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Thread: Towbar Information

  1. #21
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    I think if you have a towbar it has to have legal wiring... could be wrong though.

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    My contribution for what it's worth is that since 08 after purchasing my Passat i've done plenty of towing, and apart from the odd "Bulb Warning" on the display from time to time I've had no real issues. By the way OilBurna, that TDi wagon with the newish trailer you saw last night was probably me if you were traveling down Liberty Pde at around 5.00 pm. If so the car in question is silver, not green.

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    i have inquired and there are no aftermarket towbars for passat. hope to be corrected
    had a passat tdi. now mb c class.

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    Please see my newbie first post. Can't find it's link for you! Hayman Reese have a tow bar for the Passat but require VW wiring loom for fitment, from memory $411.

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    http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f98/...tml#post509739

    Hi Again,

    Above is the link to my post on Passat tow bar fitment

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by tryingavw View Post
    i have inquired and there are no aftermarket towbars for passat. hope to be corrected
    Yep, there are aftermarket towbars for the Passat. I enquired with several manufacturers about getting one with a higher download on the towball. People had after market ones but the rating was the same. The limit is imposed by the manufacturer and whilst they can engineer a stronger one you wont be able to get it rated any higher. I think in Brisbane Aranda towbars had an aftermarket for a passat
    Gone...........R36 Icelandic Gray Wagon

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    fraid not i just rang aranda and they DO NOT make a passat B6 bar. However they DO make a B5 bar.

    Quote Originally Posted by apom View Post
    Yep, there are aftermarket towbars for the Passat. I enquired with several manufacturers about getting one with a higher download on the towball. People had after market ones but the rating was the same. The limit is imposed by the manufacturer and whilst they can engineer a stronger one you wont be able to get it rated any higher. I think in Brisbane Aranda towbars had an aftermarket for a passat
    had a passat tdi. now mb c class.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tryingavw View Post
    fraid not i just rang aranda and they DO NOT make a passat B6 bar. However they DO make a B5 bar.
    hmmm interesting....if I have my "A"s mixed up it could have been Arrow, have you tried them? I rang about 5 on the same day trying to do the same thing. There was definitely someone in Brisbane that had them but they were rated to 90kg
    Gone...........R36 Icelandic Gray Wagon

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    I have a VW Golf 2.0 TDI Mk6 and I tow an A'Van A'Liner with it.
    When I start the engine the electric brakes on the van come on for about 10 seconds.
    Why does this happen? I thought I was getting a VW towbar but the dealer had it fitted by Hayman Reese.
    My auto electrician tells me the fault is with the car.
    Last edited by glenc; 14-06-2010 at 06:19 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glenc View Post
    I have a VW Golf 2.0 TDI Mk6 and I tow an A'Van A'Liner with it.
    When I start the engine the electric brakes on the van come on for about 10 seconds.
    Why does this happen? I thought I was getting a VW towbar but the dealer had it fitted by Hayman Reese.
    My auto electrician tells me the fault is with the car.
    The car conducts a bulb out test when the car is started and to do this it puts some juice through the bulbs. The electric brakes are seeing this as brake light activity and turning on the electric brakes. You should be able to get around this using a few diodes. Of course I could be wrong but I understand that electric brakes run off the brake light circuit?

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