In general this car has had many recalls and is unsafe. If drains for sun roof and plenum clog then water goes inside and shorts critical electronics. We double checked that the input shaft was going deep enough in the pilot bearing. First noticed problem after warranty ran out. This entry was posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2015 at 6:29 am and is filed under. Guess I was a bit flustered and busy cleaning up splattered tranny fluid that I forgot to snap a picture.
This the second time something has gone wrong with the transmission. Electrical notes: There are 3 functions you need to make sure work when your done. My wife drives this car, and this scares her, she gets nervous and can cause an accident. They encouraged me to get the car inspected when I test drove it and were very candid about me feeling comfortable before the purchase. When I tried to restart the car, it would not start and did not start until about an hour later.
If this failure had occurred during driving, I might. Heres the auto subframe, and a part of my shoe! You can see the hole slots for the clutch and brake switches on the auto pedal assembly. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of it draining from the drain plug. Overall I am very disappointed in the car. If you would like us to do this to your Passat. They had me preapproved before making the 2.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. We had some problems with the clutch. Buying a used 2003 Volkswagen Passat transmission from a non-reliable dealer is an unnecessary risk. Now torque converter light came on just after powertrain warranty expired 1 month outside of warranty. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. This is what this customer chose to do. Passat manual transmissions have a fairly simple shifter assembly with a solid linkage.
Before you do that, though, prepare the ear plug rolled tight to inser into the hole when the pump comes free otherwise, you lose all the fluid and have mess on the floor in front of you. They were not pushy at all. The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Passat. We have done over 20 of these conversions. I purchased it from the dealer in July of 2005 when it had 42,000 miles on it. Nabi was extremely helpful and great to work with.
Not worth putting money into the car. My wife drives this car ,and this scares her, she gets nervous and can cause an accident. The following pic is from under the with the trans removed near the rack. In the end I need to assess whether the costs will be worth it. It got to do with the Passat leaking water and the location of an extremely expensive component in the rear passenger floor, the area where any water that leaks migrates to. This is now happened 3 times. I tried pulling back on the brake pedal as much as I could with my hand and it turned the lights off.
I highly recommend Amati to purchase a car. It was ok for a short period of time and it started again. Have to shut off vehicle and restart to sometimes get it started again. The vehicle stalled on 2 occasions due to a faulty fuel pump. The vehicle also had a transmission leak. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection but the cause of the failure could not be determined.
Normally garaged and maintained according to schedule. Regulator pin on rear passenger side window keeps breaking 3rd replacement since 2003. We did this by greasing the input shaft and trial fitting the trans to the engine and seeing how far the grease was pushed back on the pilot. If this failure had occurred during driving, I might. Shorted out transmission computer in passenger foot well. Automatics are dangerous; can put you to sleep on a long trip. Buy a recycled 2003 Volkswagen Passat transmission and save thousands of dollars.
Dealer said the pollen filter seal was no good and that water leaked in and destroyed the transmission control unit which is located in the floor behind the passenger seat. Had to get new battery cleaned out sunroof drainage. Also hit another car as transmission shifted without doing anything. This was due to water leak in pollen filter box cracked which affected the shift lock solenoid, affecting the transmission control module. If this failure had occurred during driving, I might. Some indication that it needed the change?.