UGH What a difficult/tricky thing to change IMHO. Bentley and Haynes were pitiful with their instructions. Besides the difficulty getting to the pedal end, twisting that end and slipping it in the pedal's hole is tricky. Anyone else have trouble with changing one? later, dave

my car alarm that goes off then u leave the door open and the car is shut off will not go off. when u first start the car it goes off an usually turns off but now its staying on constantly. its the germen police alarm.. is there anyway that i can just disconnect the alarm or reset it? i need to...

Hi group: My wife's 2000 New Beetle GS has the lights out in the heating-air conditioning module on the dash board. During night driving, without the lights, it's very difficult to see the three (3) controls below the radio. I looked in the Chilton and Haynes repair manuals for the car and...

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OK yesterday was a really cold day here. I started my car no problem...and drove off..made it on the highway and my gas pedal was stuck to the floor. couldn't slow down..got scared put it in neutral for a split second and car revved right up so jammed it back in gear ASAP. and then had to...

Symptoms: When left overnight engine off, followed by cool/cold weather the following morning: The engine starts right away as it should. But, it chugs and sputters, if you will, until the cold start cycle is complete some 30 seconds or more later. Then runs fine. Did the drip test on the...

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Hi Drivers - The Serpentine belt on my B4 Passat VR6 (AAA engine) broke the other day, causing me to lose power steering and alternator. I coaxed the car on battery down the road a quarter mile to the next parking lot where the engine finally died. The battery was completely dead. I pushed the...

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of an owners manual for a 91 jetta diesel?

I have a 1984 GTI Rabbit, the front struts are blown out and the drivers side inner tire rod has lots of play. So I am going to replace the entire tie rod assembly and both struts. My questions is the order of the work. Should I replace the struts then do the tie rod, or do the tie rod while...

Car, 1987 Scirocco 16V. 233,700 miles. Location, Eastern Massachusetts. Time: Yesterday afternoon during tail end of snow/rain/freezing rain. Around 30 degrees F out. I've had this very occasional problem for a few weeks where it would loose power for a second or so. Then it progressed to...

I installed a new main fuel filter in the same direction as the previous one, although it seems to contradict my Bentley. The Bentley wants the fuel going towards the tank. I've got mine going towards the front of the car. the car ran fine for a few days but I got starvation symptoms again, and no...

90 Golf 1.8 8v 130,000 miles: Lately the car has been stalling at intersections very intermittently (maybe twice a week- though it is increasing in frequency). I've recently done a backyard tune-up: plugs, cap, rotor, air filter, fuel filter. Any suggestions?

One of the washer nozzles on my wife's 97 Cabrio died. I looked around online and saw them everywhere for $36 ea- but they weren't listed on the germanautoparts.com site & I like dealing with them because they usually have great prices- and they're local so in a pinch I can run and pick things...

I am hoping someone may have some insight into a problem which has driven me crazy. My sister has a 98 Golf 2.0 Automatic w/ 75,000 miles. She had a check engine light on for a few months and ignored until inspection time. I scanned it and found the following codes: 3 Faults Found: 16515 - Oxygen...

Dealer told me that these latches/locks are obsolete and he only found 2 in North America. Costs $180+ also. Does anyone have a good one that they can ship to Chicago? Are these locks that different on the later models? BTW it has the Central locking system with alarm and the car was...

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a used '02 Passat w/ 108k miles on a 1.8T engine where the timing belt broke on the freeway. I understand that there is a chance -- however small -- that the whole engine may need to be replaced. I'd like to be prepared for the worst-case-scenario. How much would that...

What do I have to do to convert my 1985 Passat to unleaded now that LRP is finally disappearing from all but a few outlets in the UK? Any and all advice would be welcome. Thanks. -- RD Message posted via http://www.carkb.com

Howdy, I have no questions, but wanted to toss this info out into the ether as googlefood in hopes that it helps someone. The wife's lately-seldom-driven '98 New Beetle was throwing these check engine codes: p1582 idle adaption at limit p1128 long term fuel trim sys too lean.