cars at vw broke

[madman]

Went to pick the tea up on friday night and doing 60mph when it started to jurk very bad. Engine light came on and sounds like a old tractor The car is fireing on 3  insted of 4 i think. Looks like the coil pack has gone (i think) so took it to vw first thing sat morning and they cannot look at it till monday so will find out tomorrow. If it is the coil pack would that be coverd under warranty and if not how much£££. It has not run right scince i put the bluefin on back in jan and has just had its 2nd service last week... All help will be welcome

[vwrascal]

sorry to hear that madman  , hope vw sorts it under warranty for ya fella   

[WhiteGTI]

Just out of interest...what year is your car?
Sorry to hear about your troubles, hope you get them sorted soon 

[madman]

Just out of interest...what year is your car?
Sorry to hear about your troubles, hope you get them sorted soon 

  56 plate with 17k on it

[182_blue]

looks like coil pack to me, wifes car has just done the same

[stealthwolf]

Do I recall problems with coil packs and that they need replacing during warranty or am I making things up again?

[madman]

hope this will be the last of the probs with it or that s3 will be on me on me drive very sooooooooooooooon

[madman]

Just seen the wheel mans post he put on about his coil pack going and has done the same thing as mine. feel alot better now

[cmdrfire]

Coil pack out of warranty is around £50ish, but you're within warranty. It's literally a twenty minute swap once they identify which pack it is. If you're hardcore you can identify which one it is by the beat of the engine (i can't remember firing order right now, too tired ><)

[vRStu]

Several people that have had coil pack failures have found that shortly afterwards a second has failed.  It may well be worth putting a spare in your boot for future use.  IIRC they are circa £26.

It really surprises me that VW only provide one year breakdown cover when Skoda, Audi and I think SEAT provide three years.  If it were the case a large number of the VAG techs carry spare coil packs on their vans.