Hi all
Firstly, it's been a long time since I've been on here - hello all!
I recently got a dog and as such, acquired a cheap and high mileage car suitable for wet, muddy hound ferrying in the form of a 2007 1.9TDi PD100 6Y Fabia Estate.
For the most part, it seems to be OK, if not a bit wallowy and rattly which I cannot begrudge due to it's 160k mile odometer reading. However, when driving along a stretch of clear dual carriageway today, I noticed the following:
While doing above ~60mph and accelerating, the ASR light flashes and the power you'd expect to feel isn't there (i.e. ASR is likely falsely detecting wheel slip and cutting power - this can be proven as when doing the same thing after disabling ASR via the dash button, the car pulls like normal).
If you continue to try and accelerate up to higher speeds with 90-100% throttle inputs, then eventually a warning beep is heard and the dash lights up with several errors (below) and the speedo just drops completely to 0. Rev counter, fuel gauge, temp gauge and tell tale lights all continue to function as normal.
Handbrake (!) light
ASR light
Engine management light
I then noticed that at slower speeds (i.e. around 10mph) and under gentle braking, such that you might do while moving in traffic, the ABS will sometimes kick in for no discernible reason.
I've plugged a very rudimentary OBD tool and got a P0600 code which seems to be a generic "ECU lost contact with an ancillary controller" error.
Having been out of touch with these cars for so long, are these symptoms commonly found in older/higher mileage cars? As up to around 60mph the car drives exactly as it should, is there something along the lines of an ABS controller issue here? Or perhaps simple ABS/wheel speed sensors? Would a higher tech scan toll be able to help diagnose this further?
Thank for the pointers.