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Hi,my first post.
Passat 170 tdi sport 2006.Bought 2008 with 40,000 and 8mths warranty.
2009 had a prob with the limp mode.Restarted the car and all was well.Took to dealers for a read out.Nothing listed.Driving on motorway again at steady 80 Cruise control on and it went again.Pulled over and turned off (reset) then on way again.After several times during a couple months driving i went to dealers and told then all was not well.Car now out of warranty.They put in a new throttle sensor switch,it happened again week later,they then reimbersed me and said it was wiring from the glow plug harness and they changed it and a sensor(not sure which sensor they replaced).After it happened again they refunded me.I managed to get to them with the flashing light and the Garage workshop message still showing.As if i turned it off it did not save any faults on the readouts.So went away with car still with this intermittent fault that does not show up on main dealers vagcom(or what they use).
The car then was fine for 4 months and then on the motorway 70-mph last week it did it again.
Has anyone any ideas what i should look for or suggest anything please.Apart from this it is 100% and i love it.Just at the back of my mind i always wonder when it will happen again.I know basics with cars and wanted to try and solve it without the price of the dealers.Even though they could not find the fault.Thank you
Passat 170 tdi sport 2006.Bought 2008 with 40,000 and 8mths warranty.
2009 had a prob with the limp mode.Restarted the car and all was well.Took to dealers for a read out.Nothing listed.Driving on motorway again at steady 80 Cruise control on and it went again.Pulled over and turned off (reset) then on way again.After several times during a couple months driving i went to dealers and told then all was not well.Car now out of warranty.They put in a new throttle sensor switch,it happened again week later,they then reimbersed me and said it was wiring from the glow plug harness and they changed it and a sensor(not sure which sensor they replaced).After it happened again they refunded me.I managed to get to them with the flashing light and the Garage workshop message still showing.As if i turned it off it did not save any faults on the readouts.So went away with car still with this intermittent fault that does not show up on main dealers vagcom(or what they use).
The car then was fine for 4 months and then on the motorway 70-mph last week it did it again.
Has anyone any ideas what i should look for or suggest anything please.Apart from this it is 100% and i love it.Just at the back of my mind i always wonder when it will happen again.I know basics with cars and wanted to try and solve it without the price of the dealers.Even though they could not find the fault.Thank you