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The car is my son's 2018 A160 (automatic). He just called to tell me he hit a badger at about 70 mph on the way home, and now the car won't accelerate normally; it does so much more slowly than before. The front bumper is badly cracked, but there are no strange noises while driving, no warning lights, no increased exhaust noise, and apart from the acceleration, it drives normally.
I'm stumped; I haven't the faintest idea what it might be. My first thought was a damaged acceleration linkage, but I doubt a frontal impact with a relatively small animal like a badger could do that, and anyway, the poor creature went under the car, not up the bonnet, and the pedal feels normal. Does anyone have any ideas?
Just had a thought. Could the transmission have gone into limp mode? He said it went up to about 5000 rpm, though, so I assume not.
I'm stumped; I haven't the faintest idea what it might be. My first thought was a damaged acceleration linkage, but I doubt a frontal impact with a relatively small animal like a badger could do that, and anyway, the poor creature went under the car, not up the bonnet, and the pedal feels normal. Does anyone have any ideas?
Just had a thought. Could the transmission have gone into limp mode? He said it went up to about 5000 rpm, though, so I assume not.
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