Hi,

Yesterday i went for a drive.
Parked the car and after 2 hours in the coffee shop, i tried to go back home.
Entered the car, key on the ignition, turned it and nothing appened, except the engine failure light.

Tried it again... and nothing.

It has battery, but the stater engine doesn´t turn.

Can someone help??

Thanks,

Adelino

 

Check the battery. Really check the battery. Either take it to a parts store or have a friend/colleague/family member/trusted clergyman try to start the car while testing the voltage with a multimeter.

 

HI,

i´ve disconected and reconected the battery.

It was charged and the onboard multimeter, showed it was charged...

So... still without solutions!!

anyone else helps???

 

Not good enough. Test it using one of the two options I gave you. You don't want to rule out the battery, the simplest and most common reason for a car not starting, without properly testing it.

 

Brake switch or neutral safety switch failure?

 

You need to just replace the battery. I fully charged mine. Same result. No start. Went to advance auto. Got another battery. And bam. Problem solved. Get a new Battery. You will need one eventually.

 

did you do any mods to the car just recently? new tune?

 

I've recently tried to connect a rosstech cable vag113 just to see how it works.i couldn't make any software connection, so i quited. The car started after trying that and i drove for 200miles with a few stps on the way.nothing strange. Picked the car from my garage the other night, went for a coffee and when trying to go back home...just didn't start...

 

Could be ignition switch failure also...battery's usually don't just quit..you would've had a sign...

 

Hi,

my OPD says that he can´t read the DME and it is toasted.

can this be true??

And yes, i´ve tried to connect a ross tech vag113 cable few days before this happened..
please help

 

Anyone check Fuse for DME? Row C, Position 1? Do you have a "check engine" light when you turn key on?

 

Yes he said it lights up when he turns the key. Wow that is not good DME is expensive.

 

Wasn't sure if that's what he meant by "engine failure light". I didn't have an "engine failure light" in my 996 turbo.
I just recently had this exact problem in my RS6...turned out to be neutral safety switch...which incidently CANNOT just be jumped out or bypassed...screwed until you get another one...fortunately it's cheap...

 

it´s a manual, so i don´t think it has a neutro safety switch...

someone... help!!!

 

Do you have to have your clutch pedal in to start your car? If so, that is your "neutral safety switch". There should be a switch on the "up" side for the cruise control and a switch on the "down" side for the neutral safety switch.