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    odometer stopped working

    621,358.... my bad.
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    added another TDI to the family

    mine stopped at 621,358. trip odometer goes to 2000 miles.
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    odometer stopped working

    So i don't know if this is a thing, but my odometer quit at 621,568 miles, which is just shy of 1 million km. 2003 Jetta TDI wagon. the trip odometer works. so not really sure what's going on, how to fix, what i need to do. not sure if VW stops counting after 1 million km. stealership has no...
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    Service campaign 34J7: replace gear shifter trim

    after getting a pretty nasty cut a few years ago, i just covered mine with a piece of black electrical tape. i'd totally forgotten about it until i got that letter last week. But with diesel being $5.15/gallon, i'm not in any hurry to take it in for the recall.
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    Unofficial MK7 Oil Change Guide

    507 oil is getting harder and harder to find, and getting very expensive, too. My supplier for filters put an order in in October and just the other day got a call to tell them "it's processing now." No indication as to when they will be delivered. I got an extra oil change kit from ID parts...
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    Anyone clean the throttle body?

    I've been trying to find a video on how to do this on the 2015 and it doesn't seem to be available. Anyone done this and can provide a "how to?"
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    MAF electrical connector

    found a video... i think i'm good now. thanks for your help!
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    MAF electrical connector

    follow up... I have the terminal remover tool, and I slid out the blue retaining clip, but those terminals don't seem to want to release. Is there something else I need to do before they'll pop out?
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    MAF electrical connector

    Ah! excellent! thank you!!!
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    MAF electrical connector

    https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/109915357_10158901621203258_63991793120321487_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=110474&_nc_ohc=qUzngY7nwvIAX-LCWnm&_nc_oc=AQnyoMwrknQmjhrlTdsa9H8fiswj_-zmvBKPcNoeEJlLSBaqVp_va_Iu14IjhkhQHrw&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=2950821b8d19e988dd5e3e26df4fb261&oe=5F43...
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    MAF electrical connector

    https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/116224617_10158901621123258_897661046180376679_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=110474&_nc_ohc=Fg0rCw5CqlwAX87Uw0Q&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=1fe9e9f0b24ea2106c81399271a17113&oe=5F438A10 this is the mushroom shaped end I'm talking about
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    MAF electrical connector

    I can't figure out how to post a picture here. keeps asking for a URL and I have it on my phone.... Let me try explaining this again. I broke the D connector while I was trying to get it separated from the MAF. So I have the replacement part. I can separate it from the MAF no problem. The...
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    MAF electrical connector

    no. the other side. I'm going to see if I can post a picture...
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    MAF electrical connector

    the "D" connector has a mushroom shaped end. It plugs into the wire harness. I can't figure out how to get the two apart. If there is a special tool, or how to make one, I guess I gotta keep digging to find it... Thanks for the direction.
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