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Have 2/4 duralast coils on my car and about 50k miles later they’re still fine
Pros: still fine after miles
Mileage: 80000 km
Sounds like coils to me. I wouldn't even mess with swapping them...I would just replace all four. You can do just 2 and 4 but then you can expect 1 and/or 3 to go soon.
Pros: replace all four
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I read up some online and decided to order new ignition coils. Took a few days, but I got four new coils and threw them in. Again, problem solved it seemed. No more EPC light, misfire codes didn't come back and no more rough starts.
Pros: problem solved, no misfires
Cons: slight misfires during acceleration
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 104607 km
I was having hesitation problems a few months ago while accelerating. No CEL, and no codes with VAG-COM. I read here that a lot of other people had had identical problems; the CEL and codes didn't start appearing until well after the symptoms started. Changing the coils solved their problems. So I took the risk and changed all four coils (at about 65,000 miles). That completely solved the problem for me. By the way, the new OEM coils had a completely different part number than the original ones.
Pros: solved hesitation problems, completely solved problem
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 104607 km
Ok, So today I cleaned all the grounds then checked them with a multimeter, put new plugs in, changed the ignition coil, and still won't start. It has good spark now, and it's definitely getting fuel.
Pros: good spark, getting fuel
Cons: still won't start
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Every wet rain or slushy day, my 97 2.0 would quit or not start at all. Sprayed everything individually and figured it was the ignition coil cause it had hairline fractures. I replaced my ignition coil, but it still gave me troubles.
Cons: still gave me troubles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
My wife's 2000 Cabrio started having this same set of symptoms. Replaced coil, plugs, plug wires, cap and rotor not that long ago. Coil was indeed cracked, but the symptoms persist.
Cons: symptoms persist
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
In January 2021, with about 40k miles, the coils went bad. I replaced them with quality Duralast coils (made by Bosch) and new iridium spark plugs. Fast forward 6 months, and I had a misfire again in cylinder 2, so I am now on my 3rd set in less than a year. The Duralast coils have a lifetime warranty, so whenever they go bad, I can just swap them out at Autozone for no money, and it takes all of 10 minutes to swap them. But I dont want my car misfiring and breaking down at an inopportune time.
Pros: lifetime warranty, easy replacement
Cons: repeated misfires, frequent failure
Vehicle:
Hyundai Sonata
I myself have tried Duralast brand coils on 3 different vehicles. They were all crap. Either they didnt last very long. Or were faulty right out of the box. I dont like to use the Duralast brand in general. Have had to many bad experiences.
Cons: did not last, faulty
VW makes bad ignition coils, period. Bad design, bad reliability, bad everything. They actually came out in pieces and were siezed into the head on some cylinders. There was several inches of calcification and junk from water going down into the holes (no engine cover for 123,000 miles). I had to blow out the plug holes with air compressor, after I vacuumed the inches of calcium dust out, then still after I removed the plugs found rust under the crush washer they seat on. It wasn't fun and I had to polish the holes up to hopefully stop that disgusting build up. It was BAAAAAD looking but it ran fine with only a single misfire up to almost 130k.
Pros: ran fine with single misfire
Cons: bad design, bad reliability, came out in pieces, seized into the head
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 209214 km
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