Today whilst driving, i had a problem sticking the car into 3rd gear. it was going in but felt like like i was applying 5th as there was hardly and acceleration at around 30mph. Then the glow plug warning light started flashing and continued untill i switched off engine. when i restarted it, and took it for a spin, everything was fine.

im going to ring garage tomorrow morning but do you think ive anything to worry about :confused:

Sounds like the car has gone into "limp home" mode due to an error code on the computer. I used to get this on my Seat Toledo TDI, sometimes without even the warning light coming on. You need to get the error code read by a garage or someone with VAGCOM software, fault could be anything.

I never got to the bottom of my problem and part ex'd the car with it.

yeah, the handbook said it would be the engine management system taking over.

i got two problems first engine glow light was showing during driving and second thing my car doesnt go beyod 70 mph , could anyone please guide and help me out much appreciated

untill i switched off engine. when i restarted it, and took it for a spin, everything was fine.

Could be an overboost error (sometimes from sticky vanes on the turbo). Pleanty of threads on here describing the problem (and pssible solutions). Try a search on "vanes" and see what you think.

i got two problems first engine glow light was showing during driving and second thing my car doesnt go beyod 70 mph , could anyone please guide and help me out much appreciated

Could be DPF or brake light switch - really need to look at the fault codes stored on the ECU to see what happened (you will need Vagcom, VCDS or the dealer software tool to access them)

I have just had that with my car same light & same symtoms.

when I read the code it was the engine speed sensor,

1 Fault Found:

16706 - Engine Speed Sensor (G28): No Signal

P0322 - 000 - -

Freeze Frame:

RPM: 399 /min

Torque: 170.0 Nm

Speed: 0.0 km/h

Load: 0.0 %

Voltage: 10.64 V