elegance 1.8TSI 18 months old 10.000 miles on the clock.

[WaveyDaveyGravy]

WaveyDaveyGravy, on 02 August 2011 - 18:45, said:

Lo and behold, the starting problems a month after the fix appear to have returned.  If the lights start coming on then I'm going to go mental.

And, two days out of warranty, the lights come on again.  They have had the car three times and failed on every occasion to give me a permanent fix.  Going in on Monday AGAIN.