Hey ya'll,
I have searched these forums through and through for answers to a lot of my question, to the point where now I must join and give my story of my Passat. I bought a used 2003 Passat GL 1.8t, FWD, (green) with 119,000 Miles on it for 3,000$. Before I bought it I did all the right things and had a Mechanic look at it and do a Pre Purchase Inspection, (I won't say where I got it done). The Mechanic came back to me with some normal things I new where gonna have to be replaced like the Timing Belt, Spark Plugs, and the front Axels boots where torn so if I wanted to get rid of the clicking noise I had to replace those as well. Everything else he said looked good, transmission, suspension, exe. So I was ok with spending another 1,500-2,000 to have all that stuff done. So a few days later I bought the car, and thats where the trouble started..... After driving the car for about 5 days, coming home on the highway the check engine light came on. I went to AutoZone and diagnostics said it was P0411 the infamous code of the SAPI, so after bringing it to a new mechanic he said the pump needed to be replaced, so now I'm adding that to the list. About 3 days later my transmission went out on the car, it got stuck in 3 gear and wouldn't move, finding out that the mechanic I brought it to for the pre owner inspection didn't know what he was doing and was looking at the power steering fluid under the hood and not the transmission fluid under the car. So I'm in a dispute with them trying to get money back, if I would of the known the transmission fluid was completely back and old I would of never bought the car. So long story short, I went back to the mechanic that told me the pump needed to be replaced and just had everything done at one time, I got all the parts from him except the SAPI which I bought from part geeks, it was a URO part, had good reviews. so after a week of him replacing a new/used transmission with 80,000 miles on it, along with timing belt, SAPI, and axels, I got my car back thinking it was pretty much a good car and shouldn't have any troubles about three weeks now and my SAPI code P0411 came back on with the engine light after spending more money figuring out what it actually is the mechanic told me that the pump shorted itself out and blew the fuse and the relay. now the only questions I have are, does this sound right? Can a part go bad that fast and blow a fuse and a relay and the pump itself? I'm also leaking antifreeze from somewhere that I can't find (looks like under the holding container) but its not enough to make a difference. Again I bought a lemon and now I'm dealing with it, but now I'm gonna do all the work myself. Does anyone have any advise on a new better pump to buy that I won't have to worry about? I couldn't find anything on here relating to this situation of a pump blowing itself out along with the fuse and the relay.
Thank you,
Banjo mike :banghead::banghead:
I do love my Passat though! once this light will go off. Other than that the car is in good shape, new tire, breaks, body looks good, a few minor cosmetic things on the inside nothing to bad though.
I have searched these forums through and through for answers to a lot of my question, to the point where now I must join and give my story of my Passat. I bought a used 2003 Passat GL 1.8t, FWD, (green) with 119,000 Miles on it for 3,000$. Before I bought it I did all the right things and had a Mechanic look at it and do a Pre Purchase Inspection, (I won't say where I got it done). The Mechanic came back to me with some normal things I new where gonna have to be replaced like the Timing Belt, Spark Plugs, and the front Axels boots where torn so if I wanted to get rid of the clicking noise I had to replace those as well. Everything else he said looked good, transmission, suspension, exe. So I was ok with spending another 1,500-2,000 to have all that stuff done. So a few days later I bought the car, and thats where the trouble started..... After driving the car for about 5 days, coming home on the highway the check engine light came on. I went to AutoZone and diagnostics said it was P0411 the infamous code of the SAPI, so after bringing it to a new mechanic he said the pump needed to be replaced, so now I'm adding that to the list. About 3 days later my transmission went out on the car, it got stuck in 3 gear and wouldn't move, finding out that the mechanic I brought it to for the pre owner inspection didn't know what he was doing and was looking at the power steering fluid under the hood and not the transmission fluid under the car. So I'm in a dispute with them trying to get money back, if I would of the known the transmission fluid was completely back and old I would of never bought the car. So long story short, I went back to the mechanic that told me the pump needed to be replaced and just had everything done at one time, I got all the parts from him except the SAPI which I bought from part geeks, it was a URO part, had good reviews. so after a week of him replacing a new/used transmission with 80,000 miles on it, along with timing belt, SAPI, and axels, I got my car back thinking it was pretty much a good car and shouldn't have any troubles about three weeks now and my SAPI code P0411 came back on with the engine light after spending more money figuring out what it actually is the mechanic told me that the pump shorted itself out and blew the fuse and the relay. now the only questions I have are, does this sound right? Can a part go bad that fast and blow a fuse and a relay and the pump itself? I'm also leaking antifreeze from somewhere that I can't find (looks like under the holding container) but its not enough to make a difference. Again I bought a lemon and now I'm dealing with it, but now I'm gonna do all the work myself. Does anyone have any advise on a new better pump to buy that I won't have to worry about? I couldn't find anything on here relating to this situation of a pump blowing itself out along with the fuse and the relay.
Thank you,
Banjo mike :banghead::banghead:
I do love my Passat though! once this light will go off. Other than that the car is in good shape, new tire, breaks, body looks good, a few minor cosmetic things on the inside nothing to bad though.