Gavo68

Thanks, I think I might pop it over to my local mechanic. The nearest fella to me is a good hour away. He's quite "switched on" - the car used to light up like a christmas tree occasionally - cruise control off, cornering lights off, ABS and hill control off, auto start off - tracked to a cracked rear hub and the ABS sensor getting very excited as a result.

Not often out that way - the main bugbear is the start of the dual carriageway from the Ballygawley roundabout heading towards the M1. As for getting codes read - I'm assuming the gadgetry that mechanics plug in ? As for live codes - is there some sort of bluetooth enabled plug / smartphone app ?

Hello, My automatic SEL 190 Hatchback (regularly serviced just over 145K now) has a peculiar trait - when accelerating up a long incline - i.e. briskly - it starts to lose power - so much so that it struggles to maintain around 55mph and has dropped down to 3rd gear. After it has driven back down the hill things start to behave again and it drives 100%. Short hills and it's perfectly OK. If I pull over into a lay-by - thinking something is clogged and rev it, it simply will not rev. If I leave it switched off for 5 to 10 minutes it is fine. Note if I very gently accelerate up this long incline the issue does not occur. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance. Gavin