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BigRed · 29-01-2007

Thankls for that Ian. My car gets the "Motor Control System Failure" every now and then but it goes right away.
It always seems to do it when I am in a high gear, going slow, and I am too lazy to change down so I just push down on the accelerator. The revs pick up and then the car will jerk slightly, "beep beep beep" and the message ppears for a split second. The car then accelerates as normal and the message is gone.
Do you think thyat this could be a battery issue as I believe that the one on the cvar is the original (2002 car)?.
On another note I also get the oil warning on start up. I know the oil is fine as I check it often and it is still at a safe level. Sometimes it will say my oil is full, sometimes 2 bars, sometimes 1 bar and then then sometimes it says no oil at all.
Is this a sensor issue per-chance?

29-01-2007	#2 (Post Link)
BigRed AO Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK - North East Posts: 259 Member car: 156 2.4 JTD S/Wagon Veloc	Re: Motor Control System Failure - Check your Battery Thankls for that Ian. My car gets the "Motor Control System Failure" every now and then but it goes right away. It always seems to do it when I am in a high gear, going slow, and I am too lazy to change down so I just push down on the accelerator. The revs pick up and then the car will jerk slightly, "beep beep beep" and the message ppears for a split second. The car then accelerates as normal and the message is gone. Do you think thyat this could be a battery issue as I believe that the one on the cvar is the original (2002 car)?. On another note I also get the oil warning on start up. I know the oil is fine as I check it often and it is still at a safe level. Sometimes it will say my oil is full, sometimes 2 bars, sometimes 1 bar and then then sometimes it says no oil at all. Is this a sensor issue per-chance?