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01 Jetta throttle body epc issues...

19K views 12 replies 5 participants last post by  UTMKIv  
#1 ·
Hello all
I bought an 01 Jetta 1.8t AWW for my daughter and it has been throwing codes for throttle body and all related sensors. All four misfires.
I have a new MAF, new O2 sensors, fuel filter, and Bosch plugs. This has been getting increasingly worse for 2 weeks.
At first cleaning the plugs, MAF, intake, and TB worked - now it runs smooth for about 10 minutes and goes back to throwing codes as well as the symptoms, hesitation, rough idle, stalling, etc.
I checked for vacuum leaks but had no luck, so it may have one somewhere. I tried aligning the TB by letting it sit with the key on for 3 min. I keep clearing the codes but they come right back after it runs for a few.
The plugs look they are taking a beating and it is drinking gas like vodka tonics....
O.K. so do I just start replacing all the parts showing up in the vagcom fault code list, or could it be one sensor or leak throwing everything else off?
I am pretty sure it needs coils and better plugs, but I think those problems are secondary. I want to fix the mixture problem first. But I read in another thread that coils cause similar symptoms...

vag com codes are as follows:

17972 - P1564 Throttle valve control part (J338)
insufficient voltage during basic settings, 35-10, intermittent
17579 - P1171 Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor/Switch-B-Circuit (G188)
implausible signal, 35-10, intermittent
17950 - P1542 Angle sender 1 for throttle valve drive (G187)
implausible signal, 35-10, intermittent
17705 - P1297 Connection charger-throttle valve
Pressure drop, 35-00
17976 - P1568 Throttle valve control part (J338)
Mechanical malfunction, 35-10, intermittent
16684 - P0300 Random/Multiple Cylinder
Misfire Detected, 35-00
16687 - P0303 Cyl.3
Misfire Detected, 35-00
16688 - P0304 Cyl.4
Misfire Detected, 35-00
16685 - P0301 Cyl.1
Misfire Detected, 35-00
16686 - P0302 Cyl.2
Misfire Detected, 35-00

Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks for reading through to the end.
I look forward to your comments and help, as well as offering help with issues I have solved in the past.

Chris
 
#12 ·
Sounds like he needs to ask the dealer why they replaced a new throttle body then! I had a similar experience a few years ago with a used car. I sold it and quite a while later the buyer contacted me and said it needed a new engine and asked me to pay. I just ignored him, I felt bad if that was true but there wasn't anything wrong with it when I sold it either...and it's a used car...I don't know what people don't get about that.
 
#13 ·
I bought my truck from a dealership, and they were supposed to fix the vacuum leak. They cleared the code and sent me on my way.
A year later I had to do the plenum gasket/water pump timing chain to fix the vacuum leak.
Which I did myself, and was CONSIDERABLY easier then my VW.

It never even crossed my mind to sue, because it's a used truck. Let them call all they want, it's because they are too dumb to fix it.