« Reply #29 on: 07 March 2010, 09:44 »
^^^ There was a "miss fire" at high RPM on the late Mk5's which was caused the check engine light to come up on some cars, but this was due to a valve spring fault that was resolved by a VW TSB.
Yes, it does sound very similar to that issue ... full thread here :-
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9196.0.html

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