Engine light just came on Code P1296

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markgcb1 - 10 Oct 2008 09:22 GMT

my engine light on my 2002 Audi TT quattro just came on. I read the
code and it came up with code P1296 Manufacturer Control Fuel Air
Metering. Can you tell me what that is please?

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Bill - 10 Oct 2008 13:18 GMT

Is your fuel cap loose?

> my engine light on my 2002 Audi TT quattro just came on. I read the
> code and it came up with code P1296 Manufacturer Control Fuel Air
> Metering. Can you tell me what that is please?

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markgcb1 - 10 Oct 2008 17:22 GMT

Hi I turned the check engine light off and it has not come back on as
of yet. The fuel cap was not loose. Any thoughts on why the light may
have come on

> Is your fuel cap loose?
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> Fuel Air
> > Metering. Can you tell me what that is please?

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dave AKA vwdoc1 - 10 Oct 2008 15:00 GMT

http://autorepair.about.com/library/faqs/bl210i.htm
maybe just the coolant temperature senor! ;-)

> my engine light on my 2002 Audi TT quattro just came on. I read the
> code and it came up with code P1296 Manufacturer Control Fuel Air
> Metering. Can you tell me what that is please?

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Kevin McMurtrie - 11 Oct 2008 04:30 GMT

> my engine light on my 2002 Audi TT quattro just came on. I read the
> code and it came up with code P1296 Manufacturer Control Fuel Air
> Metering. Can you tell me what that is please?

Dirty O2 sensor, water in the gasoline, loose wire, gunk on whatever
sensor measures airflow (I hear it's a MAF on VWs)?

One error is probably OK to ignore.

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notme - 23 Oct 2008 18:50 GMT

for the uninitiated... how do you read the code?

> my engine light on my 2002 Audi TT quattro just came on. I read the
> code and it came up with code P1296 Manufacturer Control Fuel Air
> Metering. Can you tell me what that is please?

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