Uh oh, its not starting!
 

Well it does then it cuts off. It was flat bedded off to the garage, non dealer as i had a very bad experience with them. The problem is that the diagnostic equpment fails to find the issue.

Has anyone else had this problem. Its a A4 3.0 2003 cab

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

what diagnostic equipment are they using?

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

Could be a few things. If it doesnt acknowledge diagnostic equipment, then it could be a bad ecu. Hard to say.

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

do you have an aftermarket stereo? if so who ever installed it they have hard wired it instead of using a harness could have cut the K wire, which would allow to never be able to communicate with your car again.

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

Not sure what diognostic equipment they are using. No aftermarket sterio. I cant see it being the ECU as it starts up, fuel pump relay or Maf sensor is a possibility.

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

its an 03 car and you need CAN bus diagnostics the early type wont work on that car, VAG HEX-CAN 704 software free download
http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/download/

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

How should I go about asking the guys if they have the right equipment, I dont want to seem to be rubbing there faces in it so to speak.

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

Guess you should flatbed it to the dealer then, if they cant figure out the problem.

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

like I said I had a bad experience with the dealer, so much so I would never trust my car there again.

RE: Uh oh, its not starting!
 

a mechanic wont be annoyed if you ask him/her what the diagnostic tool they are using just say your considering buying the VAG kit your self and they will fall over them selves to tell you:)