Re: VR6 Engine Check Light

["Michael S. Forester" <mforest@primenet.com>]

I have the same problem on my '95 GLX and gave up on trying to solve it. 
The car seems to run just fine, there must be a bug in the system.  Let me
know if you get any results.

Michael

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> From: Vaso Bovan <Vaso_Bovan@compuserve.com>
> To: All <jettaglx@igtc.COM>; All <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>
> Subject: VR6 Engine Check Light
> Date: Monday, August 11, 1997 9:17 PM
> 
> I have a serious problem with the VR6 engine in my '96 Golf. The Engine
> Check light comes on every two or three weeks, obliging me to take the
car
> in for servicing. The dealer has replaced and repeatedly "retorqued" the
#2
> Knock Sensor, which is always the cause of the Engine Check fault. The
car
> has spent seven days in the shop over five months for this problem.
> 
> I don't notice any pattern in what I might be doing to cause this
probelm.
> The Check light comes on with a full tank and a near-empty tank, during
> idle and during 4,000rpm, with regular gas and with premium (I usually
run
> mid-grade), and with different brands of gas. I didn't have the same
> problem with my '95 GTI-VR6.
> 
> The dealer has run out of ideas. Has this problem been seen before ?  
> What's the next step - does a factory rep see the car ?
> 
>