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    Nov 19, 2021 3 minutes

    Limp-home

    y tale begins around winter 2020, not long after I had finished work on my wife’s 2006 R50 MINI One – this was a front subframe and suspension strip down and renewal of many ancillary components. After running beautifully for a hundred miles, out of nowhere the engine management light came on and limp-home mode was engaged, leaving my wife and I stranded one night in an unlit pub car park of all places. The RAC found faults relating to throttle position and pedal position, which would not clear and rendered the

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