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    P204F00 fault, VW has no fix!

    UPDATE: its now 2/5, cars been parked at dealer since 12/19. VW Customer Care calls every Friday afternoon to tell me they have no answer yet! seems to be random with these TDI's. and they have not isolated the issue with the programming. I am currently in a 2017 CC so I have no complaint's...
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    Show what you tow!

    Sorry guys Didn't realize the photo loaded so large!
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    P204F00 fault, VW has no fix!

    200 mile countdown I got the fault on a Saturday, dealer reset it Monday and on the next Monday morning it returned again.
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    P204F00 fault, VW has no fix!

    200 mile countdown I agree, after resetting the fault It comes back in about 200 miles. After I got the initial fault and CEL with 200 mile to no restart it did not count down but the CEL stayed lit. I believe you should be able to reset the fault and continue to drive it. Parking at the dealer...
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    P204F00 fault, VW has no fix!

    Update 12/30/2017 No news is BAD news! VW called me yesterday 12/29/2017 Left me a voicemail to tell me NOTHING, "we're working on it" Is all they said. Will contact you next Friday 1/5/2018. At least the dealer got me in a CC loaner for now. They commented that I can only put 2400 miles on it...
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    P204F00 fault, VW has no fix!

    My TDI threw a CEL and P204F00 fault on 12/9 with 200 mile to no restart warning. Took into dealer 12/11. VW directed them to check DEF system for leaks, they found no issues, VW told them to hard reset the DEF level sensor, reset the CEL and give me back the car. That was 3 days in the shop...
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    Cool features you didn't know your Passat had

    experience is a good teacher If you leave the fogs on the car WILL be dead the next morning. I found out the hard way, just too spoiled by the auto function on the lights switch.
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    Can I used VCDS to open the trunk on a 2012 Passat? Keys are locked in the trunk. Hav

    valet button Got me too I flipped the rear drivers seat down to gain access tot he trunk, crawled in and popped open the trunk lid from inside. There is a little flip open cover on the rear deck right behind the top of the back seat, like the restraint latch covers but there is nothing inside...
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    Show what you tow!

    ZCI module Well the install of the ZCI trailer light module went well, Ended up with the Right and Left sensors clipped around the directional wires as expected. But I had to connect the tail light sensor to the license plate lights and all is finally working as it should. It is a very nice...
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    Show what you tow!

    OEM trailer module! Thanks for all your input, I greatly appreciate all of the advise I recieved! But after much research and frustration, I have given up on the idea of a plug and play OEM option. I have not been able to locate any information on the module and even less on how to interface it...
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    Show what you tow!

    yes, I am acutely aware that i own a new midsize sedan! hence the fact that I am trying to install the OEM trailer module, along with purchasing an aluminum 700lb. trailer with electric brakes. I am trying to tow as safely as i can, that is why i want to use the OEM equipment to maintain trailer...
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    Show what you tow!

    In need of help with installing VW trailer module I thought I would reach out to the trailer guru's on this site! I just ordered a NEO 5 x 8 aluminum trailer to tow with my 2013 Passat TDI SE. I installed the Ecohitch today, and it went perfectly. The problem is, I cannot locate the can buss...
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    Amateur (ham) Radio in a TDI

    Russ, I cut a good 12 ga extension cord and routed it under the car to the trunk, Mounted the FTM-350R body under the rear window deck and remoted the head to a pogo stick mount from the left screw of the passenger seat slide, so the head is right by the shifter. Been working fine for a year...
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    Guess the widget

    I purchased a 2013 Passat TDI and found this in the car. Can anyone tell me what this is? And what it does?
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    2016 Passat TSI didn't make it home

    Happy trails Neil, Sorry to hear about your troubles, when the car doesn't make it home from the dealership, you know there are serious issues with it. I am glad to hear the Dealership made it right for you, that could have been a long drawn out process. You may want to tell us who they are...
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    Can't have anything nice :(

    sorry for your loss Hope your insurance covers the repairs!
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    OBD PID 7A - is this DPF soot load? (2012 JSW TDI)

    Soot Load PID for Torque Pro I have been looking for this data to monitor Soot Load in the DPF on my 2013 Passat TDI to no avail. does anyone have the PID data to do that? I have also hears that Regens can be monitored as well!
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    Backup camera HELP!

    Thanks, I found one of these adaptors on EBAY, but it arrived with a bad component, so now I am awaiting on the replacement to arrive. Thanks for the help! Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk
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    Hail!

    Just took delivery of my 2013 Passat SE TDI on 5/28, it is a beautiful piece of automobile, Flash forward to 7/31. Hail storm rolls in and catches us at the store, marble to 1" size hail. $300 damage to the car from little hail dents mostly on the rear trunk lid, it was enough to make me cry...
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    Green Bay, WI Dyno Day Sept 12th 2015

    I'd like to make it, but have to see if I can get out of working on the 12th.
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