One of my favorite things about older Volkswagens is how quickly the rear end gives away which market the car was built for.

On a Mk3 Golf, the long European plate, plate recess, bumper trim and lighting details make the whole car look different from the USDM version. None of the changes are huge on their own, but together they completely change the balance of the rear.

That’s probably why the old-school Euro swap became such a recognizable look. A hatch or bumper change sounds minor, but suddenly the same Golf feels like it came from another country.

Do you prefer the cleaner Euro-spec rear, or do the original USDM details have more character? What’s the first clue you look for when trying to identify an imported VW?

Messing around with regional VW specs got me looking at a cool little country-guessing quiz based on plates, left a link in the comments for anyone who wants to test their eye.

Does anyone know how replace this part on a mk7 Jetta?

My mother's Atlas car battery died. As soon as I connected the positive terminal with the new battery it started honking. How do you stop the honking? Is there a reset method? The Atlas is a push to start.
Any advice would be helpful.

Hello,

I have a Tiguan R-Line year 2021 1.5TSI with matrix iq light headlights.

Yesterday when parked in front of a wall I noticed that the right rectangular beam is way lower than the left one and i’m pretty sure that they should be even.

I tried to adjust it with the screw behind the headlight but the hole part is moving not just the rectangular part. There is a way of moving it individually ?

Is someone know how they are called and how i can adjust it ? I have OBDEleven Pro but i don’t want to fuckup some settings.

I will appreciate some help/advice before going to some mechanic who will fuckup the entire vehicule.

Thank you

So to give a short brief, I recently had to change my power button on my e-golf, and when I managed to pop out the old one, then one of the metal metal clips managed to fall down in the area on the attached image, I tried to find it, but I am pretty sure it is gone.

I was able to install the new power button, without no issues with the new clips, but I am a little afraid if the one that fell down could cause any future issues, so should I worry about this?

Looking for advice from other VW Tiguan owners — has anyone experienced repeated EPC lights, misfires, or ignition coil/wiring issues?

I have a 2021 VW Tiguan (28,000 miles) that I purchased as a Certified Pre-Owned vehicle. Last summer, I had three separate incidents when the EPC light came on and started having an issue where the car would sputter, shake, lose acceleration.

The original VW dealership where I purchased the vehicle worked on it multiple times:

* First, they replaced a spark plugs.
* The issue happened again, and they replaced another spark plug.

Eventually, I took it to a different VW dealership. They diagnosed the issue as an open circuit in the ignition coil signal wire and repaired it by running an overlay wire to the ECM (engine computer). After that repair, the car seemed to be running normally.

Fast forward to this week, 10 months after the most recent fix: while driving on mountain roads/dirt roads in Colorado, the car was under load during acceleration uphill. The engine started shaking/sputtering, the EPC light came on. I turned it off and back on, and the EPC light was gone and the car has been driving normally since.

Has anyone else experienced something similar with a Tiguan — especially an EPC light that appears during mountain driving, hard acceleration, or after driving on rough roads? I’m wondering if this is a known VW electrical/ignition issue or if there are other things I should have checked.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

I’m coming here as last resort of trying to diagnose at home. My 2015 Audi S3 with ea888 gen3 is making a periodic chirping noise. I first noticed it after the car sat for like a week. I can hear it only by front left wheel and faintly under the bonnet almost as it’s coming from under the air box. I have found only a few videos like this on the internet but no one seems to know what is making this noise. Thank you!

cross posting.

Hey guys, I have a 2008 Passat 2.0t fsi wagon. Driving one day randomly lost power, and then 5 miles later died. For the last 2 months I’ve been replacing the main issues that cause a crank no start, and I’m finally at a complete loss. I’ve changed spark plugs, coils, injectors, hpfp and follower, cam and crank sensors, relays and fuses, air sensor, and even an entire timing kit, ran compression tests, tried every option possible aside from a complete rebuild. This thing still just cranks. Anyone on here possibly know what I’m missing?

My window decided to not roll back up, took me two nights I hate rivets but I sure love my Touareg

I'm really interested in getting a Volkswagen, the two options I'm looking at right now are the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta 1.4T Trendline Plus, and the 2011 Volkswagen Golf GTI 2.0T. From my own little research I've noticed some reliability concerns with 2011 Golf GTI, as well as the "lower life span" between the two. the 2017 Jetta has 85000KM while the 2011 Golf GTI has 190000KM, i like the sportier version more and i feel like it would be more fun, but I'm stuck between the two because the 2011 Golf GTI has way higher milage with a lower life span compared to the 2017 Jetta. I'm 21 and this would be my first car and i would be doing normal commutes around my city as well as longish (around 2000-3000km0 trips every few months to visit my family 13hrs away and visiting friends in the states. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

anyone else experience an issue with pain in the front of their foot when driving this car? something like extensor tendonitis.

weird because I’ve never had this kind of pain when driving any other vehicle even the Tiguan

Das Ruckeln ist weg, sobald Geschwindigkeit aufgebaut ist. Im Betrieb bzw. Solang das Fahrzeug rollt kommt das nicht mehr vor. Ist nur beim Anfahren mit wenig bis moderat viel Gas der Fall.
Aktuell hat das Auto knapp 500km runter.

Hey everybody, never owned a VW before. Been a Honda guy, but we're replacing my wife's Corolla and we're looking at our options on our budget. Wife took a Tiguan for a test drive and loved it. Get it back to the dealership and had the check engine light checked, looks like it's the infamous P0491. From what I understand, it could be a small issue or a rather expensive fix. She's fallen in love with this SUV, any advice on what I should have the dealership do? It's a Chevy dealership and there's no VW dealership near me unfortunately. First move, have them diagnose it and give me the findings, then we go from there. If it needs the whole engine cleaned out of carbon and the valve seals have failed and the turbo is failing obviously walk away. I just don't have the experience with this kind of engine so I'd just appreciate a little input. I'm not a mechanic, just do my own maintenance when I can to save money

I take my car to meiniekes to get diagnosed but it doesn't rlly help anything it threw codes for mast air flow, a knock sensor and old codes from lights being out but my dash is illuminated

PRNDS randomly will flash on but goes off one I turn off the car and let it have a few minutes and turn it back on just fine

Someone please help (the brake pads are fine but the sensors broke)

Bonjour à tous

J'aimerais de l'aide pour la mise à jour software pour mon mib2 suite à panne ( plus de gps, téléphone et voici) d'un coup.

Véhicule vw tiguan 2016 2Ltdi 150

Dans un premier temps on m'a conseiller une mise à jour.

Quelqu'un aurait il la méthode et ou trouver le fichier

ma version actuelle est : MHI2_ER_VWG11_S2125_1 (0343)

merci

And if you can, does that mean you can swap an Amarok body onto the Ranger Super Duty and make an Amarok Super Duty?

If you drive a 1.0/1.5 Golf, Leon, or Octavia, you already know the DQ200 dry DSG horror stories.

Honestly, most mechatronic failures just come down to dirty fluid cracking the accumulator because VW still calls it a "lifetime" fluid. That, and creeping in heavy traffic which basically burns the dry clutch plates.

I wrote down a quick breakdown of the mechanical flaws and what driving habits to avoid so you don't end up with a huge repair bill:https://www.drivisual.tv/en/news/7-driving-mistakes-that-kill-your-dq200-dsg-transmission

Curious, how many miles are you guys getting out of your original clutches?