My wife has a 2005 turbo convertible we bought 2 years ago -rebuilt on a salvage. BTW, I only get to drive it when there's a problem. I hope this isn't too long & I get some input.
About 9 months ago, CEL came on took it to a shop I had used for other things. Serviced, cleared codes, couple of weeks later the wp impeller blew, and replaced both of them. A month later had CEL and went into limp mode, so took it somewhere else, they found campaigns so I took it to dealership for those, but they didn't check CEL when I picked it up & wanted to charge $100 just to hook it up. Back to other garage, he checked and cleared codes. A week later CEL again. Car ran fine so we just lived with it.
Two months ago, car would spit & sputter at low speeds around town, and performed almost like it was in limp mode again.
One month ago, the car died on side of the road so towed it to my mechanic - now #4. Found the fuse box had fried so he replaced that. Checked & cleared codes. He advised that we drive it & if CEL again, he would check vacuum hoses.
Two weeks ago, we were driving it, no spitting & sputtering, but all of a sudden, loud noise like a tire blowing out & car died. Recranked, got it home. My wife wanted me to take it somewhere else - #5. He found the noise was a turbo hose had blown off. He fixed that, but also found that the fuse box was getting hot again, so I left it with him to check out the reason. A week later, he told me I should take it to the dealer for that; as for CEL, his computer wouldn't hook to a
VW. (Don't have to take it there again.)
Today, I drove it to Autozone to check CEL. The kid said it wouldn't link up, which probably meant I have a blown fuse. Car ran fine for about 15 miles, stop & go traffic & running it up to about 75, no spitting or backfiring. But when I got home, it smelled a little hot again.
I'm taking it back Monday to the guy that replaced the fuse box to check problem - don't understand why this suddenly happens twice.
Also, any ideas on the CEL?
Thanks for reading this far down!
About 9 months ago, CEL came on took it to a shop I had used for other things. Serviced, cleared codes, couple of weeks later the wp impeller blew, and replaced both of them. A month later had CEL and went into limp mode, so took it somewhere else, they found campaigns so I took it to dealership for those, but they didn't check CEL when I picked it up & wanted to charge $100 just to hook it up. Back to other garage, he checked and cleared codes. A week later CEL again. Car ran fine so we just lived with it.
Two months ago, car would spit & sputter at low speeds around town, and performed almost like it was in limp mode again.
One month ago, the car died on side of the road so towed it to my mechanic - now #4. Found the fuse box had fried so he replaced that. Checked & cleared codes. He advised that we drive it & if CEL again, he would check vacuum hoses.
Two weeks ago, we were driving it, no spitting & sputtering, but all of a sudden, loud noise like a tire blowing out & car died. Recranked, got it home. My wife wanted me to take it somewhere else - #5. He found the noise was a turbo hose had blown off. He fixed that, but also found that the fuse box was getting hot again, so I left it with him to check out the reason. A week later, he told me I should take it to the dealer for that; as for CEL, his computer wouldn't hook to a
VW. (Don't have to take it there again.)
Today, I drove it to Autozone to check CEL. The kid said it wouldn't link up, which probably meant I have a blown fuse. Car ran fine for about 15 miles, stop & go traffic & running it up to about 75, no spitting or backfiring. But when I got home, it smelled a little hot again.
I'm taking it back Monday to the guy that replaced the fuse box to check problem - don't understand why this suddenly happens twice.
Also, any ideas on the CEL?
Thanks for reading this far down!
