Car will not get up to speed and sometimes the engine stops

2000 Volkswagen Polo 1.4 Saloon manual
Car: Volkswagen Polo
Year: 2000
Variant: 1.4 Saloon manual
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
The engine starts every time, however when driving the car it will some times not get up speed it feels like there is no acceleration and sometimes the engine stops especially going in reverse.
Problem added: Aug 10, 2015 (8 years ago)
First thing to check would be the plugs but a common fault is pencil coil pack failure / breaking down under load and intermittently dropping a cyl .
Answered Aug 10, 2015 (8 years ago)

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