Hi there,
Just bought a '97 GTI and everything has been fine until today. Went out today and it started fine on 3 occasions. However, went to start this afternoon and when turning th ignition on all the dash lights came on fine but when turning the key to start...absolutely nothing! As a result I checked as much as I could there and then and decided that as I had an old battery in it to replace it. After fitting the car started great on 2 occasions and then on the 3rd start....nothing. No click from the solenoid ...nothing.
I then got a meter out and checked everything I could. Good battery level and when turning the ignition still good levels. Good earth connections, good power supply to the solenoid. After checking all this I decided to give the car one more time and what do you know it started first time. I obviously have an intermitent problem but am not sure if it lies with a sticky solenoid or whether it is a dodgy ignition switch.
Any help would be much appreciated as i would like to get this sorted ASAP so I can enjoy the car.
Cheers
Ian
