My old dealer's service guy was pretty sure that Loki was made late enough in the '03 model year to not have coil pack problems. After my atrocious experience with their service department in July, I decided to change to a new dealership anyways for my next scheduled maintenance at 35K miles.
My hand was sort of forced on Sunday - husband and I were out running errands and when I pulled into a parking spot, Loki started shaking. I figured that since we were there, we might as well run our errand! So about 40 minutes later when we came back out and I started her up, she was still shaking and this time the check engine light went on.
I managed to get her home (not far) and checked the owner's manual...it said it was OK to drive it to the dealership so I did. Loki still felt safe to drive and I planned to stop immediately if it got worse.
The engine sounded sort of rough at all speeds and in 1st gear/idle the car was shaking something awful. I got the car to the dealer's lot without incident and left the key in the drop slot.
I got a call this morning - one of my coil packs failed.
Loki made it to 33K miles and 2+ years of ownership before it went. The dealership is replacing all of them. They also pulled a code that said the throttle body is malfunctioning, so they're replacing that tomorrow morning (needed to order the part). 100% of the work is under warranty, so no worries there from my end! The service manager at this new place seems really nice and I think I'll be sticking with them in the future.
A guy I work with is an Audi enthusiast and this morning as soon as he heard that something was wrong with my NB, he pegged the coil packs. I guess I figured if Loki made it this far, they were probably fine.
Is it common for coil pack problems to hit the engines in '03 NBs?
My hand was sort of forced on Sunday - husband and I were out running errands and when I pulled into a parking spot, Loki started shaking. I figured that since we were there, we might as well run our errand! So about 40 minutes later when we came back out and I started her up, she was still shaking and this time the check engine light went on.
I managed to get her home (not far) and checked the owner's manual...it said it was OK to drive it to the dealership so I did. Loki still felt safe to drive and I planned to stop immediately if it got worse.
The engine sounded sort of rough at all speeds and in 1st gear/idle the car was shaking something awful. I got the car to the dealer's lot without incident and left the key in the drop slot.
I got a call this morning - one of my coil packs failed.
A guy I work with is an Audi enthusiast and this morning as soon as he heard that something was wrong with my NB, he pegged the coil packs. I guess I figured if Loki made it this far, they were probably fine.
Is it common for coil pack problems to hit the engines in '03 NBs?