I have had the same problem on my 2006 1.9 diesel Cabriolet with 44,000 miles on the clock. I had the same message, it came on when I started it from cold, and although it appeared to be running normally, you could rev it and they climbed and all four cyliders were firing it seemed to be in 'self defence mode'. When you drove it you could not accelerate normally it seemed to cut-off the turbo, so I managed to nurse it to my garage who hooked it up and diagnosed a faulty turbo sensor, apparently it gave a very low reading!. A new one was ordered, fitted and diagnosed again and all was well, it was back to it's old self.
£98-00 for the sensor and about the same for the diagnostics and labour. The garage had not come across this before, but after asking around they were made aware that it is quite a common fault. I hope this helps.
Stuart Goult, January 2011