Advice with VW Golf cutting out.
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I am hoping someone could share some advice or experience with this particular problem.
The vehicle is a 2001 VW Golf SE Estate Petrol 1.6.
The problem has happened twice a few months apart. Both times the car suddenly lost power with all lights coming on, on the dashboard. Both times after a few minutes the car started again and ran fine. The second time it happened the engine light stayed on. I took it to our mechanic and he plugged in a diagnostic device which came up with this.
P1545 Throttle valve controller. 17953
He suggested to get some advice from you guys before going down the road of replacing parts in the hope of fixing it. His logic is that often it can be some other underlying issue causing the problem.
He turned off the warning light and the car has been driven a few times since and been fine. The engine light has come on once more and then gone off again.
Obviously I don't enjoy driving it knowing it could just cut out again. I would really appreciate any suggestions or advice. Thank you.
The vehicle is a 2001 VW Golf SE Estate Petrol 1.6.
The problem has happened twice a few months apart. Both times the car suddenly lost power with all lights coming on, on the dashboard. Both times after a few minutes the car started again and ran fine. The second time it happened the engine light stayed on. I took it to our mechanic and he plugged in a diagnostic device which came up with this.
P1545 Throttle valve controller. 17953
He suggested to get some advice from you guys before going down the road of replacing parts in the hope of fixing it. His logic is that often it can be some other underlying issue causing the problem.
He turned off the warning light and the car has been driven a few times since and been fine. The engine light has come on once more and then gone off again.
Obviously I don't enjoy driving it knowing it could just cut out again. I would really appreciate any suggestions or advice. Thank you.
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