Hi all, D reg Golf 1.3 CL ,When driving around in my car, the engine stops for a fraction of a second,quite a jerk and shudder ,then runs ok, downhill ,uphill or on the flat ,sometimes droping a gear helps ? Starts fine ,seems to run ok , I have tried to make this happen on the road outside my house, but I 'can't !, have an Haynes manual,but there's nothing in the troublshooting section...

Hi, Anyone any idea how frequently the timing belt/chain should be changed ? TIA Hills

I have a friend with a 2002 Passat. The rear n/s electric window, courtesy light and central lock has all stopped working. Any Ideas??? or help before he tackles it himself. Thanks

Hi I have a problem with my VW polo. I got it back from a service in which the oil and oil filter were changed as well as the exaust and when I got it back, something was wring with the car. When I push the throttle at low revs - 1500rpm (i.e coming out of a roundabout) the car seems to jump for few seconds and does not accelerate much until high revs are reached by the engine and then it seems...

This is in fact a french L.H. drive 2002 (I think) estate. My french is poor so I'd like to try and pin this down before getting help translating. Because I rarely have other than a front-seat passenger, this only came to light because of my scruffy habits with scraps of paper everywhere - on doing a periodic clear-out, I noticed several of the paper scraps were absolutely sodden. This is round...

Hi folks, looking for a little advice here please. My Mk4 Golf (2l) started to make funny noises last week, so I came home immediately. A mechanic came out to look and said he would need to take it away. I asked if he was towing it, he replied he would drive it. It broke down. He had it towed to a gearbox place who have kept it a week, then informed me that the something or other had smashed...

Can somebody who is familliar with ETKA tell me if when the descripion of the part states "Right-Hand Traffic" does that actully mean Left Hand Drive as if the traffic is on the Right the Car is LHD (And Vice Versa) Thanks Lyndon C

I have a 1975 camper van and...well...it might be time to let him go. Now, I know the whole vw camper van concept seems to have died with the 1990's, but is it coming back??? I was surfing through the vw germany website and found the "Multivan California". My german's rusty, can anyone tell me more about this model? Is it just a concept or a full production model? When did they start making...

This is a web link to a rental fleet of current VW "campers". You don't need to speak German to see that there are still possibilities there if you prefer the old camper. Bill http://www.hmc-reisemobile.de/mietflotte.html

i have a problem with the electronics!ALL the lights (inc interior)flash and sometimes run dim.sometimes they are fine.the bearings went in the altenator causing it to earth,thus, draining the battery.i put in a new altenator and voltage regulator but still have the same problem!can anyone give me any advice on this?cheers!!!dan

Please go to the link below and add your name to petition the government to change the static date for road tax exemption: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/historiccartax/ Detail from the petition writer... Currently cars have to have been constructed before a set date - the 1st January 1973 to be eligible for historic car tax exemption. We the undersigned would like the date to be moved as it has...

need help to get inner door panel off door,cable for window has snapped & window stuck at the bottom of door.

Hi, Could someone be kind enough to tell me the socket size of the spark plugs used in the vw polo 2001 ? Also can anyone tell me where the spark plugs are located in this car ? I haven';t got a manual for it yet so was just wondering where about it is. I can't see any leads going anywhere ? Any recommendation for brands to use ?

My cruise control in my 2006 tdi Touran stopped working last night. It had been working earlier on my journey but later on I noticed that the indicator light had gone out and it wouldn't set. I turned off the ignition, re-started and the light came back on, only to go out again about 30 seconds later. Today it's working fine. The only thing I can think of was that last night the...

I have a 1997 vw golf gti all the forward gears are fine but if i select reverse it keeps jumping out of gear this is even worse if reversing on an incline!! any ideas??

Is it normal for these copy protected discs to skip when played in VW passat 6 disc changer? cheers Ken

Hi all, I`m after an owners manual for a 52 Passat and an 02 Polo. Anyone got any good suggestions for a source of these books? Thanks in advance for your help! -- Items on ebay: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZscousesifinQQhtZ-1

Anyone know where I can find the gear and final drive ratios of the current 2.0 tdi diesel golf? Tim

Anyone got a MK3 (square lamp, 89F is the VW code for it IIRC) interior? Would be nice with door cards etc. if it's a coupe. Needs to be somewhere around Nottingham / Sheffield.

Well, I'm about to remove and replace the radiator on my Golf 8v- I've never done this before- can anyone give me any advice before I start? All comments are welcome and appreciated!