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Update on my steering malfunction message. Since the steering lock module was changed by the dealer for £283:00 the fault has not re-appeared. A word of warning however as I self diagnosed the fault, so saving a minimum £60 charge for a diagnostic check, I was warned if this does not fix the fault ...

touch wood, since my attempts to clean the valve by spraying in brake cleaner the fault light has not re-appeared.

After car sits overnight this message appears as a text warning with no warning light on the dash. Could this be a sign of a failing battery. I have had the car checked out by auto spark with all the fancy Snap-on vw software. Only one message of Low volts 11.8V, the car starts perfectly every ...

Well well who would have thought it. latest this morning is "ABS/ESP" fault message, but with no warning symbol on the dashboard just the message in words between the two main dials. I have the feeling it might be low battery volts. Not low enough to start the car though. I suspect a low battery as ...

Unit changed today at a cost of £283:00. Still early days. Effectively 2 hr job. Inspection of the car looks exactly the same as before so there can't be much to remove when they remove the steering column. Unless they have done nothing :-) Time will tell, but as you say it should last as long as ...

I took the car to the VW dealer today for them to replace the steering lock module. I will get it back tomorrow. I will let you know how I got on.

They are not admitting it is a recall fault as it is in America. VW are saying they depend on dealers to report a more than average calls on the fault before they raise the issue with VW. So if we dont call it in they will do nothing. When I mentioned American recall I was told thats America VW ...

Since last reply. I phoned up VW and mentioned my intermittent "steering lock malfunction" and without me saying I was asked is it a Passat!. If the fault is the steering lock module the cost including VAT for part is £85.52 and two hours to fit including re-coding at an hourly rate of £82.50/hr ...

Thanks for the reply. My car has the key slot on the dashboard, is this what you mean by IGN barrel. I have scanned for faults using the OBDII port but nothing showing. The fault does seem intermittent, driving me crazy.

Noting you mention VW saying a limited number of cases, do you know if they are they prepared to do anything about it when you have owned the car since new and it is now out of warranty.

Has anyone experienced an occurrence of the red steering lock malfunction light coming on first thing in the morning after the car has been parked overnight. Mine came on then after several goes at removing the key and replacing it the light went out. On one occasion it held on till I next parked ...

I have used brake cleaner in aerosol form after scraping off the easier removed carbon using a scraper made from an old screwdriver.
No one has yet answered whether they have removed the EGR valve from the plastic type inlet manifold. Perhaps the car is not that common among forum users yet. My ...

cheers, I will try and get that done. One question, does blanking it out does it effect gas reading when they put it on the machine for the MOT. Although my engine is one that has the VW dodgy software and I am waiting for a date to take it in to be reloaded with new software.

Can you blank this model. I was told that with an electrical EGR you cannot blank. Have I had wrong advice.

The car is a B6 2010 with 61K miles I have had the EGR replaced under warranty at approximately 30K miles. First sign is the yellow engine symbol is displayed. It is now happening again and car is well out of warranty. What I have been doing is removing the exhaust pipe which connects to the inlet ...

Hi, has anyone cleaned the EGR valve on the 110BHP TDI. How do you you get access to the rear bolt holding the EGR to the plastic inlet manifold.