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If I pull out the 3 fuses that have to do with the locks and windows, and put them back in it starts again.
I don't know if this could be possible, but I think that our remote has just gone through the washer one to many times and making my car crazy. I am putting the only key that has a battery away and seeing if its consistently starting.
I will also try replacing those 3 fuses today.
Thanks,
Phil
Google this: Climate control bulb replacement Passat Information-base
You might find instructions there.
Part # is N-017-751-2.
The radio on my 2002 Passat stops working - I have pulled the fuse out and put it back and then it's fine. This has happened 3 or 4 times. I've now mentioned it to the dealer and they say the radio should be replaced.
I've read this issue a lot on Jetta forums as well.
My question is - does anyone know how long I can just put the fuse in/out and keep it working? Do I really need to replace the radio?
Any advise is appreciated.
Anyone have any idea how to deal with the following codes which come up on my 99 VW Passat?
P1602 18010 Power Supply (B+) Terminal 30 Low Voltage
P1606 18014 Rough Road Spec Engine Torque ABS-ECU Electrical Malfunction
Here's some background.
I've had a longstanding issue with my ABS Brake Module. The light first went on in October of 2006. The dealership wanted to replace the module and pump for closs to $2k which was probably a 3rd of the value of the car so I said no to that and found out about a bunch of companies that recondition/remanufacture ABS Brake Modules.
The one I dealt with was in Florida (autotechmicro.com). For $179 they recondition the ABS Brake Module. With some pictures and elbow grease I managed to get the module off and sent it in and when I got it back it worked. Light went off. All was fine until a few months ago. Took the car to a mechanic who had me replace my alternator and battery to eliminate those as factors. (Thanks!) With those "factors" eliminated he had no idea what to do. I decided to take advantage of the warranty on the work performed on the ABS Brake Module and sent it back to Flordia.
This time their work didn't get the light to go off. I had the codes pulled and cleared, but the ABS Brake light remains intermittently on.
The Florida reconditioners say that the codes (P1602 18010, P1606 18014) are soft codes and can be cleared via Vag-Com. (That's 3rd party software for diagnosing VW problems.) That the codes are set in the ECU and not in the ABS. Once the codes are cleared/reset the lights will go out.
Does anyone know anything about this? Have experience with this kind of problem?
Thanks!
Got nothin' on the P1606.
Thanks for reading and responding!!
Thanks
fuses?, this will keep them from corroding, and not
working, sounds like this may be the problem, because
pulling them and putting them back in corrects the problem.
Any thoughts?
The rear socket outlet is right behind the armrest.
Mine is not just a starting problem. My key will not open locks, or even set off the panic button. Nothing. I took the key to the dealer and had a new battery put in- still nothing. The key does not seem to be communicating with the car. One of the service personel told me I may need to reprogram my key. What? The manual says just hold it down for a second and it will reprogram iteslf!
Can anyone tell me where or what the EPC light means?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks for your reply-
I'm going to pass these thoughts along to the mechanic who has my son's Passat and will post the result when I know something.
i have EPC lite on now and eng lite just came on _ the car when idling will just shut off if i turn on AC and any otehr appliance.
dealer wont give me an appt until nxt wed but i am gonna try to sneak in tomorrow .
If it gets wet, it will short out. The first indication is that the fuel gauge goes to Zero and if you have a "Miles To Empty" indication it goes to --- indicating no input. If you don't do something quickly, it will cause the Comfort Control Module to fail. When it fails, nothing will work including car starting.
The 1st time it happened, Miles to Empty went to --- and no indication on the fuel gauge. A day later, things began to fail, power windows, radio, Auto A/C, etc. The next day, car wouldn't start. When they opened the trunk they found the area where the module is located (under the spare beneath a foam block) filled with water. They sprayed water everywhere and could not find the leak so they blamed it on a body repair I had done on the Drivers Door (go figure!). When it happened again, I caught it before the Comfort Control Module failed. Again, water and again they blamed it on the old body repair (they couldn't explain how that could occur!) but they said they couldn't find the leak.
I took the car home and looked to see where water could come in. There is a seal where the fuel signal from the fuel tank enters and goes to the fuel control module. If I sprayed water on the seal from the outside (like would happen from the spray from your tires in the rain!) water would begin to penetrate the seal and run down the wires to the module. I double bagged the fuel control in plastic bags, sealed them, and used a sealer around the seal penetration through the trunk and have not had a problem since. I do check periodically to see there has been any water penetration...so far so good!
