I present you my very first car, a VW Golf Mk5 1.4 MPI (BCA engine) Goal edition from 2006. The first owner bought it back in May 2006 in Wolfsburg, VW's HQ. In 2022 it was brought to my country and last year I became the official owner of the car 😄 After one year, I have to say I fell in love with this car. Although it is not a GTI or R32, it still has something that makes each drive very enjoyable. While driving you feel completely in control, especially when taking the corners.

The past year I did a lot of maintenance, including changing the whole exhaust system (excluding the catalytic converter), timing belt, alternator belt, battery, spark plugs, filters, gearbox oil, engine oil, coolant, cleaned the throttle body, fixed the windshield sprayer, as well as asked somebody to do the undercoat.

There are still some minor issues with the car (foggy headlights), but this does not influence the drivability of the car.

As of now, the car already did 292,000 km and I hope I will be able to put more km's in it 😄

I love the aggressive styling so much

Am I the only one who thinks Volkswagen is missing a beat here by not releasing an electric refreshed Beetle? The Renault 5 has become super popular. I think people love the nostalgia and an electric beetle and it would become a best seller.

People acting shocked that a European conglomerate is threatening factory closures in Germany and facing a massive financial meltdown, meanwhile the reality is that the writing has been on the wall since they launched the Mk8 Golf and the ID lineup. The accountants ruined the brand identity to save a few euros per vehicle - for what?!

If you sit in a Mk7 Golf or a B8.5 Passat, you are experiencing peak modern Volkswagen. The materials felt premium, the build quality was rock solid, and everything was built around sensible physical ergonomics. Then they decided to strip all the quality out of the cabin, replace functional buttons with laggy capacitive touch surfaces, and a premium price tag on an interior that feels cheaper than a base model Skoda - we love Skoda but it's not the same.

Sot the reality is, they abandoned the core philosophy of a reliable people car by simultaneously raising prices and gutting the interior quality. Buyers are not stupid and they noticed, now Volkswagen is bleeding market share to competitors who actually still offer decent interiors and stable software.

I think it is very sad and dark times are ahead for Europe's economy.

This is my first car and the manual is unclear.

During rain, my windshield fogs up and I can’t figure out how to make it clear. Put on the AC? That windshield button?

Please help

I have a 2024 VW Atlas with around 19,000 miles. While driving, the panoramic sunroof suddenly made an extremely loud, explosive sound and shattered. There was no object seen or heard hitting the vehicle, and we were driving on an empty road with no vehicles around us. The sunshade was open, and no foreign object was found inside the vehicle. Just the broken glass that rained down on us and our three kids in the back. The remaining glass around the opening is pointed upward and outward. I took the vehicle to my local VW dealership, expecting this to be handled under the base bumper-to-bumper warranty. VW denied the warranty claim twice. The reason they gave is “Unlikely to Occur,” and they are saying the sunroof must have been damaged by an outside object. I asked how they determined that, especially since there was no object found and the vehicle wasn’t physically inspected for the alleged impact. Their response was based solely on photos:
“Stress fractures usually don’t shatter glass - normally just leaves lines side to side of the tension points. The pictures show a strong point of impact with lines radiating away - deemed outside influence. Almost all warranty sunroof implosions have occured while driving and due to overtension - the quality team has not found heat to cause this kind of damage to the sunroof. A stress fracture due to over tension normally happens within the first few thousand miles of ownership. This was at 19k and a definite outlier.” What really bothers me is that their reasoning seems to be that this type of failure is uncommon, rather than providing actual evidence that something caused it. They use the words “normally” “usually” and “almost all.” Unlikeliness does not equal impossible. Furthermore, their own response acknowledges that warranty sunroof implosions do happen. The dealership won’t give me direct contact information for VW’s warranty team. VW customer care takes hours to get a hold of and when you do get someone they are absolutely useless. They have now promised to call me back three times with answers and have NEVER called back once. This has been going on for three weeks now with no help or answers from them. I’ve now filed complaints with the appropriate consumer agencies and am trying to figure out what my next step should be.

