UKPassats

Hi all Hoping you can give me the benefit of your expertise. I have a 64 reg B8 2L DSG BlueMotion passat and generally love it. Since June last year I've had numerous problems with the cooling system. In order Overheats out of the blue and stop driving light comes on. Fair enough. Leave to cool for ...

RE my earlier post with the same issues as Lovewomble..... ....so took the car in to local VW dealer on Thursday at 8am. Carefully explained the issue and the info from Lovewomble describing the fix for exactly the same issues (see original post on this thread). The answer from the garage was "...

Lovewomble - having exactly the same problems with my DSG 190 that's done 35k. Coil light flashing, limp mode, auto on/off not working info on screen and ACC yellow warning light appears too. Going in next Thursday as away until then. Will post update on here but useful to know what the garage found...

I started a similar thread about this about 6 months ago - conti 18" fronts down to 3mm after 10K of which 5K was my mileage. Just changed to Goodyears and put them on the back and moved the original back conti's to the front (6mm left) as recommended on that thread. Had the same poor wear on m...

Yep, that's what I assume too Max Never used the mode button tho, if I want to move to sports mode I do via the gear stick. But that may just change only the gearing ratio not the suspension etc. too. Anyway, in to VW week today so see what happens and will post an update. Since the software reset/r...

Sorry not updating this thread sooner ! So basically, the VW garage (after cocking up a few things on the day!!) reset and updated all the software which seems to have stopped the problem. They did say that there was a long list of errors stored in the memory, which I thought was pretty obvious as I...

Hi Max H Thanks for the reply. I don't think it's that as had the car just over a year and it's only just stared doing it. I know what you mean when all the warning lights come on at start up, but this can happen a few seconds after that or sometimes as just driving along. Also, the driving mode lig...

....when start up, then disappears, within a few secs. Not every time but mostly. Get both the yellow skidding car warning on the dash and the warnings on the LCD screen in the middle of dash. Anyone seen this before? Car in on Friday 15th Oct to be looked at but interested to know what you guys thi...

Exactly Malachy - hence why I know it's not (yet!) the emissions thing. Seems no one knows, just the lack of willingness of the dealership to expand on their "it's just a software upgrade" peaked my interest. But if anyone finds out more when they come to have their first service I'll be i...

Hi Posted about this in the Infotainment thread but thought would ask more widely... Just had 10K service on my B8 190 TDI and had to have a software upgrade which, according to the paperwork from the dealer, was called 9IM7. Anyone know what this update does, fixes, improves? All dealer would say i...

Thanks a lot guys, useful and helpful info. I was thinking of swapping the rears to the front and putting the new ones on the rear. I've got a couple of K Miles left on the fronts so a few months before they required to be changed so I'll have a browse round the sites you've mentioned and blackcircl...

Thanks for the replies. From what you guys say it does seem the continentals don't have much longevity. Perhaps it's a brand change when they finally wear out. Any thoughts on mixing brands on front and rear? IE keeping the Continentals on the rear (6mm presently) and Goodyear or Mitch on the front?...

Hi all Just had first service (10K miles) on my Jan 15 reg B8 TDI 2.0 190 that has done 10042 miles at the service. Dealer told me front tyres (continental 19") were both already down to 3mm with even wear. This sounds really poor wear to me and at this rate I'll be replacing both tyres after j...

Hi Have a Jan 15 Registered B8 GTI 190. Not exactly the same infotainment issues but a couple of times the touch screen stops working and you can not change any of the setting so you're stuck in the last used mode. IE radio. even if you try using voice control. Had first service yesterday and dealer...

Not sure, I'll check it and let you know.

Thanks for the reply

Quick update - mandate came through for completion and sending back at exactly the same time the DD appeared on my account as waiting for payment during July. Based on this, all now seems OK, but the guy first spoke to at VW finance seemed to do nothing. Maybe his first day? re the car - first longi...

Similar issue with Samsung S4. Can't recall exactly what the error message said but no connection.

Do I need to download something on to the phone first?

Hi all First post, so be gentle :) Have my first VW Passat after being a long term (13 years) Ford Mondeo owner (don't laugh). I have a new b8 (I think you guys refer to it as) GT 190 and absolutely love it. Amazing deal as ex demo too but that's another story! Anyway, amongst all the other stuff th...