Tourneo Stalling Idle Air Control Valve

Stalling and check engine light? Sounds rough! Could be the idle control valve like you suspect, or maybe a dirty throttle body? Is the air intake clean? I had similar problems on another car once, and it turned out to be gunked up.

Throttle body... hadn't thought of that. Where exactly should I be looking to check the air intake for contamination? Is it easy to clean?

Yeah, the air intake being heavily contaminated is a definite possibility! Could explain the error code and stalling. To be honest, if you aren't super confident, might be worth getting a mechanic to take a quick look. Better safe than sorry, you know?

Okay, thanks for the advice! Took it to the shop, and you were right – intake was filthy, messed up the idle control valve. Cost me 425€ to get it sorted. Runs like new now!