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Thread: Apply Brake message - Car shut off

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    Apply Brake message - Car shut off

    Just after starting the car this morning and cruising down my street a message came up in the cluster 'Apply Brake'. I did this and the car shut off. I had to put the car in P, turn off the car and turn on again. Fired up straight away and error gone, thankfully not a busy road and no other cars about.

    The battery is 1 year old, AGM and shows good voltage so unlikely to be that. I don't take the car to the Dealer for servicing so any software updates have not been applied for 4 years or so. Not even sure if that may help.

    Any ideas? Is an ECU firmware update possibly required? Is this available from somewhere to do myself.

    I have checked the forum for similar issue and cannot find any reference.

    Thanks

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    Look at whatever error codes have been recorded, that might point you in the right direction to fix it.

    Sounds like your car considers it to be a very serious problem if it is telling you to 'Apply Brake' and then immediately cuts the engine.
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    I did a scan with my ODB2 and Car Scanner app, at the time it happened it shows error code 10812 - Functional Restriction due to Pressure Drop.

    Any ideas what this might be?

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    Thanks man I did see that. I cleared the error and will see if it happens again I guess.

    Hopefully not such a serious one and won’t come back.

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