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Tiny
CARLEEANGEL
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  • 2003 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 165,000 MILES
This may sound really strange, but if it rains during the night and I go to start my car in the a.M it almost wants to stall and I do not get the power that I should the check engine light also flashes. Once I drive the car on a straight away without stopping (at this point I have to keep pressing the gas peddle up and down)the light stops flashing and the car is fine. This does not happen if I am driving already and it starts to rain it only happens when the car is sitting over night without being started. Could this possible be some sort of oxygen sensor? I am totally out of ideas on what might be causing this. Please help. P.S. I would like to give a big thanks to everyone that helps people like me with these issues!
Thursday, November 18th, 2010 AT 1:27 AM

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Tiny
BMRFIXIT
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Very common to find the ignition coil is bad and the engine in need of ignition wires too
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010 AT 1:34 AM
Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Carleeange, as you can see this has been responded to already, but I will add my thoughts to your initial problem.

Have you had a diagnostic scan done to see what the set fault code is? The check light is indication that there is a fault stored in the ecu,

Mark (mhpautos)
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010 AT 9:34 PM
Tiny
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Thank you very much for the response. I did not get a email regarding the first answer. Thank you for your time I hope this helps. Happy Holidays!
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010 AT 10:48 PM

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