My Dad's Passat, 5 months old, and broken!

My Dad's Passat, 5 months old, and broken!

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R1 GTR

Original Poster:

2,152 posts

219 months

Thursday 17th August 2006
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VW Passat 2.0 TDI on '06 plate
Has anyone else had problems with engine faults?
The glow plug light comes on and the engine loses power, obviously switching to saftey-get-you-home mode. The display reads "Engine fault, Garage!" As soon as you stop the engine and restart it, its fine. Problem is there is no pattern of occurence and VW can only trace the fault if the light is on when they check it, but as its fine once you restart it the chances of them finding the source of the problem this way is near impossible.

choppers

403 posts

221 months

Tuesday 22nd August 2006
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Might be worth taking it to a different dealer as the fault code should be registered on the ECU whether the lights on or not.

paul26982

3,850 posts

224 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2006
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has a mate or anyone got vag com, see for your self then, with no messing about

R1 GTR

Original Poster:

2,152 posts

219 months

Friday 25th August 2006
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Problem sorted dealer had an ECU software update to fix what was actually a common occurance!

Edited by R1 GTR on Friday 25th August 23:25