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Good luck finding a manual! I didn't get a manual for my Discover Pro in my 2019 Passat estate documentation. I have tried at the dealership and they can't find anything regarding manual availability! :roll: I tried an online chat with VW and they couldn't confirm if there was a manual and said to c...

Thanks for the replies guys! :) I can confirm that there is no sensor on the EGR valve to give indication that the EGR has opened. Luckily I managed to talk to a Bosch tech yesterday and he confirmed that it was the MAF that provides indication of EGR operating by the drop in flow through the MAF wh...

As in the title. On a BKP 140ps engine. How is the EGR flow detected? I have an intermittent fault code P0401 'Insufficient Flow' show up and despite checking and cleaning EGR system the error returns. Is there a pressure sensor somewhere that I am missing that may be blocked? If so where is it loca...

The steering lock has been a long standing problem with the B6 models. Just search back through the forum! Prices for repair varied from £300 to £1700 depending on what lock you had fitted. (there is more than one supplier of these!) There was a taxi driver on here that had a fleet of 12 Passats a...

I do about 10 miles to work on a duel carriageway so I have most of the trip waiting for the engine temperature to come up to 'normal' Ambient temperature does have quite an effect on how quickly the engine warms up. If you also have the screen demist on with the fan blowing this will also slow up t...

Just had all four changed today under a recall. I had a bit of a brake problem that it was booked in for and when I arrived they told me about the recall. Had the brakes done and a shiney new set of injectors fitted. I asked what the problem was that caused the recall and it is due to nozzle fouling...

I would suggest that you get the alignment done AND register the problem with VW CS dept. At least then you have raised the concern before the warranty runs out so they would have difficulty in saying that it is not now covered if the problem persists and you want to take it further.

Hi I joined the forum tonight, my 2 year old, 57 plate, tdi 170, developed this fault (red steering wheel light on, coil light on and would not start) on tuesday, the very nice RAC man towed the car to my local dealership as he could not get it started, they rang today to say that it may be an inje...

Right. I have the part number but this is for the steering lock itself! Reading your reply you made yesterday again, makes me think you may be refering to the convienience control module?

Anyhow, the part number of my steering lock is 3C0 905 861 A.

The new lock part number ends with an 'H'

Hmm! I have the old faulty module at work! I'll check to see what part number it has tomorrow and let you know!

Well if it helps, Mine is a '55 plate 'S' model, registered in November that year! Good luck!

reboscar wrote:do any of you guys have a reference number for the latest fix i can quote to him and insist he researches it ?

No But you could always get him to ring Caffyns in Portslade, Brighton and ask them how they fixed the problem? I'm sure they would confirm the fix!! Or book your car in there!!!

Well just thought id let you guys know whats happened to me I've had the problem since about xmas it's probably happened 3 times in total, but this week it got worse. on tuesday night driving home the ignition of the car died for about 3 seconds, then the car kicked back into life, no problems ther...

A bit of a belated update as I have been away for a couple of weeks and didn't get a chance to post beforehand. Anyway..... Following on from may last post, I took my car into my main dealer where I have always had excellent service and descibed the problem. The service manager said "OK, I get ...

Have you tried having it diagnosed at a VAG dealership! I think I would if I was thinking about spending £1800 to replace a turbo! IF the injector fault is pointing towards over fueling, this could potentially cause an over boost situation hence the second fault code. An over boost warning can also...

Guess What????? I suppose it had to happen!!!! :roll: Yes! My steering lock is defective apparently!!! :evil: Went to go out on Friday and put the key into the ignition and Awoooga!!! "Steering lock defective" flashes up on the dash!!! Happened again yesterday. After removing the key and r...

Well when you do ring them back, don't forget to tell them about the guy who owns the taxi firm in Hartfordshire that has 16 of them on his fleet and has had this problem with seven of them so far!!


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as for VW customer care well thats another story......obviously not being very happy about my 4yr old car having this steering column fault i rang vw customer care and stated my case and how unhappy i was about it..they took my details,took vehicle details,asked me about the problem,asked which dea...

-ok thanks to all replies and advise, i found out what the problem is now,after speaking to somebody who works at vw. the problem is the steering lock packs up after a while,the cure was to replace the whole steering columnwhich is about £300 plus vat and it is a 3 hour job,now they have a tool th...

Why are we, as customers prepared to put up with this poo!!! A new steering column and control unit after less than 50k miles is discraceful and obviously a major design flaw!! Have you seen the other posts on forums in the US and as for the guy with a fleet of them and having to have seven...yes! S...

I too had the same problem with the droning, (sounded like a wheel bearing) but not got the tyre wear. The VW agents changed the wheels fitted with a different make of tyres from the service managers Passat to test the theory. Guess what, the noise dissappeared!!! It problem does seem to be connecte...

A13XDB wrote:
This is my second VW, I had an R32 before, I think it will be my last due to the dissregard the support network gives its customers.

If you think VW are bad, try Ford! They will lie to their mothers rather than admit there is a problem!

bit of a strange 1, ive been on the castrol website and it asks you to put ya reg number in so i did and it came up with castrol edge 5w 40??? confused???? Well that's wrong! That oil is for pre 2002 models! If I put my reg in it says I have a sport model.........I don't :roll: and, like you, it al...

You need to use the Castrol Edge 5W-30. This is the latest spec oil, (VW504 00 507 00) recommended by VW. This replaces the older SLX Longlife II 0W-30 (503 00 / 506 00 / 506 01 spec). You can use your 'old' bottle of SLX to top up with so just use it up and then just use the Edge! One of the reason...

Did you find out what caused this problem? It would be a useful bit of info to tell us.