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Old Jul 25, 2024 | 01:25 PM
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this just started happening to me yesterday but when sitting in my car with it running waiting for wife to come out of the store i heard a beep and the dash went black and a few lights started blinking. followed but a somewhat rough idle like the car self revving a bit. like control to the throttle body was lost and it was trying to keep the car from stalling. 5 years with the car and never had it happen before. i shut the car off and turn it back on and it’s fine. but it has now happened 3 times (the second two on purpose to see if i could figure it out or if it would even do it again. Does anyone have a clue what might cause this? Or anyone else have this happen before?
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Old Jul 26, 2024 | 10:03 AM
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VCDS or similar scan tool should offer some useful diagnostic information. Can you provide scan results?

Just curious how did you trigger this symptom twice manually?
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