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Took two orders before I ended up with the correct door harness, but once I did it was game on! Took everything apart and was ready. Here’s a glimpse of the madness I was staring at More shenanigans on the inside The wiring overall went well, and my windows are working again. I’ve also had...

Dang, mines probably a more basic one as my car seems to be a limited option car. is there an easy way to find which one I would need based on VIN? Or can I take what I need from another harness and replace the cracked wires on mine?

Thanks for all the help everyone. Turns out (with no surprise) that the drive side door wires are pretty haggered and resulted in a scary estimate to fix. Luckily I’m totally fine grabbing this used, I already found a few on eBay. is there many variances between the years or is mk5 a mk5? Got...

Small window today so I figured I could tackle the fan and A/C Pressure Switch. Seemed like a fairly straightforward job. Biggest problem I foresaw was the fact that we’re replacing part of the driveway so I had to carry my biggass jack through Gaza. Eventually I got the car setup for the “5...

Dropping off the car Wednesday to have a local shop deal with the wiring in the door. Hopefully they can address it properly… I’ll add the trans fluid to their work order, thanks

After a solid ~800 mile road trip up to 5000+ ft hundreds of miles of driving in 90*+ and the car, even with its noisy fans made it home safely and without issue. The one pic I took at the campsite. I hit 240k on the way home, and will likely change the oil again soon since its been about 6...

And now… I need new fans, and probably an A/C pressure switch. I rarely use my A/C but with front windows that don’t want to roll down and a trip up through CentralCalifornia, I drove a solid 300+ miles with the A/C running the whole time. When I arrived the fans sounded horrible and after a...

Good luck with the sale, looks like a good deal

Looks like the fuse popped again, so now I am wondering if there’s more going on…

(Sorry for the derail) What symptoms are revealed when the inevitable deterioration happens?

Price and pics?

Decided since I have to pay for registration on the car soon that maybe I should reward it with a part, so I bought a Kerma Tuner for the car from @robb41488 . I still need to send it to Kerma to load a $500 tune on it, but likely going to wait u til I buy the turbo that @bc1550 linked above for...

https://reno.craigslist.org/cto/d/reno-mechanics-special-2005-vw-jetta/7856134851.html not mine, no affiliation but seems relatively easy on first glance

https://reno.craigslist.org/cto/d/reno-mechanics-special-2005-vw-jetta/7856134851.html

Is there a mechanic who would want to swap the Turbo on mine. Im confident I could do it... I just dont know how long it will take with my limited free time...

I also reported it, so maybe the MODs can delete this thread also when they delete those haha

Wifes Jeep GC got a suspicious looking nail in the sidewall which we discovered just as we were leaving to church so we had to pivot at the last minute. The entire way to church (in the Jetta) I felt the pressure to have something that she could also drive... I mentioned that I have plans for...

Sorry, I thought I added it, but its there now. Added a bunch of pics too.

https://forums.tdiclub.com/index.php?threads/my-half-baked-2006-jetta-tdi.532520/ That thread details my ownership and has plenty of pics. Reluctantly listing the car as my wife needs to be able to drive both of our cars and unfortunately she declined to accept the lessons I offered her on how...

Well, throwing a new coolant reservoir didn't solve the problem. its empty again. Need to lay down some cardboard or something to see if/when its leaking because I'm not sure if this is a slow leak or a massive dump when something happens. The fans randomly kick on unpredictably so not sure if...