Engine starts and then stops running

fields

Veteran Member
Joined
Dec 12, 1999
Location
Nederland, TX
I have a 2002 2 liter (gas) engine. When I try to start it, it starts and immediately stops running. What is wrong, and can I do anything myself.

richard
 

tdi_allan

Veteran Member
Joined
Feb 14, 2003
Location
Chicago, IL
TDI
2003 Jetta Wagon, 2003 Jetta Sedan (Lemons racer), 2010 Touareg
Immobilizer kicking in maybe? Do you see a flashing key light on the instrument cluster? Might need to recode the keys, but I have had this happen intermittently on my TDI and it went away after using one of the other 2 keys. Something to try, anyway...
 

MiksTDI

Veteran Member
Joined
Feb 11, 2002
Location
Crystal Lake, IL
TDI
2001 GLS Galactic Blue
I had it happen when I swapped computers. Never tried the key to the guys car that the computer came from. Something to think about.
 

TedK

Member
Joined
Oct 19, 2005
Location
San Francisco
TDI
Jetta TDI, 2000, black
Matt,
I am having this same problem. The dealer is telling me that you can't swap computers, becuase the ECU is hard-coded to work only with one VIN. Is this true? How did you swap computers if this is the case? I'm so confused.
Ted
 
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