Howlor
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 09:30 PM |
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OT New Beetle Problems
Hi All,
Sis in law has a 51 plate Beetle 1.6 with about 60K and full history.
Just recently the management light came on and the local garage plugged it into the Vagcom and said it was the camshaft sensor and not to worry. Since
then the ESP light is now on and the strange thing is that the car now stalls really easy although drives fine once running. The throttle seems to lag
the pedal a little.
Any ideas. I have a Vagcom cable arriving tomorrow for some playing.
Thanks,
Steve
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davie h
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 09:37 PM |
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a mate at works beetle had the esp and abs light on and it had a noisy rear wheel bearing he asked me what i thought it could be and i suggested that
if the abs sensor is in the wheel bearing then it may be giving a false speed signal causing both lights to come on if not hen possibly a dodgy
connection . he took it to vw and they told him it was the control unit £900 he then got a local garage to look at it and they found the multi plug
at the control unit was not seated properly charged him £30 problem solved
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rayward
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 09:40 PM |
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problems with dash units aren;t uncommon,
lamda's are a known weak point,
has she had tracking or steering work done lately?
if the front wheels aren;t tracked so the steering wheel is central when driving in a straight line, the esp unit doesn;t like it.
1 last thing,,, under no circumstances scan the airbag unit with VAG COM, you will kill it and it costs a packet
hth
Ray
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clockwork
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 09:42 PM |
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Why on earth didn't they replace the camshaft sensor then? My cam sensor failed on the lotus (k-series). It worked absolutely fine, unless it
was warm, this meant that hot starts were not. Wait half-an hour and it worked fine.
Are you asking whether people agree with the findings? Or are you wondering if it is something else?
Is this any help to you
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Howlor
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 10:07 PM |
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One of the front lower arm bushes is on it's way out and knocking over the last couple of weeks which is causing a little uneven tyre wear.
Would this be enough to upset the steering sensor on the ESP?
Just wondered if anyone had any ideas about the easy stalling and if this could be cam sensor related?
Thanks,
Steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 10:15 PM |
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Stalling is almost certainly carbon buildup in the throttle body, the butterfly cannot fully close and gives the already leaned system a whoosh of
fresh air, causing the stall - dodgy with that degree of power steering.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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