The only ideas I have for you are to up your tire pressure to 40 or so, and cut your max speed to 60. It's a little hard to adjust at first, but 20 miles at...
I increased the tire pressure 38.5 (from 33) when I got the car...so I doubt that is it. I'll ease off the gas a bit more on the highway and see how it...
I have a 2001 Beetle TDI with 120,000 miles. Am looking for a good "affordable" ($300 or less) VAG-COM to use with my laptop. I'm assuming I need both the...
the VagCom situation is a little bit confusing. First you need a cable of some kind, which will let you use the "shareware" (aka free) version of VagCom, but...
I'm no expert TDI driver by any stretch as this is the first diesel I've had in several years (my last an 87 MB 300D, and that was in the late 80's)... but my...
Ben, From what I have heard about diesels is it takes 10-20,000 miles to break it in. I would not worry about mileage until you get to the 7000 mile mark, then...
Bill - it is a DSG...I think about 2200 RPM at 70 MPH I should also mention that its is a Sedan and was the demo model (Loyal Edition, etc). I purchased it...
Hmm being a demo it may have been very poorly broken-in up to this point, so perhaps things will improve as time passes. ... [Non-text portions of this message...
A minor correction. You don't have to get the USB cable for it to work with the newer cars. I have a 9-pin serial HEX-COM+CAN ($329) cable that works great...
It being a demo is starting to worry me as well...maybe there is something else wrong with the car (along with the squeaking brakes)... Of course I bought the...
... issues? ... Yes, I bought the demo as well... had 105 miles, and I put at least 25 of them on it myself as I test drove it 3 times. (Okay, I milked it a ...
I dont know if it will help any, but i test drove one for about 30 miles total. i drove about 15miles in town and 15 miles on an interstate. I hammered the...
thanks for all the replies and advice. I'm actually in pretty good shape on my latest tank. I'm at an estimated 40MPG combined for the tank and have been...
Well, I have a 2005 Passat TDI Automatic and we have just past 35,000 miles on it. Lately, the mpg has been getting better and better. I figure we must about...
Cecil, Wow, you are doing much better than I am in my '05 Passat. I am primarily in town driving, but I have yet to see 40 on the digital read out. I get...
Russ First, I run straight dino, no bio in my area. I have the GL (read-no sunroof) sedan. Don't know what effect the wagon with roof racks would make. There's...
My 2002 jetta tdi is hard staring in the morning. Is sounds like the battery is dying then suddenly will fire, no other problem staring then throughout the...
Remove the negative cable, if you know the radio code, test witha volt meter between the cable and the battery. If you measure voltage there is a parasitic...
in relation to Donald's initial posting, I just got back from a 10 day trip to TX, when I returned my battery needed a jump. Ok, I left the radar detector...
I replaced my OEM battery with the correct size, aftermarket (brand name eludes me). After 18 months, it failed to start the car one morning at about 25 F....
In my 1997 Jetta TDI I had my first battery go at 4 years old and the next one at 5 years later. Not bad I guess. But they were both instant dead batteries,...
My experience exactly in two TDIs. Good battery one day, no good battery the next day. The last one was a 2 1/2 year old battery from Walmart, they replaced...
Yes, but the charging system on the earlier AHU TDI uses a 120 amp alternator vs. 90 amp of the ALH and the two 98' Jetta that I have owned always start on the...
Cold weather will have an effect also. I'm still on the original battery in my '03, but I highly suspect it will fail this winter (NH). It was getting slow to...
Cold weather will have an effect also. I'm still on the original battery in my '03, but I highly suspect it will fail this winter (NH). It was getting slow to...
I replaced the battery as it was not holding a charged and I'm in good shape now. I still had some pro rating left on it so a new one cost me $80. Thanks for...
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