1st Gen R50 Cooper Need Help Please. 03 Mini won't start

Hey guys, I hate to join a new board and then ask for favors but I am completely lost here with this darn car my daughter bought.

Here is what happened....

We were driving back from the beach today, all of the sudden the car acted as if it has no power and no matter how much gas we gave it it acted as if we were applying the brakes. RPMs dropped to almost zero. My daughter shut off the car and the restarted it, she had to floor the gas pedal to get it to stay running. She shut it off again and it acted normal... sort of.

We get the car back home and when I would start the car it acted like it was going to start and then it shut off right away, rpms were really low too.

I have been researching it for hours, she has to leave to head home, 3 hour drive and it is getting late.

I went out there a moment ago and now all it does is turn over and it doesn't seem to be getting any spark... or something.

Please help if you can.


Thanks everyone.

Kevin

2003 Mini Cooper
Automatic
Only had the car a few months..

 

Regular mini cooper.

 

I cant say as to the dampener, she has only owned it for 4 months. It did not overheat and the power steering is still doing what it should, or it seems it is. We are in New Port Richey, Florida.

What is limp mode?