I have a 2003 1.8T wagon with 115k miles and I'm hearing an intermittent popcorn type sound from the front passenger side. If I drive for a while then I'll sometimes hear it at low speeds like 20mph. It is a very low muffled sound but if I put my foot on the brake pedal I can feel it. The...

I managed to get a P0411 code that had an obvious cause after inspecting my vacuum hoses. (Hopefully it won't have a secondary cause, but it was ok until I was messing around with a speedwrench to remove the top flange nut. Apparently trashed the little vacuum elbow on the combi valves.) So I...

Hi. Long time reader, first time poster. Background: I have a 2004 VW Passat B 5.5 AWM 4cyl with 177k miles. Car runs very well, very smooth idle, slight power loss going uphill, typically in the winter. I recently had brake pads + rotors replaced (fall of 2018) and more recently had a set of 4...

My 02 1.8T has started stumbling occasionally while driving. Just a tiny second of rough running once or twice a day. Other than that, the car is running great. It doesn't always illuminate the CEL. First time I scanned the computer I got a P0011, and the next time a P0012. First scan...

I have an 2003 passat v6 stick, 214k miles. Need a little help, I've begun following this guide https://www.passatworld.com/forums/b5-information-base/382921-diy-not-cranking-comprehensive-diagnostics.html @tomvw Today is Tues and this began on Sat AM after letting my son practice driving a...

Can anybody help me try to figure out what is triggering intermittent p119a (g247) and p0221 (g188) faults that keep showing up on my tsi with ccta? Up until yesterday these faults were the lone ones showing up, but then I got am epc engine workshop alert and it went into limp. The vw tech just...

My recently-acquired (last Feb.) '05 4Motion Wagon with AWM engine and Tiptronic (B5 #5 for me) recently began suffering from symptoms I've seen described here quite a few times: the starter would intermittently fail to energize. The solenoid would click, but it would not move far enough to...

Hope someone can help. For the last couple weeks, I've had the ABS and brake warning lights flash momentarily on the instrument cluster - along with the beeps. I don't have VCSD, but my XTools error code says " Electrical connection between ABS and instrument cluster sporadic. No signal". I've...

Hi yall, I took my passat on a trip to philly this weekend which is about 3-4 hrs from me. When driving on the highway the coolant temp stayed right at 190 like it should but when we would go up a hill sometimes it would start to climb with the RPMS up higher. When you let off it cools down...

04 1.8t Stable at idle, overheating while driving. Replaced thermostat and temp sensor. Been running fine for a month. Started overheating again yesterday. Today, it was stable for a few miles, but now overheating again, even at idle now. Only thing can figure, is that the plastic impeller is...

Newb here, please feel free to move this if it would be better somewhere else. Does anyone know what this sound is and if the component could contribute to a failure to start? Secondary air injector pump? Not sure if this model even has one. The closest thing I would use to describe this...

This is on a 2003 Passat with the 2.8l (ATQ?) engine. It doesn’t have climate control. The primary symptom is the air is alternately blowing hot and cold. I haven’t seen the electric fan on the passenger side spin. I’m guessing that’s what the Bentley refers to as the “coolant fan”. Assuming...

I live in Arizona, so in the summer temperatures reach 100+ consistently. After I've been driving, my 1999 V6 passat FWD (140,000 miles), for 30+ minutes through the extreme heat my car will start to hesitate when I accelerate. Right at about the 3000 rpm mark the engine will stutter but recover...

Hi There, I am getting a ticking sound that happens for the first 10 minutes or so while the car is warmingup. It only happens at idle. It is not in sync with engine RPMs its like a loud tapping sound but happens randomly. It sounds as if it is coming from the front of the engine. Any thoughts...

I have a 2007 Passat 103 Tdi with 6-speed DSG and have been considering replacing it but the wife and I like it so much that it is likely we will replace it with another Passat. I would consider keeping it though if I could solve an issue that has been intermittent for the past three years. It...

Been dealing with my son's Passat low oil pressure issues for several years now. It all started with an exploding CCT that shredded the valve cover. New CCT, new valve cover, pulled oil pan and cleaned pickup and replaced oil pump and installed oil pressure gauge to monitor pressure which was...

Hi guys Car is a 1999 B5 Sedan 1.8T (built '98 if that makes a difference) In the past month, I've noticed I have to hit the unlock button a few times on my fob for the car to unlock (thought this was just the fob battery dying). A couple days ago I go to unlock the car, and my fob is dead. I...

Hello, I am having a problem for the last 2 weeks with my 2009 Passat Bluemotion model 2.0 TDI wherein I am hearing an intermittent whistling sound after about 20-30 minutes of driving. It does not occur when car is stationary buts just while in motion and not dependent on any speed or gear...

So my dear friends at Passat World, I have come to my wits end trying to figure out what exactly is going on with my W8 Passat. I pulled the door apart a few weeks ago for 2 reasons, the locking mechanism wouldn't function 100%, and my window regulator was shot. Upon replacing both (with...