:eek:

Set off from work. CEL came on and the car started to sound rough. Coil pack I thought. I got home (1mile) and smoke started to pour out of the bonnet :eek: :eek:

Opened the bonnet and the no.3 coil pack has completely melted!

Has anyone else had this happen?

I'm just awaiting the AA now.

Steve

I've have definitely heard of it on another forum, and recall seeing a photo. 20VTurbo.com or VWvortex.com are the most likely suspects. Can you post which version of coil pack it was, Steve?

The offending pack had no id on it. None of the 4 did. The dealer has replaced them all with L type.

It's a heart stopping moment when you see smoke puring out the front of your car :eek:

Steve

Back to the top for the Bruntingthorpe posse.

Anyone else had this happen?

Steve

I own an Audi 1.8T and have had 1 coil burn out. Dealer replaced all 4 when it went in. Bad batch of coils to blame. It's standard to replace all 4 at first major service to prevent this problem occuring.

It used to be common for them to fail, but my car is a late 2003 model so I thought the coil packs wouldn't affect me.

boy was I wrong when I saw smoke billowing from under the bonnet :eek:

Steve

Got me worried now as mine is late 2003 model vrs and I thought they were all sorted. My dealers not mentioned about a re-call for this on such a late model but I check with them later on in the week

There is no recall BTW, just preemptive replacing...

ALL coil packs are identified - part number is on sleeve where connector plugs in. Audi is replacing all effected coils via a service campaign i.e - if a car comes in - even for just a light bulb and its under the campaign - they get checked and replaced. Even if its had them replaced before - if there is 1 or more old style - 4 new style get fitted.

We have seen quite a few melt --- more worrying is I have seen 1 NEW TYPE L melt, although it is possible there was also a wiring fault on that car

The fault was caused by incorrectly made coil packs at a Bosch plant in South America where they got the internal air gap incorrect in the coil pack. Production was moved to South America because it saved about a penny on each unit, guess they bummed out on that one.

Or so I was told on a course by an instructor, sounds about right these days.