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Better as in stiffer? The thing is a few times now on the bumpys I have felt the front of the car bottom out, like its too soft, the dampers feel Ok when pushing down on the front, they feel very stiff, I will check the other side tomorrow, Im wondering if both springs are broken .

I dont want to lower the car, not on those bumpy roads, id rip the sump out of it. Its a school run car so it really needs to be right.

Have any of you guys ever fitted after market springs to a passat? What worries me is if VW have so finely tuned different springs to the different varients of Passat any after market spring would never be a good match. Saying that the car does do eighty odd miles a day over country lanes so perhaps...

Thanks guys, VW want 107 quid for a spring, thats a bit much but if I go aftermarket I need two so the cost will be the same, and I might not get springs that are as good a match for the car as genuine. Does anyone know the OEM for VW speings?

Apparently VW have lots of spring options for these cars, even the autos had a different spring spec from what I am reading. I might have to give VW a call tomorrow and see whats what.

Thanks buddy, are the springs handed?

Just a bog standard Passat I think.

2L TDI Cr 2008 estate Highline. Its not a sport or anything like that, its 140 hp.

Cool, I will try that.

Ooops, photo didn't upload, its got Orange, Green and Yellow dots?

I'm pretty sure its a new set of springs I need! Anyone got some part numbers for these springs?

I tried that and they couldn't tell me.

Front near side, one day everything is fine, the next when I go over a bump there is a creaking/knocking noise, It defo sounds like a broken spring. Car drives normally, slight pull to nearside but only very slight, doesn't look to be listing to one side. I wont get a chance to see whats going on un...

Sussed it, the middle button works if you hold it down for a few seconds! It works with the central locking, so its looking like a switch issue then?

Those engine cleaning things, dont buy into it, a good blast on the motorway would suffice. I get 50 odd on the windy roads and 60 odd on the motorway out of my cr engine, I do drive like a granny though, its a Passat after all so I drive it like a Passat.

So it works when unlocking the car normally, or locking it with the fob, middle button on fob doesnt work and switch doesnt work, that cant be a mechanical fault can it?

Interior and side lights, could this be the belt or tensioner sticking? Idle doesnt change.

I just checked the middle button, that doesnt work either, it wont unlock the tailgate.

Or the lock sensor wiring connector on the boot or tailgate lock itself is rotted out as can happen, in which case the car doesnt have a clue what state the lock is in. however this usually also brings alarm and general locking issues too. Would a scanner have picked this up? VW gave the can a heal...

That button should only open central locking on the tailgate - nothing else. Which then allows you to open the tailgate with switch on the tailgate while rest of the car remains locked. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk But to open the tailgate with the button you must first get into the car which...

Yes, it does lock itself when I pull away, It just doesn't unlock itself when I stop, which makes sense I suppose as I may be stationary in traffic. The button doesn't unlock or open the boot, is it a faulty button? I cant see any other reason why you would want to unlock the boot from inside the ca...

If I pull up in my car , leave the keys in the ignition, the tailgate remains locked until I remove the keys, also pressing the button in the door does nothing, any ideas?

When you lock the car with the remote, is it supposed to make a sound? My flashers flash but no sound.