2005 VW Polo exhaust systems fault light !!

[joysydney]

Hi all, I've got a 05 model Polo Match 1.4 manual, it has been a good mate till tonight

I started the car from garage @ 8:30pm tonite, ready to heading to shopping centre, drove out for about 100m then felt the engine has less power and car was shaking a bit, noticed the exhaust systems warning light came up !!

stopped at a street nearby, got off the car, can hear the exhaust pipe was making sounds like motorbike....I didn't go any further, went straight back...

guys, any idea what could cause the exhaust systems warning sign and what had happened to my Polo as I described???

thanks heaps

[brodzta_GTI]

Best be taking it into a dealer, or someone with a scan tool

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Sounds to me that the exhaust has come apart at a join. Could be failure of the bolts, or rust issues.

[hkogti]

Happened to me before, leaking exhaust!