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Better late than never for an update! Having left the car into a dealer to have a look at and with a few unsuccessful attempts by them to rectify the issue, we were at our wits end. As a bit of a last ditch effort before getting rid of the car I decided to take a stab at just chucking a new throttle body in the car. The logic behind it being that with a pressure warning being the symptom and the garage having tried everything else that could possibly be related to manifold pressure the only remaining thing I could think of was that there must be some sort of disconnect between where the ECU thinks the butterfly valve in the throttle body is, with where it actually was positioned. I got a cheap aftermarket throttle body, plugged it in and performed the adaption, 1000+ miles later and still have not had the recurrence of the issue, so looks like problem may well be solved! I tried to perform an autopsy on the old throttle body, and after prying apart the swaged cover (why, oh why they don't just have some bolted configuration for serviceability I will never be able to fathom!) could not see anything obviously wrong with the gears and other paraphernalia in there, so my working assumption is that there was an electrical fault with one of those electromagnetic devices in there. Onto the next problem - figure out why she's consuming a little engine coolant! No rest for the wicked!

Hi All, just throwing this out there in the hope someone may have experience with similar issues. I'll preface this with the disclaimer that I'm no great shakes at working on cars, beyond owning an ODBeleven code reader and a computer to google things with. I've been struggling with some persistent fault codes and warning lights on the missus Fabia 1.4 Ambiente (56 reg). the car was serviced regularly by the first owner, up until about 5 years ago, when the last owner took over. The service history is pretty much blank after that, with the exception of receipts for new tyres every now and again. We've had it for approx a year now (it's not driven much, for reasons that are about to be explained, lol) Typical behaviour I see is: Clear the codes Drive for half an hour or so EPC/Engine warning light comes on, sometimes also the traction control (ASR) light also If the ASR comes on, the car is perilously close to what I can only describe as dying. The power to the engine seems to cut completely, with no throttle response (this has only happened at motorway speeds so far). I get pulled over and turn it off and back on again (sometimes needs a few minutes to 'calm down' before coming on, and the EPC/Engine warning light stay on, but it's running. Bring it home and do a code scan, usually with it returning something like this (items with 'no trouble codes' removed): VIN: TMBND46Y174149101 Car: Skoda Fabia Year: 2007 Body type: 5-dr hatchback Mileage: 168020 KM --------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Engine System description: MARELLI 4MV 5954 Software number: 036906034DF Coding: 00071 Trouble codes: P1142 - Load detection value below lower limit Intermittent --------------------------------------------------------------- 03 Brakes Software number: 6Q0907379AG Software version: 0002 Hardware number: 6Q0907379AG Serial number: 00000000000000 Coding: 0002178 Trouble codes: 01314 - Engine control module (ECM) Please read DTC Intermittent Priority: 2 Frequency counter: 1 Driving cycle: 237 Mileage: 167999 km P1857 - Load Signal Error Message from Engine Contr. Intermittent Priority: 2 Frequency counter: 1 Driving cycle: 237 Mileage: 167999 km --------------------------------------------------------------- 08 Air Conditioning System description: Klimaanlage X0840 Software number: 6Y0820045 Trouble codes: 01596 - Fresh/recirc. air flap position motor Open circuit/short circuit to B+ static 01596 - Fresh/recirc. air flap position motor Adaptation did not occur static --------------------------------------------------------------- A few other codes have popped up, but the P1142 seems to be the only consistent one. I've had it cut out a couple of times on the motorway (thank god it was me driving at the time, and not the missus), so obviously it's not inspiring confidence for her to drive. Things I've (attempted to) check: Battery voltage (off, start-up and while running) Brake light illumination Servo pipes (one found in bad shape and replaced) Throttle body cleaned EGR (sort of) cleaned Front O2 sensor continuity Spark plugs (but not coil packs, which has just popped into my head as I type this) The little connector by the gearbox that I've read is the load cable from the alternator and is apparently a common brake point. I'm pretty much as a loss for where to go next. We've been to a garage for a diagnostic, but the lights were off at that time, so no help there. In my head, because common codes seem to indicate comms problems, that there must be a broken wire somewhere in one of the looms, but wouldn't feel confident enough to even begin to guess where. Has anybody got any experience with similar? Any suggestions? I'd even be up for getting a VCDS cable, if it can potentially shed more light than my OBDeleven device. But really at this point, I'm open to any advice on where to look or what to do. If somone has this exact problem and a resolution, that would be amazing too :P