If I take the fuel control module out and take it to the dealer, can they test it?
When you say the comfort control module is under the floorboard under the seat, does I access it from under the car, or by removing the seat? Can they test that also?
Thanks again.
All dashboard indicators, head lights are functional, but that's it. Can't even open the gas cover.
Basically the red lights on the side of the grills (from where hot and cold air comes in, which can be closed, opened, moved left right, every car has 4 of these on the dashboard)are faulty. the two on the passenger side (left) are fine and come on when the lights are turned on, but the 2 on the right dont come on (the lights i'm on about are the ones which are on one side of every air grill above and under the knob you turn to close or open the flaps).
i have a feeling this is a problem with a fuse as only two are turned off and two are on (lights).
i dont know where the fuses for these are. i had a similar problem with the sidelights before when the front and back sidelights on the left of the car only didnt come on, a car electrician checked some fuses on the right hand side of the dashboard- he opened the door and took off the end pannel to reveal the fuses, checked a few and replaced one of them and the lights were working fine.
i have cxhecked all the fuses on that side but found non that are fused, could you please let me know what i should do or where to find any other set of fuses which may have gone.
i would really appreciate it if someone could reply and let me know how to solve this problem. if i havent posted this problem in the right place could someone please forward this to the right department and let me know via e-mail where they have posted this note. i would be very grateful.
i know i sound very stupid, but i am unfortunately a novice at this...thanx for your time guys.
Jack
You might find instructions for the replacement of those bulbs if you google dash vent light bulb replacement Passat.
I am in the dark with a black leather interior and I AM SCARED OF THE DARK
Any Ideas Guys????
I have an elderly VW Passat Estate (we call them estates in the UK). For no good reason my drivers door window will suddenly decide to open by itself. It will alos sometimes do it as I start the car up. Up to now the passenger window has been OK but it has suddenly started to open when I start the car. Also the rear windows won't open and the switch on the dashboard that stops the rear windows opening has no effect. I am beginning to assume that there is a control module somewhere that might be causing the trouble by sending signals to the window motors that it shouldn't be sending. I don't know but reading some of these messages on the site I think there is such a unit. If so, does anyone know where it is and is it easy to change? Thanks in advance.
You might ask "why is water getting in my car?" Read all about it here: http://www.weirdlittlebiscuit.com/passat/leak/
I bought my Passat in August, kinda cheap for the area and the car. A month later, the battery went dead. I got a jump start and got home okay, but the battery didn't hold the charge. I replaced the battery with a top of the line Bosch after having Pep Boys test the electrical system to make sure it wasn't the alternator.
Two and a half months later, and I'm back at Pep Boys with a dead battery which won't hold a charge. They test everything again, tell me it was just a bad battery and replace it (free of charge since I got the extra warranty).
Two weeks later, and the battery died on me again. I can't possibly think my luck with batteries is this bad. I'm relatively certain it isn't the alternator, since the second time my battery went dead I drove for 45 minutes off a jump start with no issue.
Any thoughts?
Thank you very much, i stand corrected, the problem was the bulbs, i opened the dash vents as shown
in the pictures and it was exactly the same, i even managed to get the tricky part of pulling out the bulb, it took me 45mins but now i can take out the bulbs in a few seconds, cool...
However the site said buy the bulbs online for about £3.89, excluding postage and packaging. but when i went to dealers to find out if i can get them quicker at probably the same price or a bit more, the dealers gave the bulbs for £3.08, buzzin. have changed the bulbs and love it, the lights are workin......
Will be back if have any other problems, Again, ewant to thank the person who helped me and Wish you all the best, as this is the best site i have ever seen, rapid response, ive been recomending you lot left, right and centre. You da best guys, THANX THANX THANX THANX.............
Reply if this gets to the right person, again dont know ow to get in touch with them directly but if you get this please pass it to the right persomn who helped me so they may let me know the received this... i really do want them to know how much i appreciate this help.
Take care all, BYE and THANX again...
I had a variety of similar problems on my 2002 Passat, (no indicators but hazards worked, no wipers, no heater). Turned out to be the ignition switch, it cost £22. My dealer was brilliant, and seeing as they couldn't diagnose it after 2 hours, they did not charge me anymore diagnosis time.
So check out the ignition switch. All the bad earth problems for random electrical componets seem to stem from the switch. Pass it on.
Good luck.
Nish