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Offline Chris#101

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Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« on: 14 December 2011, 19:13 »
So after seeing the thread a few days ago I got intouch with my local depot to which I was informed I was elligable for the 4 coil packs to be replaced under warranty..... Brilliant  :cool: to which i left the car with them last night for me to pick it up today, even gave it a free vallet  :cool: Driving home through the city absolutely fine, could infact say it ran better than before (not that there was any running issues)
all was fine untill I got stopped at a red just prior to the dual carriage way! turned off the ESP just for a bit of fun and as soon as i was in second underboost the car jolted I got the engine management light flashing at me, car sounds like what I can only describe as a 'subaru/aircooled vw' absolutely gutless and very lumpy. pulled straight over with hazzards bla bla bla. the symptoms above to me would suggest its not running on all 4 cylinders. Switched the car off for a few minutes turned back on running normal took it very gently home untill I could have a looky under the bonnet to see if maybe one of the leads had come off a coil!?... No absolutely fine. running as what I can describe as normal, took it for another spin giving it some and exactly the same thing happened running sh!te and not on all 4 cylinders  :rolleyes:

Just after some advice really as to where I stand with the 'stealers!? as somethings obviously not right????

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #1 on: 14 December 2011, 19:16 »
i had this on my AGU but it has a ignition amp!!

i take it you dont have a AGU as u got your coil packs on the recall!

maybe one of the coilpacks is at fault?  :rolleyes:

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #2 on: 14 December 2011, 19:19 »
take it backkkkkkkkk

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #3 on: 14 December 2011, 19:24 »
i had this on my AGU but it has a ignition amp!!

i take it you dont have a AGU as u got your coil packs on the recall!

maybe one of the coilpacks is at fault?  :rolleyes:

Mines the AUQ 180 which was under recall allong with the AUM i believe!?

thats what my money would be on a coil fault as sometimes it runs fine and when its under heavy load fails :angry:

bloody typical kind of regret taking it in now as it was fine before hand and as off tomorrow when I take it back to them will have costed me 4 trips there and back.....

I did have to  put a Signature under

' CARRIED OUT IGNITION COIL RECALL
 Customer signature required as achknoweledgement
 that the above work has been completed'

Where do I stand with them correcting it free of charge!?

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #4 on: 14 December 2011, 19:32 »
if its there parts at fault! there liable!

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #5 on: 14 December 2011, 19:38 »
if its there parts at fault! there liable!

what about the work that would be needed to carry out the tests to see if there at fault!? just that I really cant be dealing with £60 p/h labour this side of christmas  :cry:


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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #6 on: 14 December 2011, 19:46 »
u could allways have the car running! and swap over the coil packs to see which one is not working! then go in there and say you have done checks ( that) and you have a faulty coil pack! :\

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Offline Chris#101

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #7 on: 14 December 2011, 20:18 »
they kept my old ones because of the recall!! think im going to leave touching it incase it voids anything which they could say i did it bla bla bla.

any body else had something like this happen?
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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #8 on: 14 December 2011, 20:22 »
are you sure they have replaced all 4

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Re: Coil pack warranty---- Now car not running right
« Reply #9 on: 14 December 2011, 20:33 »
Any fault codes? Could be a boost leak.......

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