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can any1 help i wrote my mark3 cupra off and i removed the ecu(for insurance reasons lol) about 2 months ago ive now had it back and plugged the ecu in it will try and start but will not fire!! would the imobiliser of kicked in or is there a fuel cut off switch hidin somewhere? :cry:[:@]

Hi please help. Cupra has been driving fine. Got into the car today it starts revs and then dies. If you floor the peddle it gets to about 3000 then dies. Please does anyone have any ideas?

Hi people, basically i've had a problem with my Ibiza GTi Cupra Sport 16v. Whilst crossing a runway (yes a runway!) I went to put my foot down and nothing happened. So, thinking for the 1st time in my life i'd pressed down on the brakes rather than the accelerator, (my brakes are terribly low...

Last night I fitted a cruise control stalk to the Leon at a friends house, now to do this you need to remove the air bag. Since I have put the airbag back in the light is still on, is this normal and just need turning off with Vag Com or is it telling me that its not reconnected properly? My...

Just simply does not start, tried the jump leads with no result. Tried push starting but just isnt having it, anyone any ideas? :(

Hi folks sorry that this thread is about a golf mk4 but think i might be useful as presume the same sensor would be same on a Leon. Right my mate bumped his golf 20vt today and now the car wont start and had to have it towed home, but the guy that picked it up reckons that there is a sensor...

My brother was messing around with his airbag settings etc on Vag-com last night and has managed to disable the car. He said he was in the airbag section and tried to activate the output test. He also said when he looked at the fault codes everything was shorting to ground. Is there a...

Hi all, As newbie I would like to enquire your help with problems currently facing on my recently bought 2001 LC (180bhp). During a recent testdrive in Germany I noticed that my car only reached 185km/h (115mp/h)* and it had to work hard to do so. To my knowledge this LC-type should easily...

Hi all, Had a search for this but could not find a definate answer. I picked up my new Leon Cupra last saturday and have noticed a sort of grinding noise that lasts about a second or so every time I start the car. Is this normal? Should I be worried about it? Sorry if this has been...

My car is sounding very lumpy on start up, it starts but sounds like it can hardly be arsed! Then its lumpy and sounds like its gonna stall for a while or untill I drive off and I can't hear it then. It was due a service last month but because of Christmas £££!!! I'm leaving it untill January...

Now this weather has turned baltic the last month i have been getting an alarming like vibrating chattery diesel sounding clacking for like a second on the enitial start up then alls fine! It does not do it every time, and when the engines warm say go to the shop then come out and start the car...

Our LC runs fine and is totally fine apart from one thing. Every few days it takes ages for it to start. It turns over fine but just wont fire until about the tenth attempt. Any ideas much appreciated!

Any ideas? Have tried cycling ingition many times, but no joy. Removed red plugs off the end then refitted all cables and the old t piece.

I was on my way home last when the cupra just stoped! it just splutterd a bit and now will not start! iv check and i do not a have a spark from all 4 coils, i carry 2 spare with me and they dont spark either! i then checked my ecu and was a bit damp so have taken it out n dryed it of but it...

Hi, Really need some help with this, i have an 01 ibiza S 1.4 THis morning it cut out on me however i restarted it after two attempts, the car ran fine all the way to work. However tonight, i get in the car and go to start and it doesnt start fully. Its ticking over but very little...

Last night went into the shop and came back out and the engine wont start. Makes a whiring/grinding noise and nothing else. After a few tries it started and i got home but it wont start again.:cry: Any ideas what it could be :help: its a 2001 1.4 ibiza

Hey I'd just come back from a 2 week holiday and when I tried to start my car it was completely dead! No lights on the dash etc... When the aa man came the battery only had about 2v. When car was started he noticed that both the main cooling fan and the air-con fan were on (air-con was...

Right it only just started happening but when starting from cold the boost is being restricted to under 10 psi. Now not sure it actually limp mode or not but not sure whats causing it either any ideas guys. by the way as soon as i turn engine off and start again it will run fine

Please help, We have a model year 2000 alhambra 1.9 Tdi, (110bhp I think!) and everytime after starting the engine, the glow plug dashboard light stays lit for about 10 to 15 secs and then when I turn the ignition, the car revs all by it's own up to about 2500rpm (really load and...

hi a friend of mine has just changed the engine in my 2.0 16v cupra and we cant get it started.no spark any ideas on what it could be cheers MADDANE