My epc light came on and I was losing power
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Martin
373 days ago
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The EPC will come on when there is a malfunction with your engine being sensed. Your vehicle will automatically limit the amount of throttle usage to help prevent further damage to your engine. There might be sensors like the crank sensor, cam sensor air volume and or other sensors misreading and sending false information.
What you need to do now is to scan the system for the fault codes to see what the possible cause could be.
You can have the system scanned at the dealers and or a parts outlet store.
I hope this information will guide you to the fault. Should you have the codes you can return to me so we can take this further.
Greetings,
Martin.
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