Just read this post....basically it means your O2 sensor (oxygen sensor) is bad before the cat, because your 1996 you are OBDII (which means 2 oxygen sensors, pre cat/after cat) Its an easy fix, cost about $70-$100 for O2 sensor from autozone and takes about 5-10 mins to replace it. check out...

My son has been having problems with a 96 Jetta, 2.0L, 5M - check engine light. Local garage scanned code, misfire on cyl #1. They changed the usual electrical stuff: plugs, cap, rotor, wires. He took it out on the road, and its doing the same thing. He says its usually happening...

My Golf have been giving me this trouble for some time. While driving the Speedo will drop to 0km/h. The part that worries me is I hear a relay click and a slight drop in power when this happens. I'm concerned that it may be doing harm to my engine. Any ideas on what this relay could...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone had had a similar problem or can help. I am finding that my 97 Golf is stalling (in any gear/speed) after it has been turned off for a short peroid of time following an extended driving time (at least half an hour). it will run for several hundred meters and...

I'm the proud new owner of a very used GLX V6. After getting the car home and looking at things closer I found that the 3rd brake light does not work. The light fixture is fine but I'm getting no power from the wire so was wanting to troubleshoot that. Does anyone know where I might find the...

I have a 97 Jetta GLS. Recently, while trying to use the cigarette lighter for the first time I noticed a piece of paper shoved up in there. My husband stuck his key in there trying to get it out, and something arched and shocked him. Ever since then, the truck release latch wont work, the...

I bought my car used and it didn't come w/ the owner's manual for the vehicle. It came w/ a clifford keyless entry system that I was told was factory. I would first of all like to know if anyone knows if this is indeed true. If it is I would also like to know how the darn thing works. It only has 3...

Howdy, MY '97 Jetta TDI is about to turn 140,000 (mostly highway) miles on its original clutch. It has no problems except that it sometimes balks at going into 1st gear from a stop. Here is what I know: 1. It goes easier if you slide into 2nd then 1st, or occasionally into 2nd, then try 1st,...

.....My '97 Passat heater core ruptured today.I've never seen anything like this before and I drove rusty rat Chevy's back in the '70's. Even though this is now an 8 year old car,is this something that I should bitch to VW about????? I'd appreciate any feedback.Thanks!

Yesterday,I bought a '97 Passat TDI with 224K on the odometer for the princely sum of $3250.00. At that price,I figured that I should jump on that deal and so I did.The car started up immediately,and ran strong.(Some black smoke on brisk acceleration though)The next morning I started the car with...

FYI, Thanks to some suggestions from the group, I tracked down the cause of my leak. The gasket under the right side rear tail light assembly was the culprit. Turns out the nuts holding the thing on weren't very tight either, but I'm replacing left and right side gaskets as soon as they come in...

The short rubber hose that connects between the PCV valve and the tube leading down to the crank case had collapsed and split, leaving the car stinking of oil, so I replaced it today. I was mostly focused on replacing the hose, but looked inside the PCV valve full of yellow colored goo, like what...

Getting rather wet in the hatch area of my car lately. I haven't really tried tracking it down yet, but I'm hoping others may have had some experience with this issue. No collision damage to the car. Rear glass is original. The hatch gasket seems to be intact and in good shape. ...

Well, this car (the one that stranded me in the blizzard last week) also has a problem where it pops out of reverse. In addition, second gear is a bit balky. I think this is why the last owner traded it in. A quick Google showed me that these trannys are famous for these problems. I hear it's...

My step daughter's '98 Jetta failed to start after a short trip of a few blocks. I had her dad help troubleshoot and he just about started an electrical fire. I bought a scanner and got "Link Error". I ran the battery down putzing with it and put it on a charger. Came back a couple days later...

I washed my engine at the car wash yesterday.. Wouldn't start fo 20 minutes. When I got it started kept car running for ten minutes,started to drive home. Died on the steet. Let sit ten minutes, started ,and ran fine .Made it about half a mile. Died again So I just had AAA tow it home. Got up this...

I'm hoping someone could help me... My 1999 Jetta GL (A4) signals stopped working a couple of days ago. I have been have issues with the hazard lights not working for a couple years now and when trying to activate the hazards lights it will sometimes kill my regular turn signals. Turning the...

My seventeen year-old daughter has a 1999 Jetta. Every time she tries to unlock the car the alarm goes off. She's begun to leave the car unlocked at night. (Not a good thing to do in St. Louis... the #1 crime city in America.) I told her that she probably needs to replace the remote control battery...

My seventeen year-old daughter (in another state) just called me and said that while she was having the oil changed in her car they discovered the "right front strut jammed through the spindle and tearing the axle boot." Sounds expensive! What needs to be done? Replace both front struts and the...

Can someone tell me where the clutch interlock switch for the ignition is located. It must need adjusting, because I have to almost put my foot through the floor to be able to allow the ignition switch to start turning the engine over. Thanks Don