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Do codes stay even when the ECU is reset via unplugging battery

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Old 01-09-2007, 12:41 PM
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Default Do codes stay even when the ECU is reset via unplugging battery

reason i ask is i went into light limp mode a few days ago,(no CEL), for the first time since i bought the car . it did not clear by restarting the car, so i unplugged the Battery. this fixed the problem (so i guess is not a leak) but a couple days later it went into limp mode again. same thing, a simple restart did not work so i unplugged Battery again. car back to normal.
iam guessing MAF is to blame.
but i dont have a Vagcom because i dont have a laptop. so i was going to go to autozone to get the code read if they are still there before i spend the money on a MAF.
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Where do you live? And are you chipped?
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depends on the code.
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Miami, and yes iam chipped, but ive been trouble for 1 year and all of the sudden i hit limp twice
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^^^Trouble Free^^^
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Default Unplugging the battery...>>

Resets the fuel maps. If your MAF is very bad, they will again go out of spec very fast which sounds like what is happening. Get the codes read!
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Does anyone know if Advanced Auto Parts also does Free Code Diagnostics
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Prolly. Autozone does. Will clear, too.
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Default For those of us without a VAG/Com

the Autel reader can pay for itself the first time you use it. It's helped me with both my TT and my wife's A4.

No connection, just satisfied user.<ul><li><a href="http://www.auteltech.com/code2.htm">http://www.auteltech.com/code2.htm</a</li></ul>
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Default Yup! That's a handy tool to keep in the car..>>

When you don't want to travel with the Laptop/Vag-Com


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