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Volkswagen Passat 2005 and earlier

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#8264 of 8275 Re: pcv for vw passat 2000 v6 [altair4] by bindhu

Sep 17, 2010 (7:24 am)

Replying to: altair4 (Sep 17, 2010 7:11 am)
Hi Altair4,
Thank you for your answer, the car has about 80000 miles, is in good shape overall, has been well maintained, the valve cover gasket has been changed 4 times, the cam adjuster seals 2 times, t was under warranty until august, vwofa tells me that the repairs done at the dealership are guaranteed 12 months 12000 miles, so i should get the leaks fixed under the nex warranty. I am going to look into the pcv system. Thanks

#8265 of 8275 Re: pcv for vw passat 2000 v6 [altair4] by bindhu

Nov 07, 2010 (9:24 am)

Replying to: altair4 (Sep 17, 2010 7:11 am)
Hello Altair,
the dealership ended changing the breather and charged me only for the parts. about 140 $. Seems to have reduced the leaks. At least for now. But then the car developped some quirky problems, sometimes you turn it off and the lights stay on the dash board, you can only get them out by pressing the brake pedal, then the lights come again and you can't lock the doors with the remote unless you get back into the car and press the brake pedal again. Another thing that happens is when you switch off the ignition the engine sometimes keep running. Does it need to be reprogrammed? thanks

#8266 of 8275 Re: pcv for vw passat 2000 v6 [bindhu] by altair4

Nov 08, 2010 (4:12 pm)

Replying to: bindhu (Nov 07, 2010 9:24 am)
Wow. Okay, that's a new one. I've never experienced or heard or read about a set of symptoms like you've described. If Edmunds had a "shrug" emoticon, I'd insert it here.

#8267 of 8275 puzzled too by bindhu

Nov 10, 2010 (10:19 pm)

Yes it is kind of strange, i will lt you know if somebody comes up with ananswer, thanks for responding
john

#8268 of 8275 VW Passat, 05 by rosie11

Jan 11, 2011 (11:28 am)

When I turn off the car, having driven maybe half an hour or so with the heater on, I sometimes get a suspicious 'something's overheating' smell! Everything works fine but I'm wondering what it could be? And what is a 'heater core". I've 78,000 miles on this Passat and wondering what kind of problems I should be looking forward to?

#8269 of 8275 4motion tire replacement by morey000

Jun 22, 2011 (6:53 am)

I've got an '02 Passat 4motion with one bad tire. do I need to replace all 4? Will it stress the AWD system to have one tire new and the other 3 with 1/4" of tread left?

#8270 of 8275 Re: 4motion tire replacement [morey000] by morey000

Jun 22, 2011 (7:02 am)

Replying to: morey000 (Jun 22, 2011 6:53 am)
Never mind. Read some other forums. Looks like for this AWD setup (Torsen differential), you just need to replace them in pairs- rather than all 4. OK- that saved some coin.

#8271 of 8275 Passat TDI by rselden

Aug 15, 2011 (1:35 pm)

My '04 Passat tdi wagon has about 100,000 miles on it. It was not running well and had poor compression, so I had the head taken off. The valve lifters and cam lobes are worn badly, and I'm told the head needs to be rebuilt at a cost $4300 (not by a dealer)! This is not what I expected with a diesel! The machinist said he had heard stories of some early Passat diesels having such wear problems.
 
VW has said they are not offering any consideration for the problem.
 
Anyone else out there who has had the problem or heard about them?

#8272 of 8275 2005 passat 1.8T air filter change by jimbo92

Aug 15, 2011 (5:30 pm)

I would like to know how to change the air filter on my daughter's 2005 passat 1.8T.I am completely lost at words at all the stuff thats hooked up on the cover.Genius engineering.

#8273 of 8275 Passat 2002 - Loss of Power Issues by bkoto333

Oct 11, 2011 (10:14 am)

My wife's Passat has been giving her the following issues. It has happened twice on the highway. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance:
Driving down the road and all of a sudden the EPS light and warning triangle w/ arrow circle around it (anti slip regulation) light came on and the car had loss of power.

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