Golf won't start

samjames

2002 golf 1.4 petrol, the cars speedo was flickering on and off as past 4 weeks but today on way home car cut out and wont start, the immobiliser keeps flashing.
guy put his basic scanner on it and says key but there was never any chip in the key and always started fine,

any help most appreciated

Atlantic Dawn

Have you a 2nd key to try that?

alan partridge aha

Of course there is a chip in the key, unless it was hot wired.

biko

Not DIY effort - moved to main forum

OP, go to another mechanic

Moanin

samjames wrote: »

2002 golf 1.4 petrol, the cars speedo was flickering on and off as past 4 weeks but today on way home car cut out and wont start, the immobiliser keeps flashing.
guy put his basic scanner on it and says key but there was never any chip in the key and always started fine,

any help most appreciated

Try this..... Turn on key to ignition when you here the pump priming (Don't try to start it) 10 x times. Then try and start it on the 11th. You may laugh but I had a similar issue and it worked for me.....

let me know how you get on

punisher5112

Is battery OK?
Key does have a chip as said above just cause it doesn't have buttons to open doors doesn't mean not chipped.

samjames

I remember having a 2003 audi a4 tdi and it wouldnt start due to immobilser problem but this guy deactivated the immob within 2 minutes and she started on any key without chip, that is 9 years ago now though

tossy

samjames wrote: »

I remember having a 2003 audi a4 tdi and it wouldnt start due to immobilser problem but this guy deactivated the immob within 2 minutes and she started on any key without chip, that is 9 years ago now though

I was going to ask how this helps the OP then i noticed you are the OP - bizarre!

Also it's posts like this one that make buying a second hand car in this country such a nightmare, de-immobilizing a 5 year old A4 (at the time
) as a quick fix - the mind boggles.

samjames

tossy wrote: »

I was going to ask how this helps the OP then i noticed you are the OP - bizarre!

Also it's posts like this one that make buying a second hand car in this country such a nightmare, de-immobilizing a 5 year old A4 (at the time
) as a quick fix - the mind boggles.

dont get your knickers in a twist,
it was just to get it started and moved at the time, the car was properly fixed later as could invalidate the insurance .

samjames

punisher5112 wrote: »

Is battery OK?
Key does have a chip as said above just cause it doesn't have buttons to open doors doesn't mean not chipped.

battery is good

tossy

samjames wrote: »

dont get your knickers in a twist,
it was just to get it started and moved at the time, the car was properly fixed later as could invalidate the insurance .

It's commando Tuesday it's all good.

Toyotafanboi

Is the immobilized part of the gauges on these? It is in some other VAG group stuff, so it could be connected to the Speedo flickering?

noelf

My guess is alternator on a quick google .. auto.howstuffworks.com dimmed lights AND flickering gauges is mentioned ..

colm_mcm

When you turn the key, does the starter motor turn the engine over?

samjames

only the speedo was going wonky at times, the car turns over for 5 seconds then shuts down

punisher5112

Ecu issue or ignition could also be an issue.

Sam Russell

samjames wrote: »

only the speedo was going wonky at times, the car turns over for 5 seconds then shuts down

That sounds like a key chip problem to me, but I am no expert.

Does the engine actually fire, even for a second?