Mini Cooper Engine Light Reduced Power

Took it to garage just in case but diagnostics showed nothing.

Mini cooper engine light reduced power.

The yellow engine light showing reduced engine power has come up. This is a sign of your car s automatic fail safe mode. For owners and fans of the mighty mini cooper. When your car s computer detects that something has gone wrong in one of it s major systems it will send the car into what is known as a limp mode or safe mode which dramatically reduces power to the engine to a minimal amount just to get you where you need to go.

Immediately i was greeted by the engine malfunction reduced power light. I suggest you pick one up here. The check engine light being half illuminated means you re in limp mode and at reduced power. The light appeared 3 days ago but disappeared.

It has reappeared today andf the engine cut out any ideas as i m a driving instructor with pupil taking test tommorow. Tried to restart it a few minutes later and it wouldn t start again. Both new minis and classic minis are welcome here. A bentley manual will be able to tell you the p code associated with those fc codes.

12 years of experience. It putt putted down the street had to move for street cleaning otherwise it s 60 fine i let it run for about 10 minutes then shut off. 2012 mini cooper s hatchback books technical documentation page 1. 28 8k members in the mini community.

I drove down the street and back parked it and restarted again 30 mins later light disappeared and engine run well again. Reduced engine power for example is obviously a big pain in the backside. The engine malfunction reduced power output light came up.