HI All, So I've got the fever for a new VW TDI. I went and test drove one saturday, it was really cool. The salesman tried to demo the sunroof, and said "the fuse must be blown". I went back today (wednesday), and the roof actuator motor was laying in the front seat. Fuse panel was pulled off...

ok. I am a stumped by a 2005 jetta ignition. The key will not enter the cylinder. There is a slide visible in the keyway, usually this is the switch for the "key is in the ignition" chime. The slide appears to be getting stuck. I can't imagine this is the first time this has happened. Before I...

ok. I am a stumped by a 2005 jetta ignition. The key will not enter the cylinder. There is a slide visible in the keyway, usually this is the switch for the "key is in the ignition" chime. The slide appears to be getting stuck. I can't imagine this is the first time this has happened. Before I...

Hello All, My remote key for my 2005 Golf just died suddenly... kind of. The "Lock" and "Unlock Trunk" button still work but the "Unlock Doors" doesn't work. The manual states something about synchronization being lost. But I tried the re-programming steps mentioned in the manual with no success.

Thinking about buying a midrange cd player/headunit to replace the factory radio in my '06 Jetta; something that'll play cds and also have a front panel aux jack to hook my ipod into. I only have one question: I was checking Crutchfield for info, and it mentioned something about having to buy a...

i drove the new pasat 6 cylinder today. it is all i expected and about 30% more! the power coming to the wheels on this vehicle is awsome. how about chirping the tires when it shifts out of 2nd into 3rd! full automatic mode and the a/c on.....no hint of torque steer....quiet and no loss of...

I just got a new Jetta and when it is 39 degrees outside it dings and shows a little snow flake on the display. Is this just the car telling me that it is cold outside? I've looked through the manuals and found nothing. Thanks, Jim

I've got a '77 Rabbit, and the fuel pump relay is mounted on the top of the fuse box, which has wires extended from the center of the fuse box (where the fuel pump relay would usually go). I found not find this documented in the Bentley manual (for those years), nor in any other place. I've...

Hello, I am looking for info on my wife's '78 Rabbit. She needs a new brake master cylinder and I am not sure which one to get. The original master cylinder died and was replaced by a family friend years ago and nobody knows if it was the correct replacement part. Of course, the original master...

I have had some various funky issues occur with my headlights over many years. The most recent iteration led me to checking the relay plate under the dash. In low beam, one headlight would be on, the other off. High beams were ok. In the relay plate, according to the Bentley factory manual,...

This car has left me stranded so many times I'm terrified to even take it out on the road. Basically what happens is I'm driving along and all of the sudden the instrument gauges take a nosedive. Within minutes the car's battery is completely dead. If I get a jump, it starts up and the charging...

Hello. This happened suddenly, stopped briefly, then started again: Engine starts but idles (barely) extremely rough. Give it a little throttle and it runs terribly rough, with backfires, until rpms are coaxed above 2800 or so, then it runs smooth. Ambient temp is 100F and humid, but engine is...

Facts: 1981 rabbit, 1.7L, FI, 4sp, w/a/c, manual steering. Westmoreland PA built. Tie rods OK. For the past 5000 miles or so it appeared that when rounding a curve at 30-40 mph in a right hand turn that the steering would "stick" or "bind" at a point and then come back, almost as if the steering...

Second time this (up-down) off-1-2-3 blower switch has failed. The replacement for this switch has now been "discontinued." What to Fix It With(?) Original switch has 5-tabs on the rear, and was made by Indak of Chicago. The car still runs great, gets teriffic mileage. :-) tnx rich

My '82 Diesel (I don't think that it will matter) has a burned out light that illuminates the speedometer portion of the instrument cluster. The parts guy at H&L Mueller here in Calgary seems to think that one needs to remove the cluster to make the change. Bently says that you can get at it...

The idle screw on my '83 Rabbit GTI 1.8 8v has fallen out. Does anyone know the size of the idle screw so I can pick up a replacement one.

Just bought an '83 Vanagon - Gas, watercooled, 4-speed, 220 K miles, $1,200. Needs a waterpump ($80 plus 2-1/2 hrs) but aside from that, it appears to need only the normal nickel-and-dime items that one would expect on any 20+ year old vehicle. I'm experienced with Golfs, Jettas, old Dashers and...

In warm weather or whenever the engine is already warm - it starts right away and runs excellent. In cold weather (below about 40 degrees F) it is hard to start. After about 6 trys it will start. What is the most probably cause - cold start valve, aux air regulator, thermo-time switch or...

we just finished replacing the header gasket on my '84 diesel rabbit. it started right up and it seems to run OK. there's a little white smoke and it runs a little bit rough for the first few minutes after it starts up, but it's orders-of-magnitude better than it was before. periodically though,...

I recently started popping "radio" fuses on my '84 GTI. There is a short somewere in the line, and I'm having a little trouble finding it. The devices that I can see that are affected by this a - Tach/Fuel Gauge/Temp Gauge/LEDs in the main instrument cluster - Radio - 3-gauge cluster near...