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I've been trying to find information about how the auto transmission works on my 2004 GLX V6 B5.5, does anyone have a link to a transmission manual? There is a harsh downshift into first (only occasionally) and because it's not doing it every time i'm starting to wonder what is causing it...

On occasion my 2005 1.8T 4motion TIP will not want to start. Has happened a couple of times right after I fill the tank. Usually it turns and fires right away. The way I have gotten it to start is hold the throttle wide open, hit the key, and it will grudgingly chug to life. If I let the...

Yesterday was day 1 of ownership for a 2000 Passat. 120k miles on the clock and it is a pretty sweet example of a nicely maintained vehicle. With just under 8 hours of ownership it is out of my control now. While you may have thought I sold the car, it merely has passed hands (temporarily) to my...

Hello, I have UK 2007 Passat 1.9TDI Trendline, now living in Spain. I'm experiencing an occasional problem which because it is intermittent I am not having much luck getting the local VW dealer to address. I've searched on these forum but not found any similar problem so far. I wanted to ask...

Every once in a while when I press the accelerator very lightly from a stop, the car will move forward but won't shift into 2nd right away as the RPMs rise. It stays in 1st and feels and sounds like a 4x4 driving in low range. I can feel the engine powering along, but no acceleration. If I...

B5 braintrust, Here is one for ya, we have a B5.5 2002, runs great, blah blah blah. Every once in a while the cars mileage memory and associated gallons, average speed etc, all reset to zero the next day. Is there a battery that needs to be replaced somewhere? My son's car, but I get to...

My car has been parked for a few months now and I decided I want it back on the road, I have the deluxe timing belt waiting here for installation and I have to order new rotors and pads for the front. I started it yesterday and let it run for 15 min and it was smoking quite bad, thought the...

Hi all, I have a passat 1.8t 99 model. recently I have been experiencing some fuel pump relay noise. When the relay clicks, the fuel is cut and car will drop the rpm when normal driving. when in park, it has no problem starting up or rev to high rpm. Fuel pump relay clicking only happens when...

I have a 99 Passat 1.8T AEB, 5spd, Wetterauer 1 bar socketed chip and 60,000 miles on the clock. (Yes, I bought the car new and only drive it about 5k per year). The car starts and runs great, no CELs, no hesitation, smooth stable idle, been using Mobil 1 0w40 and the big Mahle filters...

Lately my 00 v6 sometimes cranks but does not start. It resolves by turning the ignition of and cranking some more, while pressing the accelerator. When it then starts it is kind of reluctant in the beginning. It also smells gas (like its coming from the exhaust) while cranking. Appart from this...

The symptom: when I start the engine, about once out of 3 or 4 times it make a thunk like sound, the engine seems not to do anything for a fraction of a second, and then it turns at around 900rpm, and within another fraction of a second, it goes to the higher RPM is is supposed to start with...

It's a 2001.5 1.8t AWM with about 110,000 miles. This has only happened to me about 4 times. But, it's been 4 times in the last month or so. I figured I should look into it before it leaves me stranded somewhere. I'll start the engine, and it will stall immediately on me. But, it only...

So, I'll do my best to explain this issue. I don't see it as a major problem, but thought someone might shed some light on the source. Occasionally, maybe 1-2 times per drive, I feel/hear the engine or component vibrate for just a few seconds. And then it goes away. This last time it...

1999 Passat V6 Occasionally, I will hear a tick, tick, tick, or thi, thi, thi nosie from the right front side of the car. The noise seems to occur only when the car is in motion and turning to the right around a curve. Any thoughts?

The car has been acting up occasionally in the past two weeks. AEB, 98 1.8T manual with 160K kms Once every day or two, the car will have difficulty starting, almost like a flooded engine. this occurs on a first start after the car sits. Any starts after are fine. I just let it keep trying...

Cold starts are always fine, which leads me to think it might be CTS-related. Sometimes startups just seem sluggish--not like cranking over and over, but like a normal startup with a slight delay before the engine wants to get up to idle (delays a second or two, while sounding like it just...

Two times now my 98 1.8t did not fire right up. The first time I ran into the gas station and then when I came back I had to let the starter crank for a while before the car started. Normally it starts right up. Yesterday I had my second issue, this time I had ran into the grocery store but...

I've just noticed that I get this occasional ticking noise on my 1999 1.8T AEB (112,000 miles). Its a series of four loud clicks/ticks which happens every 10 seconds or so, with a quiet period in between. I'm not exaclty sure where its coming from. Definitely not from the valve over the...

Hi, everybody. So here's the problem I have '02 passat V6 (B5). manual, of course. It's pushing 90k now. Recently I noticed that under some conditions I get misfires in some cylinders. The easiest way to reproduce it is to drive warm car at about 50 mph (1800 rpm in the fifth) and step on the...