01 Jetta VR6 Misfire/CEL

Hello everyone. I hope everyone had a happy holiday. I have a 2001 Jetta GLX VR6 76000 miles. I had the check engine light come on a few times in the past 6 months. The first time it happened it was raining really really bad and my car was parked in a large puddle. After taking it to the dealer they said I needed a new coil , the tech brought me into the bay and took a hose and sprayed a jet of water under the intake area and the engine seemed like it was going to stall but the CEL did not come on. I had a bad experience before with this dealer so I did not replace it and the car ran fine for 4 months. Then the light came on again when driving down the highway the car was running fine this time my buddy from a Honda dealer scanned it (to save 80 dollars). The code was (p1152 accell pos cirt. Low input) I reset it and the light came on a couple weeks later and this time took it to a different dealer and 680.00 dollars later replaced the coil after they advised me to. When I picked the car up the car seemed like it was running funny. Around 3000 rpms in 2nd or 3rd gear the car felt like a flutter, the more I drove it got better. The service tech told me that it most likely it was the cold or the gas, it was like 10 degrees. I know that Jettas run really bad in the cold (this is my 2nd Jetta) I dropped a can of dry gas in and its been running ok since knock on wood. My question is the light was on a total of four times. Does the code(P1152 accell pos cirt. Low imput) have anything to do with a coil problem. Because the light was already on with that code stored and then when it started to flash on another rainy day I new it was missing firing but when they scanned it would they see two codes for two problems or did that first code clear when the car misfired a 2nd time.

5 Comments »

  1. CRAIG B Said,

    December 28, 2004 @ 4:59 am

    01 Jetta VR6 Misfire/CEL – This may sound stupid, but when your car has been sitting in the wet, let it idle for about five minutes after starting. Then slightly rev for another minute or two. I have the same symptoms and it seems to do the trick. Apparently, and I am not a mechanic, condensation builds on frayed ignition wires causing an arc when accellerating. Letting your car warm up for a while burns off the moisture. The indy tech may be full o crap but it seems plausible and it appears to be working… Does anyone know this to be true?

  2. Clint Said,

    December 28, 2004 @ 5:22 am

    01 Jetta VR6 Misfire/CEL – Well kind of sounds like a dirty MAF( mass airflow sensor ) check into cleaning it! Go here make a profile and sign up.. you might find some helpful info on this web site!!

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    Good luck!

  3. rick Said,

    December 28, 2004 @ 5:29 am

    01 Jetta VR6 Misfire/CEL – hmmm… sending people to another website…. should I be offended? Lemme’ think…

    Nah, as long as people get what they’re looking for, then I’m happy. Heck, I’ll even make your link a hyperlink for ya.

  4. matt petrucelli Said,

    December 28, 2004 @ 6:06 am

    01 Jetta VR6 Misfire/CEL – The mass air flow and cat. was replaced by the dealer. They said it was a recall and the bad mas air killed the cat. all done for free.

  5. matt petrucelli Said,

    December 28, 2004 @ 6:10 am

    01 Jetta VR6 Misfire/CEL – This replacement was done at 50k on 1/2004

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