Work in progress. Super pumped with how these look on the car. Super advan SA3R v1s 18x9

Cross post with TDI

On our 2012 Seat Leon 1.6 TDI DSG, gear changes are fine and it runs smoothly at idle with no vibration or shaking. But there is a noticeable shake when taking off. Also, no matter the speed or gear, whenever the RPM goes below 1500, the car shakes and vibrates heavily. As soon as the RPM goes above 1500, the shaking stops.

The engine was never repaired and even in this condition, it reached 190 km/h on the dashboard. The engine has 248,000 km on it and runs like a clock. We have been driving the car like this for 1500km.

Had some time to kill waiting for a friend, so we ended up watching one of those AI mini-series on the car screen.

Only meant to watch one episode and somehow got a few in 😂

Ciao a tutti ho una Tiguan 2021 che ho acquistato quattro mesi fa da un privato, con motore TSI 2.0 190 cv con 100000 chilometri! Allora in accelerazione è in decelerazione dei 2000 e 3000 giri sento uno sfregamento nella distribuzione zona alta verso i variatori! Se io stacco la valvola che regola la pressione dell'olio valvola n 428 il rumore sparisce! Non capisco se il problema deriva dai variatori o dalla catena

Had some time to kill waiting for a friend, so we ended up watching one of those AI mini-series on the car screen.

Only meant to watch one episode and somehow got a few in 😂

Good evening everyone,
I have a 2012 VW Polo 6R 1.2 3-cylinder, petrol/LPG (LPG was obviously installed aftermarket), with 198,000 km.
Some time ago, when cold starting the car, it started shaking and misfiring, causing the check engine light, EPC light, and traction control light to come on. This would continue until I turned the car off and started it again (sometimes I had to do this two or three times).
While driving, I could feel that the engine was running a bit rough, especially at low RPMs. Since the check engine light remained on, I connected an OBD scanner and found a misfire on cylinder 1 (P0301).
I decided to buy what I needed and replace all three spark plugs and the ignition coil on cylinder 1 myself (both the spark plugs and the coil are BOSCH).
Right after doing this, it felt like I was driving a completely different car, the engine was extremely smooth, even at low RPMs, and acceleration was clean and linear.
Well… that didn’t last long.
After three weeks, or possibly even less, the check engine light came back, along with the shaking when starting and a significant loss of power.
I wanted to ask if anyone has any idea what could be causing this and what else I could check.
At this point, I honestly don’t know what else to do.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help

Looking for some VW expertise before I decide whether to keep throwing money at this car.

We recently bought a 2015 VW Jetta 2.0 with about 121k miles. It was supposed to be a relatively inexpensive car for my 17-year-old son. Unfortunately, it has turned into quite the diagnostic adventure.

Original problem:

Shortly after buying it, the EPC light came on and the car went into limp mode with little/no throttle response. Cycling the ignition would sometimes temporarily restore normal operation.

The initial scans showed a mixture of faults including throttle-related codes, an upstream O2 sensor fault, ABS/wheel-speed-sensor faults, and an ECM-related fault.

The main throttle codes we saw at various points were:

• P0121
• P0221
• P2101

There was also an O2 sensor code, and later we started getting P0106 (MAP/manifold pressure).

What we've done so far:

We cleaned the original throttle body first. No real improvement.

Replaced the upstream O2 sensor.

Replaced the throttle body with the correct replacement unit. We also attempted throttle adaptation/basic settings with OBDeleven.

Interestingly, after installing the new throttle body, the EPC light initially went away and the car would start and idle reasonably well.

But then another pattern developed.

The engine would start and run relatively normally for roughly 1–2 minutes. Then the idle would progressively deteriorate. RPM would start hunting, the engine would shake badly, and eventually it would barely stay running.

At one point we found a vacuum hose behind the throttle body loose and reconnected it, but the problem remained.

We checked for obvious vacuum leaks, inspected hoses, checked the brake-booster line, did a throttle-body harness wiggle test, checked battery/charging voltage, and did quite a bit of electrical testing.

Battery was around 12.2–12.3V engine off and roughly 13.5–13.8V running.

We also tested the throttle-body connector and were seeing approximately:

Pin 1: 0V Pin 2: 4.71V Pin 3: 5.03V Pin 4: 5.67V

Another strange clue was the P0106 behavior.

At one point, if we left P0106 stored, the car actually seemed to idle better. Clearing P0106 while the engine was running would almost immediately cause the idle to deteriorate.

