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"Restricted Performance" message and rough idling

Yesterday is was sitting at a stop light and suddenly the engine began to rough idle. It doesn't stall, but the warning message simply indicates that there is restricted performance. I'm thinking that with 68k miles, it may simply be a clogged fuel filter. I purchased the car about a year ago and have had very little problems, but am not sure when the fuel filter was last replaced.

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  • donesmoking Oct 17, 2008

    just got into my s type. message displaying restricted performance! running okay when message appeared. dare not go out in it now - what is the problem?

  • Anonymous Nov 18, 2008

    I bought my 02 S type about 6 months ago. I haven't had any problems until 2 days ago when I stopped for petrol and noticed that the engine warning light had come on and there was a warning message saying "restricted performance". The car doesn't feel any different from the point of view of performance and there were no "idling" problems. When I stopped for petrol, the "mileage range" indicator read around 70 miles. Any ideas please ?

  • Anonymous Mar 25, 2014

    Car has 44000 miles

  • Anonymous Mar 25, 2014

    Message will show on and off . Car has only 44000 miles .

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My car has performance restriction on cruse light on,car sputters also sometimes.

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