One for the techies maybe. - Yep it could be any one of 1001 things

On the way to work the other day 50 mph - all of a sudden no power, no bangs no crunches, just the engine gradually slowing- so i managed to make it to the verge - turned her off - then tried to start it up again and NOTHING - zero zilch.

Heck- I bought this car to be reliable! I certainly dont thrash it.

Its a 110 TDi Octy 2002 plate - 75,000mls Any ideas -

The RAC guy said he thought it was a seized engine - surely not - wouldnt my front wheels have locked? A seized engine??? He didnt do any diagnosis at all just said turn the key and of course there was nothing - it didn't even try to work the starter motor. So now I am left ( with no mechanical knowledge) and a guy from the RAC saying he thinks the engine has seized - Heck

Ive read a few articles on this infamous X(109) relay could it be this guys

I've had the turbo cut out b4 and switched off to reboot it but the car was dead! I was very disapointed to find myself on the back of an RAC truck on thursday! Even the guy at the garage said it was a rarity.

Anyone had the same symptoms???

Cheers for any help you can dish out - I cant afford the cost of a new engine at the mo!:(

Did any lights appear on the dash?

Sounds to me like a fuel starvation problem... Dead fuel pump maybe? The same thing happened to me years ago when my old Renault ran out of petrol.

Did any lights appear on the dash?

Nope, no lights on dash - ie no warning lights -

When I went to start it, it went throught the usual sequence of showing all of them, then they went out - nothing out of the ordinary, just wouldnt start at all.

Shouldnt I still hear the starter motor trying to go ????