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Hilly81 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:27 pm Sorry for your loss, Amy.

Thank you Hilly81

Hi Everyone, Some of you may recognise my username, I am taking over this account from my Dad, Robert. He sadly passed away at the end of June from a short 2 month battle with cancer, and has kindly left his pride and joy to me. Im already a owner of a classic mini, but now have a B2 GL5 estate to l...

Hi thanks for your thoughts every thing has been checked but because it is not a permanant fault it is very difficult to find it, for the past 7 days I have had no failure so just hoping its cured it's self . Will keep you posted on further events.

Hi, I need some help. My B6 (55 plate, Sport, 197'000 miles) is experiencing complete failure of the battery, it completely drains, unable to unlock remotely, even to the point where the clock stopped. This has happened numerous times now, its not the battery as replacing it has made no difference. ...

Hi been having one or two problems with the central locking etc., could not lock the drivers door but new lock fitted cured the problem, also found the petrol flap open on a number of occassions now as well as it not opening. In the hand book it does not give any details of how to unlock the petrol ...

B6 Passat Sport Saloon 140 bhp 191380 miles and my B2 GL5 Passat Estate 115bhp 160310, just completed the London to Brighton Classic car run last weekend.

Hi I have a complete set of seats from a 1985 hatchback they are in brown velour if you are interested? They are in very good condition and are located in Norfolk.

Has anyone had the same problem? Central locking failed so looked in the manual on page 85 it states " The drivers door can be locked or unlocked manually if the remote control key or the central locking does not function. Lift the cover up from the bottom (drivers door handle) insert spare ke...

Has anyone had the same problem? Central locking failed so looked in the manual on page 85 it states " The drivers door can be locked or unlocked manually if the remote control key or the central locking does not function. Lift the cover up from the bottom (drivers door handle) insert spare key...

Just had mine changed for the second time for £279.74 including VAT in comparison it makes mine look very reasonable but that's what you get by not using VW garages. :esm :esm by the way mine has done 186,903 and getting 47 mpg however my wife gets 55/60 mpg not such a heavy right foot!!! Will be ...

Just had mine changed for the second time for £279.74 including VAT in comparison it makes mine look very reasonable but that's what you get by not using VW garages. :esm :esm by the way mine has done 186,903 and getting 47 mpg however my wife gets 55/60 mpg not such a heavy right foot!!! Will be k...

Central locking all fixed, it was the pump after all they say two heads are better than one my friend just blew down the pipe which got the vacuum working! Lucky I had 2 spare ones and the first one worked so all good.
Many thanks for the suggestions. Richard I have sent you a PM

Hi, fuse no. 7 is only with B2's up to 1982 m.y., it is fuse no. 3 with younger cars such as yours (3rd from left in bottom row). Since you only write "packed up" it is not possible to give any hints. Does the central locking not operate at all? Then, after the fuse, I would try to look a...

Hi, today my Central locking packed up, turned to the trusty Haynes manual which says " in the event of a system fault first check that the fuse S7 is in good condition and securely connected before removing any part of the system" My problem is I cannot locate fuse S7 because it is not in...

Thanks for your concern but I trust the garage implicitly, they are a small garage in the countryside and their charges are very reasonable and I have used them for 20 years with no issues. I wish I had found them earlier as I have been done by a number of garages over the years. Their knowledge is ...

Hi have got a considerable amount of interior trim etc from a GL5 plus a lot of headlights, unfortunately I can't get to them at the moment as they are at the back of the garage with the contents of my loft in front of them! However, this stuff is due to be put back in the loft within the next 2 mon...

Garage told me today the car is ready to collect, starter motor was completely burnt out, plus when new one fitted no fuel was getting through. Stripped out fuel pump and it was completely clogged up with muck etc, when cleaned out she fired up straight away. Collecting her tomorrow and hope to add ...

Hi I wonder whether any one can help as my mechanical knowledge is not very good, in fact it is virtually non-existent. I have a B6 Sport 2005 that I have had since 2008 and except for the usual issues with the injectors and Electronic Parking Brake it has been a very good car. Now at 182,000 miles ...

Reckon you might be right i've never seen a B reg facelift GL5 Karl Hi Karl Thanks for that, if you look at my post for Interior trim you will see a B reg GL5 estate first registered on 1 May 1985, if you are interested I have got a complete bumper for a GL5 plus a lot of other interior parts if it...

It's been in my ownership since it was new so it survived in the original state and not slammed, it was shipped on steel wheels but a few years ago managed to get the alloys from Germany and it will stay like it is as my daughter will take it on when I get to old. Thanks for your kind words Hi GL5, ...

Hi only just seen this and noted my engine number which is JS040001 I was told that this car was one of the first of this model sent to the UK can anyone confirm this as the engine number ends in 1. Thanks for any help.
Robert

Hi I am urgently looking for the parts listed below after a garage done a little welding job for me and instead of unscrewing the panels decided to just pull them out and break them. I would rather replace them otherwise I am going to have to get them plastic welded. The part numbers are as follows;...

Just a warning to members be very careful dealing with this company they supplied a pair of non matching headlights for my mother-in-laws car. They admitted that they do not check items before they leave the warehouse and would not supply a replacement as the headlights were on the car when the mist...

Hi could someone give me some advice on how to change the complete headlight unit on a B6. The current headlights covers are crazed and have become opaque or is there away to bring them back without having to replace the whole unit. From my first look it appears that you have to remove part of the f...

Just flagged up a problem with the remote unlocking the car. The battery was dead in the control and I was unable to unlock the car. According to the manual "The driver's door can be locked and unlocked manually using the spare key in the door lock" "Take the spare key out of the remo...