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My 2003 (402k miles) nearly burned down yesterday. I've seen a lot of comments about the 150a fused alternator circuit getting hot, but not many where it got hot enough to combust. Would seem 20 years of heat cycling and 402k of rattles and vibration finally caused that nut to loosen. Check your...

2003 ALH, 5MT. 485k miles. Runs and drives well. Everything working properly, other than an oil soaked timing belt and a noisy lifter. (Working on both of those.)… and a boost related squeak. Almost sounds like taking wax paper together and blowing through, like a high pitched buzzing. Comes on...

Swapped out the original Garrett VNT-15 with a Borg-Warner unit this weekend. 390,000 trouble free miles (from the turbo itself), minimal oil loss and axial play. The wallowed out control device explains the overboost issues considering everything else is in order. Pretty incredible the...

Hey all, been a minute since I've been here. Ended up getting an Odyssey for the family and a Silverado 3.0L diesel to pull trailers, and all my TDIs are in distant memory. Only last week a 2003 Jetta landed in my lap. It runs and drives great with 390,000 miles, but I'm wondering what I can...

Weird new issue with my 2015... When I turn the key on, I get the message "Oil Change Needed" and a yellow oil container light. Information here and on the internet seems spotty, and all recommend to reset the service intervals. I did, both the oil interval and inspection interval. Confirmed by...

Has anyone successfully upgraded the stereo in their 2015? My TDI S came with the RCD 310, which is a perfectly decent base radio. Bluetooth and steering wheel controls. I'd like a little more, such as to be able to control the tracks with the steering wheel controls, but the RCD 310 doesn't...

I'm looking for a RCD 510. Obviously, I prefer the later versions, but would consider earlier versions for the right price. Normal wear and tear is fine. Thanks

The rear tires have been getting noisy on my 15', checked them and there's cupping. I took it into my alignment guy (specialist), and he said he'd love to charge me, but it needs no adjustment! I've owned more than 50 cars. On every one, I've never rotated the tires. My philosophy has been that...

Over the last several months, my CVCA has had a developing issue with a cold startup squeak from the engine bay. I removed the serpentine belt to rule out tensioner, AC, and alt. to no avail. It had to be something in the timing belt path... to me it sounded like a dry bearing. Long story short...

I'll be the first to say it, or perhaps the only to say it. I'm pretty sure my CVCA Jetta has no soul. The essence that makes a diesel, a diesel I think has been lost with the latest generation. A maniacal obsession with reducing NVH has turned the TDI into a quiet citizen bent on conformity...

Well, off to the dealer I guess. They need to figure out why I've had to add 740ml of coolant this year as well as this newly developed squeak. It only happens on cold start. I removed the serpentine to rule out alternator, compressor, tensioner pulley and the belt itself, but the squeak...

There's been a FedEx document mailer sitting between the screen door and inner door for who knows how long. Probably early November. It's a door I don't use often. But you know, they want it returned "as soon as possible"... I'm thinking I may sit on this for 12-14 months. Perhaps I'll lose it a...

My 2015 has slowly lost coolant since it was new. Probably when it had less than 5k on the odometer, I noticed the scent of coolant when I popped the hood one day. This year and at 31k, finally the coolant level dropped enough to activate the idiot light. I checked everywhere from the top and...

I've had shockingly good luck with it as a stopgap between full detailings, but I know it gets everywhere else... On the plastics, undercarriage, suspension, etc... Perhaps it doesn't matter at all. At any rate, I will use a wax removing soap in the spring, do a full clay bar, then apply real...

I just picked up another 01'. I've been going through all the bits and catching up the maintenance. I went to clean the leaves and bugs out of the intercooler and noticed a big plastic cover, completely sealing off the intercooler duct. What... why.... how? The only thing I can think is this is...

Has anybody actually used the cargo blocks before? They seem really gimmicky... They seem to just pull the felt up off the cargo mat anyway. The only benefit I see to the cargo system is the mat itself. I have three sets of cargo blocks that are headed for the bin.

My Jetta has a deadspot on the speedo. Upon decel from about 75-60mph, the needle will stop moving. When the speed hits about 59, the needle catches up and works as normal. It's getting progressively worse. This doesn't happen upon acceleration, only decel. I've not had any issues with cruise...

Well, I've been waiting for a year for this date... The buyback date on the Passat is confirmed for the 20th. As the days draw near, I find myself faced with anxiety of which I can only define as seller's remorse. Is anybody else in this situation? This car is 95% of everything I want in a car...

I've got one of each, and by laws the days are finally drawing near when it'll be time to send one back to VW. I've been reading about the differences for a year, but I'm still at an impasse. I was hoping for some input from the forums (ahem... Oilhammer :)) to help me make my decision...

I have to ask... not that it will make a difference in the buyback, but does anybody else's EA288 sound like crap? It doesn't seem to matter whether hot/cold, but upon moderate to hard acceleration, the engine makes a sound which I can only describe as the sound a gasoline engine makes when it...