Recent content by nv_london

Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm really sorry but how do I check if VCDS can talk to the ECU? (Also, when you say 'reader coil' is that in the key fob? If so, I doubt it's this as neither of my two keys work - or is the reader coil somewhere else?). I read something about the ignition (coil) -...

Apologies for dragging up an old post, but did you ever get this resolved and if so, how? As my car (A3 '99 AKL) is doing exactly the same thing (i.e. starts fine but cuts out after 2 secs, no lights on dash except battery and parking sesnor (but fuel gauge doesn't flicker etc), same fault code...