mike944
Veteran Member
Hey guys, I'm having an intermittent problem with my 2001 Jetta. (185K miles)
I'm pretty sure it's electrical, but not positive.
Sometimes it starts up and then immediately stalls. Just about as soon as it gets to full idle speed, (about 1 second) it just shuts back off, like i turned off the key. Sometimes the security light flashes (the little car with the key icon in the gauge cluster) when it stalls. Sometimes not.
It seems to happen more often when it's wet out. I tried different keys. One works better than the other, but they both have the problem.
Once it's running, no problems at all.
A guy at the VW parts counter seemed to think it might possibly be the gauge cluster. Says those are classic symptoms of gauge cluster problems. I thought it might be related to the anti-theft key coding, due to the anti-theft light flashing, but i don't know.
Anyone know what might be causing this?
I'm pretty sure it's electrical, but not positive.
Sometimes it starts up and then immediately stalls. Just about as soon as it gets to full idle speed, (about 1 second) it just shuts back off, like i turned off the key. Sometimes the security light flashes (the little car with the key icon in the gauge cluster) when it stalls. Sometimes not.
It seems to happen more often when it's wet out. I tried different keys. One works better than the other, but they both have the problem.
Once it's running, no problems at all.
A guy at the VW parts counter seemed to think it might possibly be the gauge cluster. Says those are classic symptoms of gauge cluster problems. I thought it might be related to the anti-theft key coding, due to the anti-theft light flashing, but i don't know.
Anyone know what might be causing this?