Kodiaq 150 diesel Edition DSG with Kessy, owned now for 3 very happy years until last week.

6 months ago, new battery fitted and 3 weeks ago, new battery in the plip.

Last week, air temp close to normal for time of year, and engine cold. Fuel and adblue close to full. (Always use branded, not supermarket fuel)

Engine cranking but not firing. Tried 3 times then left alone for 5 mins. Back in and fired up first press of the button and away we go.

During crank/non start, all dash lights were out except engine yellow.

Did a short run to recharge battery with a few stops and starts either end without any problems.

Since then, have covered 750 miles with many stop/start and the issue hasn't re-occured.

Local garage does all my servicing and he'd never heard of it before.

If I'd called him when it didn't fire, he would have been able to read the codes, but as it hasn't happened again, bit of a mystery.

Anyone else had this problem, if so, were you able to trace the fault(s) ?

 

Once the codes are logged they stay in the memory until reset so if it did trigger any they will still be there.

 

Could of just been a one off or could be a clue that something electrical or with the fuel system is starting to die. Even with a fault code you can still be guessing, your better off just continuing to drive it until it happens again.

 

 

Hi Jing, I wonder if this was some sort of immobiliser issue. When this happened, was the key in its usual place? If it happens again, try placing the key fob against the start button when you press it.  

Yep, plip in usual place in my pocket and never had any problems. For me, that's the beauty of Kessy, as long as the key is within a metre or so, everything works......until last week that is.

I've tried your suggestion and even used the spare key and they're both ok.

Appreciate your ideas, so thanks.

 

Had this happen once about 4 months ago when it was just turning over and not firing with same car (edition 150 TDI), left the car for about 15mins and tried again and it fired up straight away. It's never happened again since. I put it down to an electrical blip on the immobiliser that reset itself when I locked the car.