[DGW372]

Have '98 VW New Beetle, 190,000 miles, well maintained. Recently began to experience occassional low power. Could this be a MAP sensor going bad? Ideas. Thanks

 

[Seatman]

If the power comes back after restarting the engine then it's limp mode and fairly common but it can be caused by a number of things. Ideally you should have the car scanned for fault codes first to see if there's anything logged in the ecu.

Limp mode:

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/multi/limp-mode-TDI-fix.htm

and general low power:

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/multi/low-power-fix-TDI.htm

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