UKPassats

Hi Folks, Any place i can get front and rear bumpers? second hand or new? insurance company has pee'd me off. They want to right off my car and won't let me buy it back! There's minimal damage to the back bumper(reverse sensor broken on one side) and right hand side grill which is part of the front ...

SORTED!! plugged in the VAGCOM and no errors came up so decided to check out the boot lock to see what was going on. It was quite easy opening it up and it just so happened that the solenoid was not working. Opened the solenoid up and applied some WD40 and plugged it back in. WORKS. so am planning t...

Hi Guys, A couple of weeks back, I tried to open the boot and it wouldn't open. It was a routine that I follow every morning. All the doors were unlocked by pressing the 'unlock' button on the keyfob twice but the boot just wouldn't open. Due to the extreme cold conditions we've had here in Kent, I ...

Hi guys, I was on the motorway last night and using cruise control set at 75mph. After a while i could feel like the car speeding up and then slowing down intemittently. Found this unusual as I use cruise control a lot and have never had the problem before. After getting to my destination, car was p...

Doors and seals look ok. on the motorway drving at 70mph, there's no noise and even Engine noise is hard to hear. It's just on open roads when driving at 40-50mph and it's definitely wind noise(as if it's wind passing through the edges between the car and where the door shuts)
weird!

Hi guys,
any of you notice a lot of wind noise whilst driving on open roads at about 40-50 mph?
mine does so just wanted to find out if it's a normal thing or need to check something out.

thanks

Mine's a Dec 99 model. 115 TDi PD and that's got cream leather,heated and elec seats.and they work great.esp now!

don't know about the V6. Mine's a 1.9TDi PD and i get about 530 miles or so before the fuel warning comes up. I think i read somewhere in the manual that once the light comes on, we've got about 8 litres left in reserve. Most i've pushed it to is 575 miles to the full tank. The other thing i've obse...

where's 'motec' located? I'm based in Kent near Canterbury. Anyone know a good place around?
mine's a 1.9 TDi PD 115

For the 1.9 TDI PD

115bhp ---> 140bhp
230lbs/ft----->259lbs/ft

Is this the same improvement you'd get from a £20box?

forget 20p or £20, Bromleys Tuning of Lancashire quoted me £479 for my PD Passat!

I have ASR only then.So do you recommend keeping it on?

Anyone recommend getting their TDI's chipped for better performance and better MPG?
Is the difference noticeable?
What's the best place to get these chips and how do I know which one works and which doesn't. (I've seen some for £500 and some for £50 so not sure what the difference is)

Cheers

So how do I know if my ESP is on?

Hi Guys,

Do most of you drive with the ASR on or off?
Does it make a big difference to your driving, cornering, etc?
and does it affect fuel efficiency in any way?

Ok this is really strange. I just went out to the car and thought i'd check the lights and see which indicator wasn't flashing or which was flashing faster. Guess what?? they all work normall now!! i'm just wondering if water could have an effect on this? coz i washed my car and there is some conden...

Hi guys,

Suddenly this morning, I realised that when i indicate right, the indicator was flashing real fast as compared to the left indicator. Not sure what the problem could be. was working fine all this time.washed the car yesterday so not sure that could have done something.
any ideas?

cheers guys. i tried a few before this and when i drove this, it blew my mind away. had a 1996 toyota celica before this and this is so much more powerful.and comfortable. you wont believe how much i got it for!! just got my timing belt and water pump done with full service!that cost a few bucks!let...

No idea mate. was just sold as 1.9TDi PD Sport 115 SE got it at a great price and drives like a dream.a few squeaks of the leather seats but apart from that all well. confused about the gamma stereo though. I have this kind of equaliser(see pic of radio).and also an ipod dension link but i can only ...

Hi Guys,

Took some pics to share.

madrob6 wrote:Net optic trim would give it away too.

what's "net optic trim" mate?

Hi guys,
anyone know a nice place where i can get decent reverse parking sensors fitted for me? I'm based in Kent in the UK.
how much would it cost approximately?
doesn't look like a difficult job, but am too scared to try it just incase i screw it up!

hey guys, just popped out to the car park at work and checked near the spare wheel for some codes and this is what i found.
Engine code: AJM
and it's got 85kw on the label as well.
plus lots of other numbers..paint code..etc.

So is it a PD? if so, is it a sport model?

Thanks guys,
will try all this later and check it out and keep you posted.
cheers

Hi guys, first post.bought my first passat so am well excited. Just wanted some more information on my particular model. It was sold as a 1.9 Tdi PD 115 Sport. But when i put my registration details in insurance websites, it picks up different models from there. So was not sure how i can know exactl...