First of all I want to clarify a few things with VW cars. 1) If your gas cap is not on all the way, your CEL will not come on. The gas cap indicator light is a different light, trust me you will know it. At least that is how it is on mine. It actually said check gas cap. 2) If your CEL is on...

In the 5 years I've had with atia (B5 v6 5spd) I feel like if it is possible for it to break, it has, twice. I'm wondering if there are other common failures someone has had that this car hasn't. I feel like I should get a prize for having a passat that ALL common failures were shown. This...

Hi all. I need to vent a little and find out where to get the rear passenger side tail light assembly for my 2002 Wagon. The wife just backed the Passat into my 81 Fiat Spider. :banghead::mad: Not only does she screw up one, but 2 at one time. I'm steaming! Thanks. I feel a tad better. G.

Hey all, just joined the site as we picked up our second Passat back in June. We had a 1995 years ago. We have a 2005 Passat 1.8 T 4motion wagon. We are currently on the way back home ftom vacation. Don't worry she is driving lol. We started having that fuel smell after fill ups that would...

I don't know what it was but it seems like every time I touch my Passat something either doesn't fit right or something gets damaged. well not all the time.. but I'm a little frustrated and disapointed. 1st off I realized after the fact that I was stupidly going off of very sub par youtube...

Did my first official mod on our family's new ride, 2003 GLX Wagon V6. I installed a fleabay short shifter. Everything came apart just fine and the kit pieces went together fairly smoothly. Putting the unit back into the shift tunnel proved to be a bit of a chore, especially getting the front...

Hello Everyone, I know this description might be a little bit short, but I honestly have no way to describe it. I have noticed lately that when I shift my car to another gear at medium to high boost (sorry, I haven't installed my boost gauge yet, NewSouth Performance is investigating where it...

I have my bike setup to vent to atmosphere with a hose dumping to the ground for simplicity. I'd like to do the same on my Passat. Will this work fine? Will it be detrimental to my engines health or will I loose 3 hp?

I saw on the ECS website the other day that they sell a revised oil cap that vents excess crankcase pressure. Other than the obvious negative of dumping gases straight into the atmosphere, is this a good solution to many of our PCV system woes..?? To me, clogged PCV system is also leaking the...

Apologies for my double entendre, by my fuel cap or evaporative systems seems to be having serious issues. The car: 06 Passat 2.0T under pre-loved warrantee. Here's the timeline. A month or so ago, I got a "check fuel cap" light. I pulled over, checked my cap, and it was fine. I...

Can I start by saying I love my car. It is beautiful, it runs great (When it runs) and it never fails to impress. Recently I replaced my timing belt, which was a major success. A week later my idle dropped to a rough stamper. And then I started smelling fuel... "No problem" I think. Right? I...

I've got big turbo software and the MAF is disabled so that eliminates one headache. But when I ran with the DV vented to atmosphere I got the infamous goose honking noise and I'm not sure why. Can someone explain? It was a stock DV. And it sounds fine when I vent it back to the intake, just the...

I've read the threads on battery replacement and it seems simple enough but in looking at replacement batteries formy 2002 Passat the descriptions say battery is vented to outside. I didn't see any steps regarding venting the battery. How is this accomplished?:confused:

Well this was my first and last time trying to redo door cards. I figured that I would start with the rear and see how it went, well the rear cards came out very easy. I cleaned up my first card and began. Sprayed the glue on the card and the fabric wait for it to tack up and went at it pulling...

This is long, but well I am ranting, and it's a long story, so I appologize in advance.. Ok, new to these boards, but when I have an experience like I had with a company I share it with others, as that is the only way that seems to make any difference anymore.. get enough people knowing about...

I am not sure if anyone else has this problem........while driving, outta nowhere no matter of it's A/c or just normal air..... the vents start to lose their "power"..... the air stops coming out as strong and there is a whistling wind noise coming from the top of the dash nearer the windsheild...

Tuesday I had to take my car into VW for a broken vac hose and a loose bolt that cost $300:banghead: . Wednesday was my B-day (no gifts/party):( Thursday I finally got to put my 19''s on after a year only to find out that my CV was busted.:Yikes: Friday my other CV busted! (whats the chances of...