TT got flatbed treatment this weekend......any ideas what can be wrong??
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TT got flatbed treatment this weekend......any ideas what can be wrong??
I pulled away from a light on Friday evening and all of a sudden it was like I was trying to drive at 20mph in 6th gear, no power and less by the second. I managed to get the TT off the road and just as I pulled onto a side street the engine died. When I turn the key, it starts, then sputters and stalls within about 10 seconds. No CEL or anything else to indicate anything is up. Had the car towed to a nearby Audi specialist and we'll see what they find out. Anybody here had anything similar happen??
I have 65K miles on an 01 Roadster and yes, had the TB changed about 7K ago.
I have 65K miles on an 01 Roadster and yes, had the TB changed about 7K ago.
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At TT East my car stalled at speed..... thought it was the battery but turned out it was the engine
speed sensor. Car started again with a different battery (which we originally thought was the cause as I had replaced it just prior to TT East due to similar stalling) but then sputtered and died after idling for a bit. Car never turned over again. We realized it wasn't a dead battery issue then and it was flatbedded to the closest dealership - the next state over. Yippee! Where they diagnosed it as a $90 part that was on the fritz. Hopefully that is your issue and not a poor TB install gone bad!
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the CEL would normally blink in that situation, wouldn't it? i had one coilpack go out
and the CEL was blinking and car was rough at idle...but i could still drive it. to keep that car from burning out the cats, i unplugged the injector to the bad coilpack to keep from destroying my cats.