diagnosis help please? Abnormal idle, then engine dies...

[killak007]

Hi,

I have a 2003 A4 3.0 quattro 6spd. About a month ago my malfunction indicator light went on. While sitting at the intersection I noticed my car shook a little and the rpms fluctuated at idle. I brought it into the dealership and they said the codes related to the cam shaft were sporadic so I was okay to go. Sweet, thanks for the $200 car wash. Then the MIL light went on two days later only to go back off. Then last week the light went back on and I noticed that my car did the fluctuating rpms at idle and the car shook. I made an appointment a week later, only to cancel it because the light went back off today.

Then, today, in the morning I was sitting at an intersection on the way to work and the rpms fluctuated a bit, then slowly decreased till the engine died. I still had power to my car (radio was still on, etc.), so I restarted my car and it seem to run okay another .25 miles to work.

My questions are:
1. Does anyone know what this could be?
2. If so, how much to repair?
3. Is my car safe to drive?

Thank you in advance.
I also placed a call into the dealership and I'll talk to a service rep when he returns my call.

[killak007]

anyone please? haha

[pondside36]

I'de go to Autozone or equivalant and have the codes pulled for free and then post those up so people have more to go on to help you trouble shoot. It sounds like a coil pack issue, but you have a 3.0 so there could be something else if the dealer said they had camshaft codes. Can the dealer give you a copy of the codes they pulled?