Coil light flashing
Was driving around today when the "coil" light started flashing at 950 miles. Turbo was inop so the car was in "limp mode". Turned off car, restarted and was fine over the next 20 miles at which point I was back home. I connected an OBD engine anlyzer under the dash and it read "amber" with no codes. Amber is what it would read after the battery had been disconnected but I have never touched it. Weird. At 950 miles, it should read green or have a fault and be red.
I experienced a similar issue on the 2 Jetta TDIs in the past and on both of those it was the mass air flow sensor. Both showed this when checked with the OBD analyzer. On both of those, restarting car retored the turbo for like only a 1/4 mile then back to limp mode.
On the Golf, this "coil" light is the same glow plug wait light on the dash that comes on briefly when ignition is turned on. Owners manual says flashing = diesel engine malfunction. Nice. So I'm off to the dealership in the morning and miss work because of it.
:BS
Was driving around today when the "coil" light started flashing at 950 miles. Turbo was inop so the car was in "limp mode". Turned off car, restarted and was fine over the next 20 miles at which point I was back home. I connected an OBD engine anlyzer under the dash and it read "amber" with no codes. Amber is what it would read after the battery had been disconnected but I have never touched it. Weird. At 950 miles, it should read green or have a fault and be red.
I experienced a similar issue on the 2 Jetta TDIs in the past and on both of those it was the mass air flow sensor. Both showed this when checked with the OBD analyzer. On both of those, restarting car retored the turbo for like only a 1/4 mile then back to limp mode.
On the Golf, this "coil" light is the same glow plug wait light on the dash that comes on briefly when ignition is turned on. Owners manual says flashing = diesel engine malfunction. Nice. So I'm off to the dealership in the morning and miss work because of it.
:BS
