V5 Acceleration problems...

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Ok. Well. I was going to pursue the trader option - which before anyone says anything I know i SHOULD do, but the Passat has got worse and is barely drivable, as I desperately need a car I have opted to just get it into a garage asap to get it sorted, I honestly dont have a lot of time to follow up the dealer thing, new house, new car, new job, not long married its literally all happening at the moment, and I really need to go for the 'easiest' option rather than maybe the morally correct option. I am not bothered with the politics of it all right now, just need it sorted.

On the way to the specialist (i have dropped it off now) it really didnt want to move. It eased a little when it warmed up slightly but was still not happy by any stretch of the imagination. Very lumpy and when I pulled up to some traffic lights theres was a rather (un)pleasant smell of eggs.

I will keep updates going, at least its at the doctors now - not a main dealer, but a specialist who comes highly recommended and who is going to spend the time to diagnose properly what the problem is.

Again thanks for previous advice....I will hopefully hear something later this afternoon and post back.....

[Eshrules]

Ok. Well. I was going to pursue the trader option - which before anyone says anything I know i SHOULD do, but the Passat has got worse and is barely drivable, as I desperately need a car I have opted to just get it into a garage asap to get it sorted, I honestly dont have a lot of time to follow up the dealer thing, new house, new car, new job, not long married its literally all happening at the moment, and I really need to go for the 'easiest' option rather than maybe the morally correct option. I am not bothered with the politics of it all right now, just need it sorted.

On the way to the specialist (i have dropped it off now) it really didnt want to move. It eased a little when it warmed up slightly but was still not happy by any stretch of the imagination. Very lumpy and when I pulled up to some traffic lights theres was a rather (un)pleasant smell of eggs.

I will keep updates going, at least its at the doctors now - not a main dealer, but a specialist who comes highly recommended and who is going to spend the time to diagnose properly what the problem is.

Again thanks for previous advice....I will hopefully hear something later this afternoon and post back.....

m8, noone on here is judging you, at the end of the day its up to you what advice you decide to listen to and wha you choose to ignore. i do fear, however, that you may have taken the hardest route available. if the car has suffered a major failure a few days after you collecting it, i would be concerned. now you have taken this fault on board, if it turns out to be something major, the supplying dealer will no longer have any responsibility to repair, the onus is now on you im afraid

keep us updated on the situation and i am sure between all the techies that are on board with this forum, your issue will be resolved

[Eshrules]

just an added note, the smell of eggs i beleive is normally assoicated with the catalytic converter, if this has failed, i fear you may be facing a big bill..... keep us posted

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OK. Sorry for the message earlier - I didnt mean to imply you were being judgemental - I was just a little ****** as you can imagine! Anyway had feedback from garage. MAF was the culprit. Fortunately caught it in time and including the diagnostic £230 and I am picking it back up at 5.45pm! Lucky I got it in before it did any further damage!!

thanks everso much for replies etc