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Check coolant light on...

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#1 ·
Checked the collant ...it was low re filled it. drained out..looked at the hoses no cracks and none are broken..any ideas? its is 2003 VW Passat V6
 
#4 ·
You have a leak somewhere. Raise the car, pull the belly pan and look for either a leak or the dried coolant stains. Also remove the engine covers and check under the intake manifold.

Check the carpet under the heat outlets in the footwells.
 
#9 ·
If the leak is going down the front of the oil pan on a V6, it is usually the water pump or the thermostat housing. Make sure it is not the metal pipes to the oil cooler, I've never seem them leak, but they could if they were hit.
 
#10 ·
I have this exact same issue on my car. They pressure checked the car and they could never find it.

The problem was that the cap wasn't tight enough. Thus, the coolant was getting out through the top while you are driving on the road when there is more pressure built than what they use to diagnose it at the dealership.

Check top of the reservoir to see if there is visual evidence around top of the reservoir.