Error code FTJR2008

I just got this error with Volume 8 now. Seems like every time I binge-play this game it punishes me.

This happened a day after purchasing the speed pass too. Just my luck...

I've already tried everything suggested and nothing has worked. I didn't forsee this would softlock me so I didn't have the foresight to back up my save file.

So here's what happened. I was customizing my Lotus Exige S, every time I tried to apply one of the newer "original" effects it would not apply and the game wouldn't tell me why. I eventually figured out the server was rejecting my changes and I needed to do this before connecting to a lobby. So I did that. And as soon as I did, I started getting errors on every menu telling me to contact customer support and that Item Syncronization failed. I could still edit my car offline but even if I undid all of the changes it wouldn't let me sign back in and I can't click Find Game.

I haven't tried deleting my car yet, I hope I don't have to do so as this is my favorite one.

The error message is, verbatim:

Item System Synchronization failed. Please contact customer support.

FTJR2008

Here is a copy of my savegame if anyone at Criterion wants to have a look: files.catbox.moe/q9z6jn  -  rename to "1"

Attached to this post is a screenshot of the Driving Effect that caused the game to malfunction.

I refuse to contact customer support as the support website sucks and every time I have used it it has asked me to "resume" my case and then sent me in an infinite loop of creating new ones, it's like they deliberately designed it so you can't get any help.

Same issue here , when I access the online mode it gives me this error , Cannot create lobby , item system synchronization failed , error code FTJR2008 , i can play Story mood no issues , just when i try to play online 

Same dude

same here..

And... EA servers down.....

I sold some cars from the single player mode. It is now open online. The error message is gone.

I only have one Eclips in offline, well, looks like its time has come, may it rest in peace)

So i Bought a new car in single player mood , played a couple of races , closed the game properly , loaded it again and bam ...no errors !!! 

I will try to mess around in singleplayer and see what that does, though I worry it won't help as the car that got corrupted for me was a car I purchased in online mode.

Okay I'm not sure what changed, but I came back around 10 hours later and signed back on and it just works now. Did not do anything to my save file other than the "reset then move it back" thing that was suggested earlier.