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i own a golf gti 1996 p reg. once driving home on the motorway doing about 70ish it cut out for a second then more recentley once warmed up it tends to just cut out for no reason. i'm at my wits end i'm not very car clever, i'm female and have alredy spent £100 on 2 visits to the garage and now the problem has not been rectified, has anyone else had this problem with golfs? if so please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

please help me sort my beautiful car out x  

well manda...im a vw owner myself, and i'd have to tell u...its sometimes a *** myself havnt had any engine problems myself, but this problem your speaking of isnt very uncommon.  It might be the infamous "coil" problem.  Im not sure, but check around online and im pretty sure ull find some information that matches this exact problem.  

well i dont think a 96 would have the coilpack problem that didn't come along until 98 with A4 cars. It is odd for the car just to quit. I have never had that problem with a GTI myself and even being around a lot of them I haven't heard of any of them just dying while driving. Some of the mid 90s cars had problems with oil seals in the distributor and it would cause a serious loss in power but not stalling. I would probably look for a vacuum leak first. Since all the rubber under the hood is 10 years old, you may have a crack in the intake boot or under the PCV valve was really common on the 8v cars. Since it sounds like your in England, I am not really sure exactly which engine you have. Basically it could be any number of things from fuel pump to computer problem and unfortunately it is going to take some diagnosis. Sorry I couldn't be more help.  

dear manda..........my boyfriend owned a golf 1.3 ten years ago.........for no reason at speed it would cut out.Then restart without problem after a few minutes.
I  own a golf gti 1996 the same problem has started to occur.
No garage has an answer and the symptoms are occuring on a more regular basis.
Did you find a solution to our problem and is there an answer ?  

Manda,

I have exactly the same problem with my 96 2.0GTI 8v. I have changed loads of bits (luckily we have a scrap yard in the family so it aint cost me owt). I seem to have the problem after about 10 mins of traveling when the engine is up to temp which is rubbish for me as this usually occurs on the A1 with no lay by. I changed the temp sensor and but that didn't work so I swapped every sensor I could find which did seem to improve it for a while but the problem still occurs every now and then.
I am know working my way through the relays and I have started with relay 167 which controls the temp and fuel I beleive (one occasion this was clicking and hot when the engine cut out). I have had the new one in for 2 weeks and it has only cut out on me once so I feel I am getting closer to the problem.  

Hi, i have a 87 gti and I've been having a simular problem. when i start the car i have to give it gas until it warms up or it stalls. the mechanic said to replace fuel distributor. i did that and it idles better but still have to give it gas to start. i got a second opinion and was said to replace or clean fuel pressure regulator. i'm not sure what to do. anyone have a responce.

holly  

I have a very similar problem with a 1996 GTI I have just bought: the car tends to cut out when slowing down at junctions, & then will take 2-3 minutes before it will restart.
I have just had the immobiliser removed but the problem is still there. What puzzles me most is why I need to wait a couple of minutes before I can restart.
Any suggestions please? I hope this isn't going to cost me a fortune .......  

My brothers problem are the same with yours...and no auto mechanic could sort it out. what's happening with the engine everytime it cuts out. My father who is a mechanic told us that we have to tightened the AC compressor which is a Volkswagen Aftermarket Parts.  

Although I have no actual answer to your questions, I do own a 1998 2.0Golf GTi 8v and although have been generally very happy with it, more recently I have experienced many of the problems stated. Initially, the engine would cut out after a short distance (between 1 and 5 miles, or about 10-15 minutes driving) often in busy work traffic (very annoying for everyone). After discussions with a well known local garage (not a dealer) I had the petrol pump changed. For a short time things went well.

The problem started to reappeared after filling up with petrol, or a short stop. This time one of the sensors was replaced (can’t remember which). I also noticed that if I lock the car activating the alarm and immobiliser whilst going to pay, then unlock and restart the engine, it starts up straight off. However, if I did not follow this procedure the fault often re-occurred. On these occasions I have taken to sitting in the car locking it and allowing the sensor lights below the dash to stabilise. After unlocking the car the engine more often than not started straight away. This has been the case (for around 3 months) until this morning, when the engine started but cut out immediately. I have since taken it for a drive of around 20 miles, but every time I slow down for an obstacle the engine cuts out and of course so does the power braking system

Any ideas?

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As there appears to be a trend, this not being an isolated incident, perhaps VW head office/R & D could come back to me/us on this and similar issues, as it undermines the credibility of their product and reputation.  

Hi All,
I dont have an answer to this problem either but was wondering if any of you have had ana answer as I have a VW Polo 1.6 P reg the booted classic model. I have experianced the same kind of problems as I can get the car started and going but wont keep going if I take off the accelerator. Have checked with a few people and was suggested I checked all the hoses but they are OK, checked all the electrical connectors, and lastly check all the fuses  and also changed the battery,but alas to no avail. After reading all your problems I am reluctant to take it to a garage as I think that it will be a waste of my time and money.  

hi, ive had similar problems to that of the first post. At first i thought it was just misfiring..? once or twice it would jolt as i was driving on the motor way but would then continue as normal. The last straw before i called the AA out was when the engine jolted a few times consecutively similarily to as someone mentioned at a junction, after which the engine felt like it had half the power. anyway, called mr AA and had a it plugged into the diagnostics laptop. It came up as the "rpm sensor" sometimes called flywheel sensor or camshaft sensor. Apparently it picks up a 'dot' on the rotating wheel and gives the 'go ahead' for everything else to run. when it doesnt get the signal' the engine wants to cut out.
hope it helps?  

Hi to all i had a problem like that with 2 cars 1 seat toledo (vw engine from glof mkII- with the fuel pump outside the tank) and the 2'nd one seat cordoba (vw engine from caddy jetta passat ecc) in the both cases the problem was in the piece who drains the gas from the tank and deliver it to the rail (i'll try to explain sorry for my bad english)
You take out the cover from the fuel tank and will see on the exterior side the two rails and to the side who is in the tank the level sensor and a piece who suck the gas in that piece has a kind of telescopic system (if you push you'll see)in that system there are or orings or a piece of rubber tube, change it waching that the all thing still moves when is compressed and it's donne.
before descover with my first car this thing i've changed all the ignition and fuel pump filters and manny other things as the "autorised mechanic" tell me to doo.....lol