Traction control light and glow plug light

[Fabialee]

I have a 2009 Skoda fabia scout . 1.4tdi 

It's drives fine , I've had it about 5 years . 

Every now and again the traction control light comes on . And the glow plug starts to flash on the dashboard. 

The engine still runs , but I have no power at all . Foot on accelerator does nothing . But if I turn off the ignition and restart the car all is fine . Does anyone have any idea what it is ? 

[Simon TDI Sport]

Need to get fault codes read before anything else. Then you can begin to look at what's happening.

[Paws4Thot]

On 06/05/2024 at 20:47, Fabialee said:

Every now and again the traction control light comes on . And the glow plug starts to flash on the dashboard. 

The engine still runs , but I have no power at all . Foot on accelerator does nothing . But if I turn off the ignition and restart the car all is fine .

You have an intermittent engine fault. As @Simon TDI Sport says, read fault codes when the glow plug light is on.

[Fabialee]

I've taken it to my local garage. They put it on the computer. Could not find any faults . They disconnected my battery for a manual reset . I suppose I need a fault code reader so I can see when it happens again . Thank for your help .

[Breezy_Pete]

VCDS Lite, which is the freeware version you can download from ross-tech.com, will work on your car for reading/clearing fault codes.

All you need is a laptop with USB port and a cheap (<£20) FTDI/KKL cable to connect it to the diagnostic port.