Technical Help

Hi guys. 2mths ago my bke engine siezed after the turbo blew and emptied the sump in less than 300 yards. I have installed a bkc engine out of a 55 plate A3. "my car is an 08 plate touran. The garage are having problems as the car is stuck in limp mode. Its showing a crank senor error. Due to this the car is hard to start and when started will not go over 3000rpm. Is it because this older type engine uses a crank sensor the tourans computer is not compatable with or cannot understand the reading the crank sensor is sending back to it? Really stuck in a rock and a hard place here as they dont know what to do next. The car had a stage 1" tune months before the turbo failure…

Hi, I have an 07 3.0V6 TDI Phaeton and have aswitch on left side of steering wheel below dash level which consists of a + and a - with a push button above, it bleeps once when you push either +/- but no apparent effects, any ideas what this is for? Nothing in car manuals. Thanks for taking the time to read this, Ste Byrne.

Hi this is my first entry on this VW site, my wife as a Lupo SDI which is a great car But recently its started draining the battery, an auto electrician looked at it and removed the aftermarket alarm and central locking. three days later it was flat again, I charged the battery and disconnected the negative lead from the battery, today I put an Amp meter between the negative lead and the negative connector and it showed 6.2 amp drain for a few second then went to zero. Help as any one got any Ideas PLEASE.....

hi, Both the key operated central locking and the electric front windows are not working. A local Independent linked their diagnostic machine to the car and it was pointing towards a Central Control Unit or perhaps called a Computer Control Unit, housed within the drivers door. It seems to be an intermittent fault strangely working okay in warmer weather but packing up in wet and colder weather. Does anyone have any experience with this problem please? The car will only lock manually via each door independently and the electric front windows do not work at all. Many thanks, Stephen

Hi, We have a 2014 beetle and we were able to sinc our phones but we can hear people but they can't hear us. The sound is muffled and like we're in a tunnel and very far away.

Hi All Having a bit of a problem with our 1966 Bug,seem to have lost horn,indicators and wipers,all else OK,ANY IDEAS. Only thing on schemes connecting the three is the starter coil? Cheers Geoff

my Dad's 1973 beetle is not well, he is not sure how to set and adjust carbs; it drives like it's firing on 3 1/2 cylinders not 4. any advice would be appreciated. Eastbourne

Hi Just purchased my first VW. It's a Golf mark 5 1.9tdi match 08. Seller told me to remapp as he has done it on his wife's Audi with same engine. He said big lift in BHP and fuel economy. Well worth doing. Can anyone give advice on pros and cons as I don't want to do something to car that may damage it or have no affect. Thanks Alan

Hi All, I’m new to the forum but on my 5th VW. The latest being a rather lovely kingfisher blue Arteon Shooting Brake. Loving the car but I have an issue with the adaptive cruise and the road sign system. Basically when the cruise is on and it reads a sign, let’s say 50mph for example, it adjusts the speed to 31mph (50kmh) which is annoying at best and borderline dangerous at times. Is there a simple fix for this that I’m missing or is it a full dealer job? Thanks in advance Mick

Hi everyone. Hoping to get some advice about the turbo system on my car.It's a 2005 1.9 TDi PD SE touran.The car would run fine for a mile or two then it'd be like the turbo had stopped working. Just no power at all. Switch off and it'd be ok for a mile or so then it'd happen again. I suspected MAP sensor as something was obviously resetting when it was switched off. After a week or so the emissions workshop light came on so I asked a friend to read it for me. Plugged into reader and it came back, from what I can remember, turbo pressure or something along those lines. Turned out that when I took turbo off the shaft had movement in it so I replaced the full unit. The car …

Hello Polo Members. I have a 57 plate, 5 door Polo and I need to remove the drivers door inner skin to inspect/remove the window regulator module. I have had a go by removing the 3 screws at the bottom. All the plastic popper fixings seem to have come apart okay. Not sure how to tackle the top door release with mirror switch and the lower grab handle with window switch.?? Can anyone advise please, I would be grateful. Thanks Reggie

