Audi RS5 EPC Light - Not even had the car a week!
Discussion
Hello all,
I picked up a 2011 Audi RS5 last Friday and so far have been really impressed by it, comfort, refined but with V8 oomph when you want it.
On my drive in to work this morning, an amber engine management light (near the top of the dash) started flashing and the EPC light then came on, then the flashing light disappeared but the EPC one remained on. The car then felt a bit lumpy, almost like a wheel weight had come off, but as I slowed down and turned the radio off, I could then tell then it appears to not be running on all cylinders and then limped the remainder of the journey to work (I was nearby so would rather get the car off the road and out the way).
I'll get the car booked in to an Audi specialist tomorrow, but my question is whether the car is ok to drive home this evening or does it need recovering? I'm new to this Audi V8 malarkey so don't currently know if an amber EPC light means the car is able to limp home or whether it shouldn't be driven at all. To be fair, I didn't expect to have to find out this early in in to ownership as I'd normally have done a whole load of reading by now.
Thanks in advance for any help offered!
I picked up a 2011 Audi RS5 last Friday and so far have been really impressed by it, comfort, refined but with V8 oomph when you want it.
On my drive in to work this morning, an amber engine management light (near the top of the dash) started flashing and the EPC light then came on, then the flashing light disappeared but the EPC one remained on. The car then felt a bit lumpy, almost like a wheel weight had come off, but as I slowed down and turned the radio off, I could then tell then it appears to not be running on all cylinders and then limped the remainder of the journey to work (I was nearby so would rather get the car off the road and out the way).
I'll get the car booked in to an Audi specialist tomorrow, but my question is whether the car is ok to drive home this evening or does it need recovering? I'm new to this Audi V8 malarkey so don't currently know if an amber EPC light means the car is able to limp home or whether it shouldn't be driven at all. To be fair, I didn't expect to have to find out this early in in to ownership as I'd normally have done a whole load of reading by now.
Thanks in advance for any help offered!
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