Hello all, I picked up a 2012 Golf R with about 181k km on it from my local Volkswagen dealer about 2 months ago. About 2 weeks after taking it home it started to have intermittent starting issues. It happens usually every couple of days but seems to happen more often when it's warmer out (first 2 weeks of ownership it was never above 10C outside and no issues, one day recently it was 33C out and it long cranked every single time that day). Most of the time when it happens I have to hold the starter button for a good 5-7 seconds while it cranks before it finally fires up, some of the time it starts quickly but the rpms drop hard and the car sputters for a second and recovers or stalls. No is
So I recently purchased my first Volkswagen, a 2012 Golf R with 180k km from a nearby Volkswagen dealer. It has been great so far but that last 2 days in a row once out of maybe 8 times starting the car it has failed. The first time it cranked for maybe 5 seconds and wouldn't start but fired up on the second attempt, the second time which was earlier today it started but died right away, again on the second attempt it started fine. Unfortunately the car didn't have much in the way of detailed recent maintenance records so I am unsure what I should look at first. My previous vehicle experience is with 90s cars (Integra, Celica GT4, MR2). This is also my first keyless but I don't think the fob