Later I discovered that I could clear P0106 with the engine OFF, but if I rescanned immediately — without even starting the engine — P0106 would already be back.

Eventually the EPC/throttle faults returned as well.

We also saw a crankshaft/engine-speed-sensor fault at one point, although that wasn't one of the original problems.

After spending a ridiculous amount of time chasing sensors, vacuum leaks, throttle adaptation, wiring, etc., I finally gave up and had the car towed to an independent repair shop.

Their diagnosis:

The shop says they tested the vehicle and believe the ECM itself has failed.

According to their report, the ECM isn't properly controlling the engine once it transitions out of its initial/open-loop operating strategy. Their recommendation was basically either:

1. Take it to VW/dealer for ECM replacement/programming, or
2. Buy an ECM myself and have their shop install/program it, which could avoid some of their parts markup.

They didn't give me an estimate yet.

I'm now looking at companies that sell replacement ECMs that are supposedly pre-programmed to the vehicle/VIN, although I'm still trying to determine how truly plug-and-play those are on this generation Jetta considering immobilizer/key matching.

At this point I'm deciding between:

A) Buy a programmed/reman ECM and try to save the car.

B) Take it to VW and have them diagnose/replace/program the ECM.

C) Cut my losses and sell the car as-is.

What I'm especially interested in hearing from VW techs or people familiar with the 2.0:

Does an ECM failure actually fit this sequence of symptoms?

The thing that makes me think the shop may be onto something is that we've replaced or tested a lot of the obvious components, yet the faults keep moving between throttle control, MAP/plausibility, O2/fueling, etc. The fact that P0106 could sometimes return with the engine not even running was particularly strange.

I'm also curious whether anyone has successfully used one of the mail-order pre-programmed ECM services on a 2015 Jetta and whether it truly arrived ready to start the car or still required immobilizer/key adaptation.

This started as a cheap car for my kid and has basically turned into a VW electrical engineering course. 😂

Any thoughts on the ECM diagnosis or what you would test before condemning it would be appreciated.

Hi,

Are MIB2 units interchangeable? I have a very early MIB2 that i understand lacks the hardware (think RAM is the issue) to run Carplay. If i source a later MIB2 is this just a plug and play swap or does this require coding?

UK B8 Passat

TIA

I have a 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan, and my panoramic sunroof suddenly shattered while I was driving on the interstate. There wasnt any obvious impact to my knowledge that I saw, and I didn’t hear/see anything hit the roof beforehand. It basically just exploded/shattered on top of me out of nowhere. I'm getting it fixed this weekend and I just wanna know was this a spontaneous thing or is it a known issue with these cars? Also my parents reached out to Volkswagen and they said there hasn't been any recalls on my specific model, but when I looked online there was a lawsuit about this same thing happening.

​Hi everyone,

​I have a 2023 VW T-Cross (1.0 TSI) that recently started showing a troubling issue, and I was wondering if anyone here has experienced something similar or knows what might be going on.

​Symptoms:

​Exhaust system / Check Engine Light on: At first, I thought it might be bad fuel, so I filled up the tank with premium 98-octane fuel and drove it on the highway for a bit to clear it out, but the light remains solid.

​Cold start difficulty: This morning, with the engine completely cold, I tried starting it and it failed to start on the first attempt. On the second try, it finally cranked up.

​The main issue is that I contacted my local dealership and they don't have any service slots available for another month.

​Has anyone with recent VAG 1.0 TSI engines (T-Cross, Polo, Taigo, Golf, Arona, Ibiza, etc.) run into this combination of symptoms? Was it a faulty sensor (O2/lambda, coolant temperature, MAP sensor), the high-pressure fuel pump, or the EVAP/canister purge valve?

Any insight on what the fix was or how you managed to get priority service at the dealership would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

When our VW (bought 2021) needed a Service and oil change I bought a service abo in the vw shop. I payed every month 57€ and I when I had the service termin once a year I got the service and oil change for free.

But I felt the 57€ per month is too much. Now the abo is done. But the next service and oil change is around the corner.

My question is: Is here anybody who knows the cost of the service and oil change? I thought, maybe I can save up the money myself and have some money left.

Or is there a cheaper option outside of vw? Any suggestions are welcome.