Buying Seat parts?

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Hey all,

Got a call from my GF to say car (03 Ibiza, err 1.3ish) took 3 minutes to start this morning, and shuddered as she drove it to work this morning. My first guess it is ignition system is to blame.

So where is the best place to buy OEM VAG parts (GSF?), or are VAG parts actually reasonably priced?
When I had to replace the ignition leads on a Volvo recently, £130 from a dealer, exact same leads in the original manufactors box from a Volvo Specialist, £41. The set from Euro Car Parts were junk, and got returned....

[Matt_N]

Firstly, get the fault code read.

So many things that can cause problems.

Secondly, I normally just go to the dealers, GSF and the like always seem to be pattern parts, yes the dealers are a bit more (Coilpack for my 1.8T Golf is around £32 from the dealers, around £25 from GSF) but I know they are genuine parts.

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Ok, so VAG parts are reasonably priced.

Just doing a bit of searching, I did notice last weekend when I was in it the EPC light was on. Couldn't find the manual to check what it means, but checking on the net, people say it is an "accelerator pedal fault". Well it was funning fine last week, well apart from the shocks feel shot (130k miles). Oh, and I am sure it is the 1.2

[Matt_N]

Only thing I can suggest is to get the fault code read, no need to use Seat, an Indy should have a decent reader.

Could be a whole host of things, throttle position sensor, engine speed sensor, MAF, coilpack etc can all lead to lumpy running.

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Thanks Matt. She is 2 hours away from me, so will have to see how she gets on with it when she drives it tonight....