20 Most Recent 1996 Volkswagen Jetta - Page 3 Questions & Answers

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No, not as such. It does have a recored of the events that led up to and accident, if the airbags are deployed (crash Data) which is recorded in the airbag control unit. If the car does not have airbags, then it does not have any data storage capabilities.

Hi. The contacts in the Coolant bottle get contaminated and then don't pick up the water level. Brige the contacts at the water botlle and start the car, if the coolant/temp light behaves for 5 min or so after starting the car, then change the coolant bottle/resevoir.

Do you still have the owners manual in the glove box? That will usually show the location or you can go to Autozone/Oreilly's and buy a Chiltons manual which will show the relay configuration.

when I had my Jetta I changed the distributor. if you didn't pull it out and only turned it there is either 2 marks or 2 metal rods that stick out the side that the bolt goes through the center

auto or stick what are the symptoms. name it. there are many plates for shifting on all trannys. the shifter, lever plate is one plate, that the shifter mounts to. the word plate is non discriptive, out of context.

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Unleaded petrol

Not sure if your jetta has strut's or not, but i had the same problem with a car i used to have and it had strut's. If your jetta does have strut's, replace them.

lower dash drivers side , cover/lid will give list of fuses etc, also fuse box in the engine compertment near to the battery

Go to volkswagon.com enter model and year, then search for wiring diagram. There should be on fuse panel under the steerring wheel and one under the hood.

Sounds like you have misfires.

If you are talking the resistor wire to the coil from the ignition switch then it is in the wiring loom and will be virtually impossible to replace. If you are electrical savvy you can by pass it by connecting a wire to either end of it and through a ceramic resistor before the coil. However as this wire is seldom at fault I would first check it out with a multimeter first checking the voltage at the coil with the ignition on and secondly by the ohms resistance of the wire by attaching the multimeter leads to each end

Hi, There is a relay for X relief, this relay will most likely be faulty.

Does the car have any check engine codes? Usually if the car runs poorly when warmed up, its because the computer tries to put the car into "closed loop mode" when it's up to operating temp but something is wrong. When engine is cold, the ECU uses the coolant temp sensor to adjust fuel mixture, when warm, it switches to O2 sensor and monitors other systems like EGR, etc. In my experience I've seen this be anything from O2 sensor, coolant temp sensor, or EGR valve. Could be a dirty throttle body too, as this is a common issue on the ABA engine.

DID U CHECK THE FUEL PRESSURE AND DELIVERY??DID U CHECKED THE FUEL FILTER??

Do you have an air bag on the steering wheel pad and is the air bag light on?