Hi, I'm Christy and I'm new to the forums. I drive a 2000 vr6 Jetta - 5-speed, manual transmission with 171,000km on it. The check engine light came on and I pulled the codes and it gave me a reading of cylinder 5 misfire which is obviously bad.

I'm just wondering a few things: how did I do this to my car, what parts probably need to be fixed, and does anyone have any idea how much it's gonna set me back to get it fixed. Has anyone had a similar problem? I really just don't want to get screwed when I take it in

Thanks guys,
Christy

 

a misfire MOST and i mean most of the time can be traced in a line starting at a bad plug to a wire to a coil pack. Its getting up there in the mileage and a lot of times the coils get small tiny cracks ( Plastic ) and it usually gets worse when its damp or wet out. If thats the case if you start it and open the hood you can hear a crack noise (like a taser but less dramatic) on the driver side. A quick fix is remove the engine cover and remove the coil following. Theres a million how tos for the liquid JB weld fix and it last for around 15,000 miles (maybe less). A definite fix would be to replace the coil pack which is around $500 just for the part.

 

all very true. but... my cylinder 2 had a misfire and i traced it back to a loose injector connection.. ALOT easier to fix and also alot cheaper..

 

dfwjetta98 that is also true. I was just thinking about that, we had a misfire problem in our chevy trailblazer, turned out whichever moron had it before us connect two injectors ( they were next to each other and had the wires mixed up)

 

ya it really freaked me out when mine did it.. when i cranked it up after i did my new plugs.. and the pain was it was one of the 2 injectors UNDER the intake manifold!!!

 

Ouch, yeah the injectors were under our intake also (if i heard my dad correctly)

 

hope its not a bent valve... that would suck