A bit of a long story....Back in June of 2014, we found a 2004 Touareg with 104,000 that looked brand new....not a scratch, not a dent. We paid 7,800 cash and drove it home.
After a trip to B.C. Canada, it began exhibiting the incredibly hard down shift, which I can live with/work around. In September, it would crank and start, but die shortly after and stranded my wife at work. I went to check it out and it started and drove away just fine. A week later after a couple hundred miles, it did the same thing in the driveway at home. No check engine light......Made the assumption that it was fuel pumps. Changed both pumps with VDO and still same issue.
Towed it to our local VW in September and they could not figure it out.....Finally, they came back with stretched timing chains and said it must have jumped a tooth also said it had a bad Intake manifold rail that was bad as well. Never did it make any noise that would indicate loose or stretched chains. They quoted me $8,600 to repair both issues.
Finally decided that I would just scrap the poor thing out. Went to the dealership, paid what I owed ($1,100) and tried starting it. It started, but would only idle if you kept your foot on the pedal at around 1,200rpm. Drove it 15 miles home and now it idles and drives like nothing ever happened. Started it 1st thing this morning at 31 degrees with no issues.....Timing chains don't unstretch and they don't jump teeth backwards????
After MUCH reading here, I have decided that it might be Coil Packs/Spark plugs and/or PCV. I really have no idea if the coils are original, the CarFax looked like it had been fairly well maintained as most service was done at dealerships. Never did see any notes about being recalled due to bad coils.
After the visit to the dealer, it does have a check engine light now...
Any thoughts or advice is sure appreciated.
After a trip to B.C. Canada, it began exhibiting the incredibly hard down shift, which I can live with/work around. In September, it would crank and start, but die shortly after and stranded my wife at work. I went to check it out and it started and drove away just fine. A week later after a couple hundred miles, it did the same thing in the driveway at home. No check engine light......Made the assumption that it was fuel pumps. Changed both pumps with VDO and still same issue.
Towed it to our local VW in September and they could not figure it out.....Finally, they came back with stretched timing chains and said it must have jumped a tooth also said it had a bad Intake manifold rail that was bad as well. Never did it make any noise that would indicate loose or stretched chains. They quoted me $8,600 to repair both issues.
Finally decided that I would just scrap the poor thing out. Went to the dealership, paid what I owed ($1,100) and tried starting it. It started, but would only idle if you kept your foot on the pedal at around 1,200rpm. Drove it 15 miles home and now it idles and drives like nothing ever happened. Started it 1st thing this morning at 31 degrees with no issues.....Timing chains don't unstretch and they don't jump teeth backwards????
After MUCH reading here, I have decided that it might be Coil Packs/Spark plugs and/or PCV. I really have no idea if the coils are original, the CarFax looked like it had been fairly well maintained as most service was done at dealerships. Never did see any notes about being recalled due to bad coils.
After the visit to the dealer, it does have a check engine light now...
Any thoughts or advice is sure appreciated.
