finalygotone

Is there anyway to figure out if it is serious or not ? I am no where near a dealer. There are no obvious signs, oil temp is ok, coolant temp is ok, no funny noises etc...it's running fine, just a little worried about being stranded a 1000km from anywhere...

Thanks

paulroad

the light can mean MANY different things including a loose gas cap.

kkrzeminski

I had a cylinder misfire and it stayed in the system until it was cleared - no problem.

ilspazzaneve

Nothing you can do without a VAG-COM. If nothing feels or sounds wrong, it's usually nothing serious, O2 sensor or the like. Exception is a crapped out MAP sensor (usually shows up as excessive "lean" DTCs and really high long term fuel trims). If it's the MAP, unplug the sensor until it's fixed.

ilspazzaneve

New Sudbury Volkswagen Ltd.
1593 LaSalle Blvd.
Sudbury, ON P3A1Z8
(705) 566-8170

St. James Volkswagen Ltd.
670 Century Street
Winnipeg, MB R3H0A1
(204) 788-1100

Almost a day's drive between the two...good luck!

gragravar

I dont know the cities well enough to know if any of them are up north or all down near toronto. anyway, take a peak, maybe someone can read the code for you.

as a general rule if the CEL isn't flashing then you are probably OK to keep driving.<ul><li><a href="http://www.steve-hall.com/cgi-bin/VAG-Locator.pl">vag com locator</a></li></ul>

MachineMan

All of the below plus it may go out after 10-50 miles of driving