Come on Beast please move!

[john_k_sri]

Thanks for the enlightment
So maybe the problem was on the sensor that you mention....interesting.
BTW nice sapnish

Gracias el placer ha sido mío - soy profesor de lenguas

[BlueRob]

Jeeeeeessssss mate you have better puntuation than myself
Glad to see some one else besides me that speaks spanish around here.
Ha sido un placer profesor, que tenga un buen fin de semana.

[john_k_sri]

Jeeeeeessssss mate you have better puntuation than myself
Glad to see some one else besides me that speaks spanish around here.
Ha sido un placer profesor, que tenga un buen fin de semana.

Igualmente.

[stickshift]

:Any how after the snail passed I accelerated but...nothing...no acceleration at all...the engine was on but when I push the accel. pedal nothing happened, the car moved sowly foward (autobox) so I moved towards the sidewalk and tryed again....nothing...so I turned the car off and turn it back on...and magic the beast was back to normal.
Any ideas what could have cause this?
I don`t want to suffer it again...specially in a street with more traffic

There could be a "failsafe" in the autobox software which stops the car moving after an accident. Most cars have inertia sensors which cut the fuel/power (Jaguars suffer from it a lot to reset you had to push a button under the bonnet/hood). When you stopped suddenly it might have triggered a "failsafe" requiring you to reset it by restarting.

[Sundance]

I am pretty sure if you get your codes read with tech 2 or the like, you will get some idea of what caused the fault!!

[Vectra-SRI]

Assuming it's logged a fault....

A Lot of cars don't actually log anything with little glitches like this.... it has to happen a certain number of "warm-up cycles".
Or, as in the case of mine, the sensor/component has to register a fault, or not send any signal to the ECU at all, an hense it has packed up....
I like the inertia sensor theory... it makes the most sense, as our Laguna did the same thing when a kid didn't look on a round about, and rode out in front of me.. I had to disconnect the battery for 5 mins!!
The ECU light went out, and the car has been fine ever since.

I was told by the garage it was the inertia sensor.
It's to stop the car running over anyone you may have hit, and it's common on all Autos, as they have a tendency to "creep"

Cheers.

Matt

[Duncan]

There could be a "failsafe" in the autobox software which stops the car moving after an accident. Most cars have inertia sensors which cut the fuel/power (Jaguars suffer from it a lot to reset you had to push a button under the bonnet/hood). When you stopped suddenly it might have triggered a "failsafe" requiring you to reset it by restarting.

I was told by the garage it was the inertia sensor.
It's to stop the car running over anyone you may have hit, and it's common on all Autos, as they have a tendency to "creep"

That certainly sounds like a possible reason. I remember the bit about the Jaguars that stickshift said - was a monumental PITA for owners!

[BlueRob]

Really interestig about that inertia sensor....might have been the cause...but as I said it was a hard stop but nothing out of this world....if you know what I mean...I had worst brake up`s before with ABS and all, and it had never happened...I`ll ask one of the "tech`s" at a stealer....hey! you never know they might have an answer for a change
Thanks for the replys peeps

[BlueRob]

Arrrrrrrgggggg
It happened again this afternoon dammmmmmm hiccup in the middle of a very full of traffic street, I lost all of my sexyness in the beast stranded in the middle of traffic
Sorry to bring this issue back on but, any ideas what I can check, and I think the inertia sensor (If any) was not the guilty cause I barely touched the breaks
Help

[mark1319]

Arrrrrrrgggggg
It happened again this afternoon dammmmmmm hiccup in the middle of a very full of traffic street, I lost all of my sexyness in the beast stranded in the middle of traffic
Sorry to bring this issue back on but, any ideas what I can check, and I think the inertia sensor (If any) was not the guilty cause I barely touched the breaks
Help

Bummer for ya m8 sorry I can't help, hope its an easy fix and not somethin major. Best of luck gettin it sorted Rob.