golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire

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Tue 28 Aug 2012 03:07
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - adamdav

recently got a used 56 plate golf had now for 10 days got it with 50,000 miles and all was well till i went to pull away from my drive and felt like traction control was kicking in cutting the power then noticed engine management light was flashing pulled over to check with hand book and said possible misfire so then took it to friends house who is a mechanic he plugged in diagnostic kit n came up with cylinder 1 misfire he reckons could be spark plug or more likely coil i was just wondering if this is a common problem would it be better idea to take it back to dealer and hand it back as have read on few places can be a re occuring problem .

any info would be much appreciated as have 4 days left to hand car back n terminante agreement

many thanks

adam

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Tue 28 Aug 2012 07:41
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - Armitage Shanks {p}

SFAIK a misfire, if prolonged, can kill the catalyst (unburned fuel) - needs sorting quickly

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Tue 28 Aug 2012 09:05
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - adamdav

yeah just about to take it to garage this morning was just wondering if was worth my while handing it back as when did a search for it after it happened it seemed to be a common problem some have had it fixed then happend again few weeks later n to some extreme cases have read people have had new engines in it also some speaking about using cheap fuel seems to coz it i just dont want to be at garage getting spark plugs or coils changed every few weeks and was waondering if anyone knew what the underlying problem was as seems to be a popular problem :-(

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Tue 28 Aug 2012 11:07
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - Buster Cambelt

cue a hundred posts on how useless VAG petrol engines must be....

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Wed 29 Aug 2012 02:02
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - balleballe

cue a hundred posts on how useless VAG petrol engines must be....

You cant deny that they have produced some petrol units recently which dont exatly scream reliable.

Their Diesels have a much better track record (besides the 2.0PD)

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Wed 29 Aug 2012 01:42
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - Avant

Moved to Technical.

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Wed 29 Aug 2012 09:27
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - cws

"You cant deny that they have produced some petrol units recently which dont exatly scream reliable."

You can't deny that they have produced some CARS recently (well, in the time since the Golf Mk5 was launched) which don't exactly scream reliable!

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Wed 29 Aug 2012 20:06
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - balleballe

I suppose thats how you become the most profitable car manufacturer

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Thu 7 Feb 2013 18:34
golf 1.4 tsi 140bhp - misfire - adamdav

well has happend again wish had given car back have seen on other forums something to do with a software update ??? and now it is coils 2/4 already replaced coil 3 has anyone else had same issues ?

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