06bluebeetletdi
Veteran Member
‘14 Passat wierd issues no start 2 days later no drive
Drove my ‘14 sel Premium to work today, everything was fine. Locked the car with kessy, worked for 7.5 hours, come out to the car, unlock the door with kessy, put all the windows down with the driver front window switch (it didn’t tilt the sunroof). Try to put it in accessory mode, nothing. The cluster is dark, not showing the door open/mileage/etc. go get a jump box to check voltage/jump it. Hook the jump box up, battery shows 12.7 volts (it was replaced Oct ‘17). Still nothing. Try swapping key batteries from my bug’s key nothing. The car will lock/unlock the doors, windows go up and down, radio turns on, but nothing on the cluster, tried opening multiple doors and the trunk. Close up the car and lock it (disconnect the jump box and put it away). Go get a new key battery, tried to remote start it from a distance, it flashes the orange parking light with the lock button and the remote start, then flashes the DRL bulbs (i’ve never seen it do that). It doesn’t start (i have 3/4 tank and no error lights). Get to the car and open the door, now the mfi lights up and says key not in range and the car starts. I do have a polar fis on it, it’s been there since November 2018. I do not have vagcom. My job is viewed essential, we’ve been doing 7 on/7off (thurs-wed, closed sunday) from 3/23 - 5/23. I’ve been driving the passat 2/3 of the days i’ve worked plus running to the grocery store.
I didn’t drive the passat sunday, drove it to work and back yesterday 65 miles. Drove to work this morning 33 miles. Did the window trick, dropped the windows and tilted the sunroof. Started the car, drove it to the stop sign to pull out of the parking lot. Pull out of the parking lot and go maybe 50 feet it pops up airbag on the dash then esc and will not move forward despite being in drive, all it does is roll backwards down hill. It also has a flashing glow plug light. I get it back into the parking lot by coasting backwards. Shut it off restart, still had the traction light and maybe airbag. Backed it up then drove it forward in drive and the lights turned off the dash. Luckily im right by the vw dealer so i left it there. Didn’t feel safe trying to drive it home. Any ideas?
Drove my ‘14 sel Premium to work today, everything was fine. Locked the car with kessy, worked for 7.5 hours, come out to the car, unlock the door with kessy, put all the windows down with the driver front window switch (it didn’t tilt the sunroof). Try to put it in accessory mode, nothing. The cluster is dark, not showing the door open/mileage/etc. go get a jump box to check voltage/jump it. Hook the jump box up, battery shows 12.7 volts (it was replaced Oct ‘17). Still nothing. Try swapping key batteries from my bug’s key nothing. The car will lock/unlock the doors, windows go up and down, radio turns on, but nothing on the cluster, tried opening multiple doors and the trunk. Close up the car and lock it (disconnect the jump box and put it away). Go get a new key battery, tried to remote start it from a distance, it flashes the orange parking light with the lock button and the remote start, then flashes the DRL bulbs (i’ve never seen it do that). It doesn’t start (i have 3/4 tank and no error lights). Get to the car and open the door, now the mfi lights up and says key not in range and the car starts. I do have a polar fis on it, it’s been there since November 2018. I do not have vagcom. My job is viewed essential, we’ve been doing 7 on/7off (thurs-wed, closed sunday) from 3/23 - 5/23. I’ve been driving the passat 2/3 of the days i’ve worked plus running to the grocery store.
I didn’t drive the passat sunday, drove it to work and back yesterday 65 miles. Drove to work this morning 33 miles. Did the window trick, dropped the windows and tilted the sunroof. Started the car, drove it to the stop sign to pull out of the parking lot. Pull out of the parking lot and go maybe 50 feet it pops up airbag on the dash then esc and will not move forward despite being in drive, all it does is roll backwards down hill. It also has a flashing glow plug light. I get it back into the parking lot by coasting backwards. Shut it off restart, still had the traction light and maybe airbag. Backed it up then drove it forward in drive and the lights turned off the dash. Luckily im right by the vw dealer so i left it there. Didn’t feel safe trying to drive it home. Any ideas?
Last edited:
. Game plan is to reinstall the polar fis tomorrow morning, try it tomorrow and friday. If all is good pick it up early Saturday, probably disconnect the polar fis for the ride home.