Hi Folks,

I have an A4 2.8 Quattro, 1999.

The other day I went out of town for a few days and when I came back I found that the battery was dead. I charged it OK, but then I couldn't get the car to start with an idling engine. It would only start if I hit the gas pedal and as soon as I took the foot off the pedal the engine would stop.

I also got an engine light warning and when checking the codes with VAG-COM, I found the following 2 errors:

17967 - Throttle Body (J33: Fault in basic settings - P1559 - 35-00 - -
17953 - Throttle Valve Controller: Malfunction - P1545 - 35-00 - -

I read through a couple of threads and people seemed to suggest that I would need to do a Throttle Body Alignment via VAGCOM. So I performed the following procedure:

Turn the key on but do not start the car.

[Select]
[01 - Engine]
[Measuring Blocks - 08]
[Group = 098]
[Go!]
[Switch to basic settings]
[Switch to Meas. Blocks] button and you're all set.

Unfortunately it did not help and the same symptoms & errors show up.

Any other clues, procedures I should be looking at? The problem is I can't even drive it to any shop due to the fact that as soon as I take the foot of the pedal, engine dies.

I also tried keeping the rev @ 3k for more than a minute to try and stabilize the idle, but the engine overheats and smoke starts to come out...

Anyone in the Durham region available to help out?

 

Use the search tool or try this link

https://www.audiforum.ca/showthread....ighlight=codes

 

RESOLVED - had to clear the codes a few times and then it worked