Cold Night lost 2 coils.

[MoshiMoshi]

I lost 2 (admittedly old) coil packs the other night.. Took all my effort to get the car home. It was a cold night to be fair but I'm just worried that there might be a bigger/worse reason behind a double failure..

Anyway, after replacing the original spark plugs with some nice shiny new champion ones and now having 4 newish coilpacks, is there anything else I should worry about?

Car's a 1.8T AUM with 120,000 on the clock.

[barrym381]

take it back to vw have 4 new coils fitted free if they havent been changed to newer 1s

[rockmonkey69]

Not all AUM or AUQ or BAM had coilpack recalls, it depends what revision coilpack was fitted to the car - not specific to engine code. Both myself and a few LCR mates had been declined free coilpacks. Best bet would be to ring up your local dealer and enquire.

[harlemex]

For a minute I thought this thread was about birth control in the back seat of your golf on a frost night. 

[MoshiMoshi]

For a minute I thought this thread was about birth control in the back seat of your golf on a frost night. 

Funny you should bring that up! The lack of space in the back is a perfectly adequate form of birth control!!

Car seems to be running fine asides from the usual 17705 and 17545 and occasional pop from the exhaust. I need to chill the hell out about the car and stop worrying about every little noise!

[BarryMKIV]

Two going at the same time could be just down to pure coincidence. I know it wouldn't have fully helped you in this instance, but I always carry a spare coil pack in the car. It would probably be no harm to carry two actually.

[brianpologti]

Has anyone got any old ones don't mind if they don't work, as vw keep calling saying they do they for free , but I have already free new ones fitted,so want more haha