VW Cabriolet start up problem

On Jun 3, 8:33*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> In article >,
>
> liu > wrote:
> >Thank you all for more information.
>
> >> Just about anything. =A0Pull the codes and tell me what you see.
>
> >Where to pull the codes? Do you need to drive it to Autozone or a
> >similar store to get the reading?
>
> I'd take it to a real mechanic, if you don't have a scanner. *Because
> the next step is going to be to look at the ECU parameters if there aren't
> any codes set, and you are going to need a scanner for that (and a better
> one than the ones the kids at Autozone have).
>
> Without the scanner you basically can do only very limited diagnosis on modern
> cars, because you can't tell what the engine control system is doing.
>
> With the crappy Autozone-grade scanners you can see if any error codes have
> been set, but beyond that you can't really see anything. *Sometimes that's
> enough to tell you what is going on, sometimes it's not.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

It's a V.W. Enough said.