Snortan
05-07-2016, 04:09 PM
My 2000 passat 1.9TDi is starting to make me worried.
This week while I was driving, doesn't matter the speed, it happened while I was turning a corner and it even happened on the highway driving straight, the engine will shut off instantly without any warning or stuttering/shudder/black smoke or anything like that, it just turns off and I lose power steering which is the scariest thing.
I noticed electricity stays on because the radio/air con stays on.
Sometimes the battery or oil light comes on and I've checked, they are completely fine and sometimes STOP comes up on the small screen.
When it shuts off, if I turn the key off and on it always starts back up without a hitch.
I have 2 bluetooth/wifi OBDII adapters and I was hoping maybe they could shed some light and give me some fault codes but after I connect them they do power up and I can connect to them from my phone/laptop but the adapters say they can't connect to ECU. The radio is stock and was never changed as far as I know and all fuses seem intact.
What could it be and what things can I check?
I'm hesitant about taking it to a garage before I know more since I've pretty much always been ripped off.
This week while I was driving, doesn't matter the speed, it happened while I was turning a corner and it even happened on the highway driving straight, the engine will shut off instantly without any warning or stuttering/shudder/black smoke or anything like that, it just turns off and I lose power steering which is the scariest thing.
I noticed electricity stays on because the radio/air con stays on.
Sometimes the battery or oil light comes on and I've checked, they are completely fine and sometimes STOP comes up on the small screen.
When it shuts off, if I turn the key off and on it always starts back up without a hitch.
I have 2 bluetooth/wifi OBDII adapters and I was hoping maybe they could shed some light and give me some fault codes but after I connect them they do power up and I can connect to them from my phone/laptop but the adapters say they can't connect to ECU. The radio is stock and was never changed as far as I know and all fuses seem intact.
What could it be and what things can I check?
I'm hesitant about taking it to a garage before I know more since I've pretty much always been ripped off.