I have a 2011 2.0 SA match Tiguan an on Friday the cam belt went. It has 76,000 on the clock and was due a cam belt change but just hadn't got round to it. VW have investigated the reason for the Cam belt failure and it was the water pump and although I have extended warranty on the car the warranty company are saying as I missed the replacement interval for the belt they won't honour it. i am currently in dispute as I have said that as the water pump was the root cause this should be covered, any thoughts? i have had a quote of £1350 for a reconditioned engine and wondered if anyone could give me an idea what it might cost to swap over. suffice t…

Hello. I've a water leak in boot of my new shape 2011 sharan. I've stripped the boot out but can't trace the source. Water builds up in the box section where the boot lock latches onto and eventually, over time, the water spills out of 4 or so holes towards the underside of the box section and pours into the boot. I've checked the rear vents behind the bumper but these sit lower than the box section and as far as I can tell the water still builds up when the car has been left for a while so I dont think any water that may be getting through the vents is cascading up and over into the box section. I've also had new rear number plate lights sealed and fitted. Any suggestio…

Anyone managed to install a dual Climatronic heater loom with dash in situ ? Some prat cut the far left plug loom that fits into back of my Climatronic unit (there are three separate plugs in all) during a dash swap and reinstall. I also checked either side of the dash for the left & right temperature sensors and there were no plug loom attached to the sensors and I could not find loom, I had hoped it had fallen back. As a result there’s no control over recirculating flap, no control over left & right temperature flap motors, can’t change direction of air flow to different vents or floor & no AC. However the rest of the functions work that corres…

In case anyone wasn't aware VW Poole are offering to update non-navigation head units to navigation units for £599. I imagine this offer will be available through other dealers too.

Hey, Good day. I have a problem with my new beetles 2001 2.0 l engine.. Automatic transmission.. For the past 2 weeks whenever I go on a long way of 140 km/hr Start observing a very rough down shift and I got weird about this issue and stopped aside and then went back to continue my way but unfortunately the gear doesn't shift up to 2 moreover the the rpm reaches to 4 & 5 without shifting.. So to solve this issue temporary i have to stop the car remove the key and then start it again.. Is there any solution for my vw beetles.?? inbound1294769119114741967.mp4

wiperbladeshop.co.uk. Anyone used this site..? really cheap for Trico wiper blades by the looks of it but I’m just wondering how good they are.

Hi, As per the title my wife 07 eos developed a weird issue on a long trip last week. Suddenly whilst driving the check engine light came on and the interior fan started going up and down with the accelerator pedal. I took it in to have any fault codes read and it showed up a bunch if codes...all 4 glow plugs, plus a pressure leak/ swirl flap fault? When the codes were cleared they have not returned BUT the interior fan is still coming in when accelerating and speeds up and slows down with the accelerator. This is making me consider a possible wiring issue with a possible cut somewhere in the harness causing a short and meaning that the codes may even not…

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The wireless carplay in our Polo is very convenient, except that when my wife and I both get in the car, we don’t seem to be able to control which phone connects to CarPlay. How do we control who connects, or swap from one to the other? Currently we are switching off Bluetooth on one phone before starting the engine

Hi new to group,viewed a 57 plate shuttle but I noticed the dpf had been bypassed.Im no mechanic but is this a big no no.Guy selling said garaged had removed a smoking? Any advice ?

Hello, I am looking for a 3-pin reverse light switch for a 1998 Sharan 1.8 T petrol. The switches I have seen so far are all 2-pin. Any wisdom on this issue, please?

I've just bought a 2010 Touran with NavPrep. I know it needs a SD card but my question is does it need to be a specific SD card and also where do I get all the maps loaded on to it????

I got a Polo 1.2 tdi Bluemotion. The car starts with one kick, doesn't miss, idel perfectly, but got no power, what can be the problem

Hi,looking for a bit of help with something that is starting to drive me nuts, the clock in my phaeton just stops on a regular basis, I pull the fuse and replace it and its good again for a day or two then it stops again. Don't want to buy a new clock just in case there is another cause. Any help please?