C70 Shutdown while driving!
 

Hi all, 3 months ago I was driving my C70 on the motorway, Brake Failure light came on, seconds later car cut out & all fault lights came on. Luckily the brakes still worked & I was able to coast to a Parking bay on M1.

I had to wait 2-3mins before the key would allow me to retrieve it. I waited another 2-3mins put key in & it has worked fine until today, same brake fault light came on in Kingston today & although the engine did not cut out throttle was unresponsive. Then all fault lights on again. Again aI was able to coast to the kerbside luckily. This time I couldn't get key out, radio worked, windows would open the small part when door opened & wipers continued to run for about a minute even though off position was selected. The trip meter showed...... but the odometer still showed the full mileage. I could not retrieve key from ignition. Luckily I was 1min walk from Wilko, so went in & bought a spanner. I disconnected battery, waited. got in car, Faults still there along with immobiliser fault. I took key out waited 5mins, put key in & everything cleared. Then the car started & we drove home without any further issues.

Any advice please?

Get the fault codes read asap and go from there

My Car
 

Hi,
I have 2006 C70 that started to show numerous faults at the same time. I got the CEM contacts cleaned, it's been fine since.
Good luck
Fred

Out of interest, what’s the CEM? Is this the electrical panel in the passenger footwell?

Hi Tim, yes correct behind the carpet under the glove box.
Fred