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Oh man tell me about rodents and such, my place has groundhogs. I wound up trapping about six of the things the first few years we lived here and hauling them off but some are still sticking around. I took them 9 miles away so I know they did not return. So my 2013 JSW was still under the...

FWIW there was a really great pdf with pictures and instructions here on doing the TB and other bits. 40 PAGES worth. But a good read. https://pics.tdiclub.com/data/500/CR_Timing_belt_procedure_Rev2.pdf Analogeezer

Well over the years they sold about 30,000 Sportwagens a year, 9,000 of them manuals (per year). But most are now over 10 years old and many are in the junkyards due to the cost of repairs. Also the base wagons without the SR are even smaller subset. Not surprised it took you that long to find...

EXTRA holy grail, brown diesel wagon with a MANUAL. Analogeezer

Well that sounds like a great idea, who makes them/sells them? Analogeezer

Wow great advice, much appreciated. Yes the fuel filters were always changed right on time at 20k. Thanks! Analogeezer

2013 TDI Sportwagen, owned since new. Got the "fix" some years back at around 64,000 miles. DPF failed shortly afterwards (which is awfully coincidental) but all has been well since then; car currently has 126,600 miles on it. Oh new DPF was covered by the warranty. I have VCDS and the current...

I just remembered (I have a car up there right now for auction) a guy on CarsandBids was selling a 2015 JSW (manual) and one of the service/repair documents was for "repairing rodent damage". I thought it was odd since he was in Nevada but about a week later it hit my car

Well I am verifying this will be covered but it turns out the comprehensive coverage I have on this car has only a $250 deductible. So if I get them to pay this claim that will take some sting out of it. Analogeezer

Well to close this out; turns out my problem is RODENT DAMAGE. I am 95% groundhogs, as we have some behind our house and I see one in the front yard now and then. I have chased them from underneath the car before but never realized they would push themselves up and chew on wires. On top of the...

Thanks! Very helpful. Is this on the driver's side of the firewall? Further down? On my car there is another set of connectors (3 of them) on on an assembly at the upper driver's side firewall. Is this sensor located below that assembly? It's hard to see below that upper assembly with the...

So I just had some work done on the car by a VW dealer, I only have two months or 2,500 miles until my emissions warranty expires; after that I plan to never go back there. Ironically this is the BEST dealer service department I have encountered. I went through four other places before (long...

Well let me close this one out so the information is there if anyone reads this thread. I had the great luck of having TWO things go wrong at once. 1. The CEL and flashing glowplug light turned out to be a P2470, the EGT Bank 1, sensor 4 problem. "Fixed" at the dealer under the extended...

Well you are certainly way more adept than me with VCDS! Some great tips I learned from your video. So....what is missing is the actual code being thrown, I believe a lot of different codes can trigger the DPF light, but maybe not. I have never had it come on with my car (2013 JSW TDI) With my...

So I looked through some threads on this subforum, I see a lot of people have replaced these. So I got the warranty extension to 15 years/unlimited miles letter and filed that away, figuring "oh I might need this some day", my car is just over 10 years old. Then BAM, five days later it lights...

Thanks guys, so the way you engage this is to set the heat control to full hot? Do you need to have the fan on as well? I've been doing this since I bought the car and it "seems" to work but I thought it might just be power of suggestion. My understanding is the aux heat does not get really...

I just took a peek and didn't see any wires under the dash, would this be on the driver's or Pax side? Analogeezer

So I joined TDI club way back in 2013 to research before I bought my 2013 JSW. I seem to recall some discussions about there being an "auxiliary electric heater" that came on first and would shut off when the engine came up to temperature. Something about to engage this you rotated the heat...

So.....I GOT THE HOOD TO FINALLY OPEN! I went up to town to run some errands and when I came back thought, "well whatever spray made it's way into the latch has had a day or two to soak, might as well give it a try" My expectations were rather low for it to work. Then pop it opens! Looking...

Actually I am due a service (110k) but I'd frankly like to resolve this myself before I bring it in. As it is I have a cracked CV boot that needs to be replaced so I am trying to hold the bill down some. Not to mention VW dealer service seems to often break **** they go to fix. LOL Then they...