A4 Engine cut out

Hi,
Just had a very weird thing happen with my A4 1.8T - just coming off a
roundabout into a garage and braking for the car in front of me and
all of a sudden the engine isn't running, no warning or any lurch etc
just the steering wheel losing power and the lights on the dash lit
up.

I have found this:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...c4b07e01023071
which sounds like a similar thing but there isn't any follow up post -
does anyone know how this got resolved or what the problem might be?
I'm meant to be using the car next weekend for a 400+ mile journey now
I'm not sure I want to, should I be running to my nearest VW/Audi
dealer?

Cheers

Bob

Just guessing -

It could be that your idle is set a bit low and when you braked and turned at
the same time ESP tried to correct taking power that caused the engine to die.

Pulling the codes would be the place to start.

TonyJ
'98 A4 1.8 TQM

wrote:
> Hi,
> Just had a very weird thing happen with my A4 1.8T - just coming off a
> roundabout into a garage and braking for the car in front of me and
> all of a sudden the engine isn't running, no warning or any lurch etc
> just the steering wheel losing power and the lights on the dash lit
> up.
>
> I have found this:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...c4b07e01023071
> which sounds like a similar thing but there isn't any follow up post -
> does anyone know how this got resolved or what the problem might be?
> I'm meant to be using the car next weekend for a 400+ mile journey now
> I'm not sure I want to, should I be running to my nearest VW/Audi
> dealer?
>
> Cheers
>
> Bob

Thanks for the reply - what does "Pulling the codes" mean?

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:25:07 -0500, Tony >
wrote:

>Just guessing -
>
>It could be that your idle is set a bit low and when you braked and turned at
>the same time ESP tried to correct taking power that caused the engine to die.
>
>Pulling the codes would be the place to start.
>
>TonyJ
>'98 A4 1.8 TQM
>
wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Just had a very weird thing happen with my A4 1.8T - just coming off a
>> roundabout into a garage and braking for the car in front of me and
>> all of a sudden the engine isn't running, no warning or any lurch etc
>> just the steering wheel losing power and the lights on the dash lit
>> up.
>>
>> I have found this:
>> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...c4b07e01023071
>> which sounds like a similar thing but there isn't any follow up post -
>> does anyone know how this got resolved or what the problem might be?
>> I'm meant to be using the car next weekend for a 400+ mile journey now
>> I'm not sure I want to, should I be running to my nearest VW/Audi
>> dealer?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Bob

Your dealer has a OBDII computer interface used to find error codes logged in
the system. It should yield information about the cause of the stalling.

You might want to check the Audi forums in your area to find individuals who own
the computer software to pull codes as well.

wrote:

> Thanks for the reply - what does "Pulling the codes" mean?
>
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:25:07 -0500, Tony >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Just guessing -
>>
>>It could be that your idle is set a bit low and when you braked and turned at
>>the same time ESP tried to correct taking power that caused the engine to die.
>>
>>Pulling the codes would be the place to start.
>>
>>TonyJ
>>'98 A4 1.8 TQM
>>
wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>Just had a very weird thing happen with my A4 1.8T - just coming off a
>>>roundabout into a garage and braking for the car in front of me and
>>>all of a sudden the engine isn't running, no warning or any lurch etc
>>>just the steering wheel losing power and the lights on the dash lit
>>>up.
>>>
>>>I have found this:
>>>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...c4b07e01023071
>>>which sounds like a similar thing but there isn't any follow up post -
>>>does anyone know how this got resolved or what the problem might be?
>>>I'm meant to be using the car next weekend for a 400+ mile journey now
>>>I'm not sure I want to, should I be running to my nearest VW/Audi
>>>dealer?
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>
>>>Bob
>
>

Our 2000 A4 just did the same thing. The dealer said he could not find
anything wrong. Have you learned anything new? We are also worried
wrote:
> Hi,
> Just had a very weird thing happen with my A4 1.8T - just coming off a
> roundabout into a garage and braking for the car in front of me and
> all of a sudden the engine isn't running, no warning or any lurch etc
> just the steering wheel losing power and the lights on the dash lit
> up.
>
> I have found this:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...c4b07e01023071
> which sounds like a similar thing but there isn't any follow up post -
> does anyone know how this got resolved or what the problem might be?
> I'm meant to be using the car next weekend for a 400+ mile journey now
> I'm not sure I want to, should I be running to my nearest VW/Audi
> dealer?
>
> Cheers
>
> Bob