If it was fine for a while after the fuel filter was replaced, is it possible that you've got a tankful of filthy fuel, and the new filter is clogged again?
Don't do the parts cannon thing....
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If it was fine for a while after the fuel filter was replaced, is it possible that you've got a tankful of filthy fuel, and the new filter is clogged again?
Don't do the parts cannon thing....
I've disconnected the battery in my 2010.5 R36 wagon before and had no problems with lost settings - the seat/mirror position memory remained intact, as did the radio presets, but the trip computer...
This is the older red MFD that was fitted to B6 Passats before the facelift in 2009. After that, Passats got the white MFD. The red MFD would show all the possible gear lever positions along the...
The climatronic panel was updated at some point - the early R36es came with the 3-dial climatronic panel with the LCD temperature displays and the rotary heated seat controls, while the later ones...
He has bought the car already yes, but he's here asking about what he should do about his (potentially) broken transmission, as opposed to looking for advice about whether or not to buy the vehicle....
Seems like quite a significant design faux pas to me - just about every other power tailgate closes quite gently by comparison.
This. Statutory warranty should absolutely apply.
No, the DQ200 was used in the Passat as well - it's more about the ability of the gearbox to handle engine torque than the weight of the...
The dry clutch DQ200 7 speed DSG was prone to premature clutch failure, possibly because unlike the DQ250 wet-clutch 6 speed DSG, the DQ200's has no oil bath to help keep the clutchpacks from getting...
There's nothing special about the headlights fitted to the R36 - when it was new you could option bi-xenon headlights on the 3.2 and it would be the same as those fitted to the R36, with the...
Sort of - the MY12 and later Passats got some toys standard that were optional on the R36, like satnav, bluetooth, RVC and power tailgate - my sister's 2012 118TSI had these things - I had to pay...
The usual servicing will be fine, as well as some awareness of how it works. Being mechanically similar to a manual gearbox, anything that results in excessive slipping of the clutches will reduce...
At one point the Golf GTI made up something like 1 in every 5 Golf sales in Australia.
The AWD variant wasn't sold, but the 3.6l VR6 was available there in FWD only.
I wonder if the GFC...
It seems odd that VW started diluting the R brand almost immediately after its introduction. All three of the original R models - the R50, R36 and R32 had fairly extreme engines for their respective...
Agreed.
I drove a friend's BMW 430i a little while ago, and while it was nice and all, the engine note just sounds wrong when you're driving an $80k car. Performance wise, there's nothing wrong...
The VWAu website only shows two sedan models - the 132TSI and the Comfortline, both equipped with the same 132kw 1.8l turbo 4 cylinder, but the 206TSI wagon is still listed. Unless VW are planning to...
I would have thought that for pretty much every modern automatic transmission that the shift points would adapt depending on a number of factors including vehicle speed, throttle position etc. Some...
Sorry to hear about your hail damage. My R36 copped it too - All the skyward panels have dings in them - even the stainless steel scuff plate on the boot lip copped two dings. Sigh.
The irony is...
Perhaps, but it's a good baseline to start from. And the schedule I listed above matches the advice I have received from FTG VW, especially the part about offsetting the Haldex service from the DSG...
The service manual for my MY10.5 R36 says the Haldex is to be done once every 4 years or 60,000km, whichever comes first.
As for the 3 year thing, the way it was explained to me was that it is...
I had that happen recently - I'm usually very careful with my car keys, but about a month ago I accidentally dropped them onto concrete on my way out to the car (must be getting clumsy in my old...
An all-paw V6 is a rarity in a hatchback, so I think that forms a significant part of the appeal. Plus that engine note...
The R36 may be quicker, and it's still a VR6 configuration, but the...
From MY13, the reversing camera, power tailgate, bluetooth, dead cow and satnav became standard across the range, but as Hillbilly pointed out, you do need to push the tailgate-mounted button to...
Nice work. Your cluster needles appear to be purple - is that just because of the camera, or did you actually change your blue needles to purple?
Also, I never realised before that VW hid its...
Driver's side footwell, under the instrument panel, attached to the relay carrier housing apparently.
http://vwts.ru/electro/b6/b6_94-11.pdf
OP said that it doesn't happen when cornering, which would seem to make understeer unlikely.
OP - Is there any pattern you can discern? Does it happen on particular road surfaces? It's not...