Whats wrong with your .:R today?

[speeedfrk]

^^^ disconnect the battery and reconnect. i had that problem once and that fixed it.

[hubris007]

^^^ disconnect the battery and reconnect. i had that problem once and that fixed it.

Heh, the battery has been unplugged for about 2 hours now. Great minds and all that.

Any idea how long it takes to completely reset?

[Deconus]

Only thing wrong with mine is theres no bag of money for aftermarket parts in the back

[speeedfrk]

Heh, the battery has been unplugged for about 2 hours now. Great minds and all that.

Any idea how long it takes to completely reset?

mine was only disconnected for a couple minutes

[execchef337.1]

Ripped a nice gash in my oil pan goin over some ice on my way to work 1 day at work,3 days salary to fixFML!!!!!

[argh32]

Need front right wheel bearing and the all wheel drive has ceased working...maybe the control module? Should find out tomorrow. Love the car, but at 131,000 I am thinking of moving on.....

[cnahm]

Hmmmmm... let's just say that for the year my repair tally is up to over 5K. The biggest thing was getting a CEL, which was p1340 for cam misalignment. That turned out to be due to the timing chain being stretched. So it was a whole engine tear down, replacement of cams, pulleys, rails, gears, timing chain, etc etc. And then when they had it all apart, the clutch was almost gone, so we did that too. Yippee, I saved on labor for that at least. This was a couple months ago.... which brings me to the recent one....Differential carrier bearing failed (in dramatic fashion in traffic I might add, requiring immediate pull over and tow). Another pricey repair.

Needless to say, as great as it still drives, I'm not happy with the year's problems. I'm getting something different in the next 6 months. It's worn out its welcome, and not in good graces anymore.

[hubris007]

well, battery reset didn't work for the CEL. It was back on within 12 hours.
On the plus side, the passenger door unlocks by double tapping the key fob unlock.

[speeedfrk]

Need front right wheel bearing and the all wheel drive has ceased working...maybe the control module? Should find out tomorrow. Love the car, but at 131,000 I am thinking of moving on.....

hopefully all goes well for you. i was the guy with the twin car that came to say hello to you. not sure what it was as i work as a service advisor in the mazda/kia building, but i would imagine it was the haldex connector and a possibility of built up corrosion. wheel bearings are just one of those things that go at 131,xxx. no reason to get rid of a VERY fun car.

hubris007
well, battery reset didn't work for the CEL. It was back on within 12 hours.
On the plus side, the passenger door unlocks by double tapping the key fob unlock.

glad it at least fixed the door lock issue.

[.:RForlife]

Need a clutch/flywheel job.
Traction control light is on all the time, no CEL.
Intake cam sensor is f'ing up intermittently
Need a new convenience center thing, random electrical glitches
Fuel door switch takes forever to work, sometimes have to sit there for a couple minutes and keep pulling it. Makes fueling up irritating.
Think I need some new wheel bearings too.

[werdnakills]

Wheel bearing took a ****.

[Basil Fawlty]

flat tire...put a tire plug, heading up to Tire Kingdom tomorrow to replace it!

[benyates]

nothing too much today, the ground for my subs came off the little double female connector...


yesterday the interior lights were just plain off all the time... drifted around a wet sharp turn to the left hard and boom lights are back on

[Mc.:R]

Thinking I need a new throttle body because I can't adapt it or set readiness. Plus it's bumping idle. Awesome!

[R32 802]

Out of the blue, the instrument cluster "dinged" and the odometer part of the cluster went black. Restarted car and it came back on.

[BOUDAH]

Thinking I need a new throttle body because I can't adapt it or set readiness. Plus it's bumping idle. Awesome!

have u cleaned it lately?

[ThatVdub]

Thinking I need a new throttle body because I can't adapt it or set readiness. Plus it's bumping idle. Awesome!

Any TPS codes?

[jerd]

My blinkers are acting like they are on speeeeeed!!!!!!!

Any thoughts???

[ThatVdub]

My blinkers are acting like they are on speeeeeed!!!!!!!

Any thoughts???

Bulbs, Relay?

Did you mess with the lights?

One quick search...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5081850

[jerd]

Bulbs, Relay?

Did you mess with the lights?

One quick search...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5081850

thanks

[jerd]

Bulbs, Relay?

Did you mess with the lights?

One quick search...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5081850

Dude come to find out my brake light drivers side was out!! I pulled the tray out and replaced the bulb and now my blinker is acting like it suppose to!! Yay this thread really works

Thanks John

[ThatVdub]

hehe, bulb is most common issue...

[werdnakills]

Yay this thread really works

[ThatVdub]

Been driving my car around town a few times, just a few miles added, and just noticed my front
tires have'n major inner wear. Desperately need an alignment, which I knew for a while, but
wasn't driving her, since I needed a suspension, now I need to rush order something, before
these new tires go to sh it.

[Mc.:R]

have u cleaned it lately?

Thanks for conferming what I thought I had to do always nice to have another opinion. Seems to have worked for now.


And to thatVdub no tps codes. Only code I have thrown is for the climatronic. Sorry if this seems gumbled I am sick lol.

[Recoil32]

Got the check engine light tonight and the flapper is now shut so its obvious the sound has changed. Read the owners manual and it says it's related to the exhaust system...reduce power use and have it looked at. Is this a problem with the cat?

What is this actually related to?

I don't have a diagnostic tool to read faults so I can't check the code. Anybody recommend a code checker for this car?

Love the car so far, I had an 01 VR6 and lusted for this R32.

[milwaukeeandy]

I got a CEL. Tell me if this makes sense:

I have a unitronic stage 2 tune, when I got the tune I had a 3 inch EIP cat back. I went back to a stock exhaust and thats when the cel came on.

Could that be because i went to a stock exhaust now and the airflow isn't as much?

[joseph052188]

Oil pan busted

[g_wagon]

car started making a weird static sorta noise when i hit a bump coming from the rear passenger side. Cant tell if its the speaker or suspension

[Recoil32]

Took the car to the mechanic and the code pointed to the secondary air system and turned out the tube was leaking. New tube installed code cleared.
While there had the car inspected and oil changed. All looks good, runs and drives fine.

Today driving home the engine light came back on.

So has anyone had problems with cold weather conditions or the secondary air intake system?

Temps are below 39* F, no snow on the roads just cold and dry.

[werdnakills]

car started making a weird static sorta noise when i hit a bump coming from the rear passenger side. Cant tell if its the speaker or suspension

Is it coming from the hazard switch?

[CaptainQualude]

Water in hatch again. I did replace the factory cluster f*ck set-up with clear vinyl tubing over a year ago. The tubing is still attached & there's a lot of water in the hose, so thinking clogged drain nipple.

[WonderBucket]

Cruise control hasn't been working and scanned the car to find the clutch switch was bad. Replaced the sucker and now it drives like a whole new car.

the one tiny little part makes that much difference.

[speeedfrk]

Cruise control hasn't been working and scanned the car to find the clutch switch was bad. Replaced the sucker and now it drives like a whole new car.

the one tiny little part makes that much difference.

drives like a whole new car?? how so? just curious to know what other differences youve noticed.

thanks!

[BOUDAH]

Excuse my ignorance but wtf is a Clutch switch, lol