Hello, The car was my son's, just kept stopping and wouldn't start so he gave up after a couple of garage trips in London. Now in the north-east found a few problems in the fusebox which appeared to sort it out. After a month it cut out on a dual carriageway and got carted to a good auto-electrician who sorted out the fusebox. After a new distributor (where there was a fault) it still won't fire up. Sent ECU away for testing and it came back with a clean bill of health. The garage has tried just about everything but it won't deliver a regular spark and therefore won't start. The mechanic needs his space so has asked if I could find a VW cabriolet expert who might have a solution/take it on? The car has a low mileage and in great condition . Anybody out there? John
I had a cabby on a 98 had the same issue, was ignition relay but could also be ignition switch.
theres a fella on many forums....rubber jonny he knows a ton of stuff, https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/1995-golf-2-0-wont-start-no-spark.4813512/ https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/1995-cabrio-wont-start-crank-but-not-start.4973988/