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Posted on Aug 12, 2009

Jetta V5 125 kw hesitation problems (2002 model)

I have had the car from new and have done 86,000 km.
There is a hesitation problem which the agents can not rectify.
Firstly, when the car is idling and you blip the accelerator, you can hear and feel a destinctive "misfire".
Secondly, when accelerating, the car tends to loose power for a second or two then gets up and goes. This happens in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear while under acceleration - it is the same sort of feeling as when you put your foot on the brake pedal while accelerating, you get that loss of power.
The air mass meter and the O2 sensors have been replaced at a big cost and the gremlin is still lirking around.
Please, if anyone has had this problem, HELP.
Thank You
David from Johannesburg South Africa.

  • Anonymous May 20, 2012

    Hi Dave.
    Did you manage to fix this problem? It seems like i have the same problem at the moment. Some is telling me it is the clutch.

  • Anonymous May 20, 2012

    Hi Dave.
    Did you manage to fix this problem? It seems like i have the same problem at the moment. Some is telling me it is the clutch.

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Hi Dave.
Did you manage to fix this problem? It seems like i have the same problem at the moment. Some is telling me it is the clutch.

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Hi Dave

Have you checked your sparkplug cables that run from the coils to the sparkplugs. Had a simular problem and it was the cables. Park in a garage, pop the bonnette and check if there is any loss of spark at the spark plugs.

Hope this helps.

Chris

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