I have a 06 2.0 Petrol Vrs.

It has just developed a coil pack fault for the 3rd time. On a different cylinder each time.

Is this a known fault with these engines?

I think I am going to replace the 4th coil as well just incase, as it will no doubt develope the fault at some point like the others have!

mine havent gone yet, but it is pretty ineveitable that they will. iyt seems a common problem.

how do you change them???

Modified C/Ps are available at around £25 from the dealer.

To change simply remove the 2 20 torx screws on the wiring harness and disconnect the wiring plugs from all coils ( stops stressing the others ) and the coil pack just pulls up. Can be tight and if you haven't got the right puller, a large flat bladed screwdriver will do the job fine.

HTH:thumbup:

That's all four of mine changed now and the engine management light has reset it's self after a few stop starts.

All 3 coils went on my wifes Seat Ibiza (VAG part) within a few months of each other at around 40,000 miles. A very kind man from the AA replaced them each time

i have had 1 go so far. Got 3 spares in the boot now so that i never get stuck without one again

Apparantly once one goes the others go within a few k of each other. Having said that i have done 6k so far and none have gone but got the spares just incase

£31 a coilpack iirc

Carl:thumbup:

I had a coil pack go back in April on my 1.6FSI 06 model and was replaced under warranty. Another has gone and I have to pay for it to be replaced now as the car is out of warranty by 1 month.

How long is a coil pack supposed to last?

Engine management light came on both times resulting in a drop of revs whilst idleing and a sort of misfire and loss of power.

Don't think there is any specified time scale to be honest.

But i was told that once one goes the others start going

Having said that i have now done nearly 11k since mine went and the 3 spares are still sat in the boot.

Just buy the coil (Circa £30) and install it yourself takes all of 2 mins to do.

Carl:thumbup:

Don't think there is any specified time scale to be honest.

But i was told that once one goes the others start going

Having said that i have now done nearly 11k since mine went and the 3 spares are still sat in the boot.

Just buy the coil (Circa £30) and install it yourself takes all of 2 mins to do.

Carl:thumbup:

Cheers for that Carl.

I haven't a clue when it comes to fixing parts on cars but I might look into this now.

I'm not sure if it's the same thing but the Passat I've just scrapped had long life plugs, each with a separate coil and I think they were supposed to last for over 80,000 miles. It had only done just over 70,000 miles when I scrapped it and the plugs/coils had never been changed.

It's a known problem on a lot of cars.

When the RAC bloke came out he had literally about 30 different ones for different cars across a whole range of Manufacturers

Probably the reason why they keep updating them too.

Carl:thumbup:

Sparkplugs will eventually reach a point where they erode I suppose but as far as I can see the coils themselves have no moving parts to wear and could be made to last indefinetly.

Well no because they are an electrical part so eventually they can and do fail.

Carl:thumbup:

Well no because they are an electrical part so eventually they can and do fail.

Carl:thumbup:

Well from the posts above they obviously do fail but I think only because they are not made well enough rather than because they are an electrical part. If it has an element in it which gets heated then the thermal stress of heating and cooling can cause it to fail but some electrical equipment lasts for decades and show no signs of failing.

This is a problem which VAG have been plagued with ever since the Mk I Octavia was introduced - and was probably the most common fault of that car and all the other VW/Audi cars who used these coil packs .

Things improved a little over a period of time with many modifications ( up to the letter L or M )and a change from Bosch to a Japanese manufacturer ( ? Toshiba ) .

VAG even replaced all the coils over the whole range of cars at one stage ( Skoda was left until last ) .

It must be obviously be viewed as an acceptable design fault .

It must be obviously be viewed as an acceptable design fault .

Acceptable by VW no doubt but not by the owners of their cars.:thumbdwn:

The problem is not Just with VAG cars

It happens on a lot of other manufacturers cars too

Carl:thumbup:

I have a 06 2.0 Petrol Vrs.

It has just developed a coil pack fault for the 3rd time. On a different cylinder each time.

Is this a known fault with these engines?

I think I am going to replace the 4th coil as well just incase, as it will no doubt develope the fault at some point like the others have!

this is a common fault on all cars , as a rule you should replace them in pears i-e 1+3 2+4 this is due to one coil being negative spark and one positive spark they both fire at the same time, one high resistance coil and one new one will over load the new one ,

YOU SHOULD ALL WAYS REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS WHEN REPLACING THE COILS .

YOU SHOULD ALL WAYS REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS WHEN REPLACING THE COILS .

Lets hope the dealers follow this train of thought.