VW Passat 06 2litre turbo sports 06 plate - Loss of power when accelerating

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Mon 5 Sep 2011 12:52
VW Passat 06 2litre turbo sports 06 plate - Loss of power when accelerating - harry55
Hi. I wonder if anyone knows what is happening here. Twice my car has lost power when accelerating. The dashboard lights up with the Engine Management Fault - Garage! and they yellow squiggle flashes. This has happened once on the motorway - very dangerous - and once this morning on a fast A road. However, on both occasions, when you restart the engine it is fine. The AA guy (motorway) could find no fault codes when he plugged in and rescanned the system (after clearing all the old faults). I then took it to a local garage but no faults were showing. After today's incident, I will take again to a local garage as the fault code should now be there. The car has recently had a full service. Is it the turbo? I am a layperson so any help before I go to the garage would be helpful. I have only had the car for 1 month. Thanks for your help here.
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