Re: WARNING LIGHTS (PICTURES) '99 Jetta

#1

Thanks Dave for the info. I'll pass it on to the "car person" in the family,
thought I don't know if I want him fiddling with my VW. Of course, it would be a
whole lot better than me fiddling. I was thinking that maybe a junk yard might
be a good place to look for a coil --- if you could tell that you're getting
what you need, and that it too wasn't shorted out. And you're right --- its a
US (actually made in Mexico) 99 Jetta GLS VR6.
Mike

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:

Quote:

AFAIK In the USA the '99 Jettas come with the VR6 and are different engines
than the V6 engines. I am not sure if that engine takes the earlier coil
pack or the later coil pack. The later one costs around $450 or so from the
dealer = ain't cheap.

I have successfully repaired one off of a '01 GTi VR6 engine with a $5.00
tube of epoxy and some time.
and looks like this one somewhat. ;-)
http://www.gtishrine.com/coilpack.php
more info here
http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/engin...iled_pack.html
Or have you replaced it already?

ross-tech.com sells a scanner for our VWs that will let you expertly read
the codes, clear the codes and do other things on your car such as diagnose
problems. There are imitators that sell obsolete style copies on Ebay
pretty cheap like for $25 or so. Then you can try out the ross-tech.com
software free before you purchase it for $99. It does not limited functions
though but it allows you to test your scanner with your car.
Either should give you better results than going to an Autozone or other
place that just pulls the codes with little other information.
You might need a laptop or a tool that allows you to have a very long
extension coming from your desktop. lol

BTW your description of how the lights come and go sound about right, except
for the one that stays on! ;-)

JMHO
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

#2

lol
If you are taking it off your car to replace it with a USED one, you might
as well just take it off, epoxy it and reinstall it. Save yourself maybe
$50-250 (used prices?) or so, it is easy and almost free. ;-)
BTW I would not really trust a junkyard one since it may only last just past
the warranty period. :-(

read the list of some of the others with failed coil packs
http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/engin..._failures.html

--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

<vwowner (AT) jetta (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Thanks Dave for the info. I'll pass it on to the "car person" in the
family,
thought I don't know if I want him fiddling with my VW. Of course, it
would be a
whole lot better than me fiddling. I was thinking that maybe a junk yard
might
be a good place to look for a coil --- if you could tell that you're
getting
what you need, and that it too wasn't shorted out. And you're right ---
its a
US (actually made in Mexico) 99 Jetta GLS VR6.
Mike

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:

AFAIK In the USA the '99 Jettas come with the VR6 and are different
engines
than the V6 engines. I am not sure if that engine takes the earlier coil
pack or the later coil pack. The later one costs around $450 or so from
the
dealer = ain't cheap.

I have successfully repaired one off of a '01 GTi VR6 engine with a $5.00
tube of epoxy and some time.
and looks like this one somewhat. ;-)
http://www.gtishrine.com/coilpack.php
more info here
http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/engin...iled_pack.html
Or have you replaced it already?

ross-tech.com sells a scanner for our VWs that will let you expertly read
the codes, clear the codes and do other things on your car such as
diagnose
problems. There are imitators that sell obsolete style copies on Ebay
pretty cheap like for $25 or so. Then you can try out the ross-tech.com
software free before you purchase it for $99. It does not limited
functions
though but it allows you to test your scanner with your car.
Either should give you better results than going to an Autozone or other
place that just pulls the codes with little other information.
You might need a laptop or a tool that allows you to have a very long
extension coming from your desktop. lol

BTW your description of how the lights come and go sound about right,
except
for the one that stays on! ;-)

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