I have a skoda felicia 1.3 estate and it has been running fine untill the other day i tryed to start it and it just died afer it started. It does this every time I try and start it it runs for about 2 seconds then dies as if the ecu is telling it to cut of. :confused:

I am baffeled as i have checked every thing and dont no what 2 do. any one got any ideas ?

thanks mark

possibly your immobiliser... the battery in the key could be dying.... not a expert, but that would be a guess...

There are good people here I am sure they will help

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possibly your immobiliser... the battery in the key could be dying.... not a expert' date=' but that would be a guess...

There are good people here I am sure they will help

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i agree with the above!

possibly your immobiliser... the battery in the key could be dying.... not a expert' date=' but that would be a guess...

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I thought that the immobiliser used a (passive) transponder in the key body: doesn't the battery just do the light?

Either way, try the other key.

Another thing to try is to keep your foot pressing the throttle a bit during the start up, to see if you can keep it going once it's fired up.

If the CTS has failed the ECU may be trying to do a hot start with a cold engine. Lean mixture once the starting conditions are past = stalled engine.

I thought that the immobiliser used a (passive) transponder in the key body: doesn't the battery just do the light?

Quite right.

Either way, try the other key.

That is what I would advise.

Has the key been apart and the transponder lost, is the insde of the key covered in 'pocket fluff' that could be impeding the signal?

thank you alot boys! by reading your posts i would have done the rite thing but from old posts I found out the key had lost its transponder!!!!! u were all very rite i just carnt belive the key fell 2 pices so easily and caused such a major problem i spent 3 days trying 2 work it out thanks alot if i hadnt found out it would have cost me 50 pound a the skoda dealer 4 a look cos i was out of ideas.

thank u all very much mark

And a big thanks from me too - here on a rainy Saturday morning trying to fit a second hand steering lock to my Felicia. With a Stanley knife and a little care you can get the transponder out of the old key intact - swapped 'em over and all's well again!

Hi I am new to briskoda say bear with me .

After my wife got the ignition key stuck I replaced the Ignition barrel & key with a 2nd hand one & the car fired up then died.The garage I tuck it after testing stated the Engine ECU had

blown , after checking it myself i can see bluey/green deposits of the far left connectors.

Since then I have obtained the matching ignition receiver to the key .

My car is a silver 1300 gli Felicia estate 1997 What should do ?