2013 Jetta didnt want to start this morning..??

Cooperdb

Active member
Joined
May 12, 2013
Location
Illinois
TDI
2013 Jetta Premium TDI
About 25 degrees this morning. , tried starting car it would barely turnover? Radio lights everything came on . Let it sit for a minute then turned the key and held it while the engine kept turning over !
After about 20 sec it started and spittered for awhile yhen ran fine ... I added 4 pz pf Pwr Srvice whit bottle last fuel up , makes me nervous as i have a 100 mile commute each way ?!?!

Any idea what gives ?
 

RDC98tdi

Veteran Member
Joined
Sep 14, 2009
Location
Louisville KY
TDI
'13 Jetta 6MT Prem / (RIP) '98 Jetta 5MT [280k+mi]
Intercooler moisture buildup, aka Intercooler Icing. There are a whole slew of these posts in this sub forum. Long story short, if that happens, don't keep aggressively trying to start or you might bend a rod! Some people have it towed to a dealer.
 

Trolleyvw

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 3, 2013
Location
Buffalo ny
TDI
2013 jetta TB 6mt
Similar situation here. I started a thread on it so I will continue posting my findings. You may want to follow me there?
 
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