Turns over, fires the stalls intermittantly

[thetino 0]

Just got back from a fantastic 1700 mile trip through France in the VR6. The car performed perfectly, returning an journey average of 30mpg! It was faultless, till we got back.

Most of the time, the car starts on the 1st hit, but this past week, it has been firing, then immediately cutting out. Switching off and recranking normally solves the issue, but yesterday it almost left the missus stranded, She was just about to call RAC, and thought she would give it 1 last try, and it fired. Once on, it runs perfectly.

Any ideas, or anyone local to Neasden with VAG COM?

[dr_mat 0]

Sounds like the immobiliser ... Got a coilpack engine?

Do a search ...

[joebloggsVR69 0]

Yeah, transponder coil might be the cause (Assuming you car is one of the later ones with the transponder)

You can clean the connector for the coil wire - should fix it. Just about the drivers footwell behind the fusebox IIRC