Hi,
A couple of weeks ago my girlfriend's 1.4SE Jazz went into limp home mode, accompanied by EML coming on. She described it as a "complete loss of power". Restarting the engine several times cleared the limp home mode, but the EML remained. Later that night, upon restarting the car the EML didn't come on.
All was then fine until today, when the same thing happened today on the motorway. My girlfriend was doing around 70, there was a definite jolt and the car lost all power. She restarted the car once on the hard shoulder, and, once again, the EML remained on but the power was restored. Once home, I scanned the car with my OBD2 reader and it revealed code P0638, which after a quick Google search appears to be related to the throttle body.
As the car was only bought a month ago, it is still under a standard dealer three month warranty (covering "all major parts"), however the dealer is over an hour away. My family and I have always gone to a local indy and their prices are fantastic (new DPF fitted to my focus for under £500!), so if the problem is fairly cheap then we'll just use the indy and forget about the warranty.
So my question is:
Is this going to be an expensive fix? Is it worth going through the warranty, considering all the fuel cost and any labour/parts not covered?
Thanks in advance!
Minnis