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Diesel particle filter dpf

Volkswagen Passat 2012 Saloon 100000 miles
The dpf light keeps coming on every few weeks, tried regeneration at 2000 rpm gear 3 and around 40 mph, still no joy!! Can anyone help!!!!
Snoddy from Great Britain 10 years ago  
SN
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Vw Passat 57 sports dsg from Great Britain 10 years ago
Hi try hitting 40-50 mph and rev upto 30. If this persist then you have to go VW and change the exchust. Please note if you resech only and find people suggesting to cut the dpf out... it wont pass MOT.
chas. from Great Britain 9 years ago
You could try diesel cleaner wynns worked for me the dpf maybe a bit clogged,the engine must be at normal temp before you take the car on a 30 mile trip 40-45mph 3rd gear this can also help the EGR AND cooler.
Andybaron from Great Britain 8 years ago
Hi there in order for your dpf to properly regenerate it’s self you should first check if it requires oil systems like ford use a special expensive oil to aid in regeneration your dpf. Secondly you want to take it onto a motor way and drive it at 70mph in 4th gear for approximately 20 minutes. If this fails you then have 2 options. Do a forced regeneration with relevant diagnostic equipment this takes about 10-15 mins to complete but does have risks involved. When doing a forced regen the dpf will glow red and emit huge amounts of heat. Depending on where your dpf is there could be potential fire risk doing this procedure. Second is replace the dpf. Not something I’d recommend doing if your not trained. As you will need to reset it all after the work is completed.
Andybaron from Great Britain 8 years ago
Diagnostic equipment will also tell you if your dpf is full of ash from many previous regen if this is the case it won’t allow forced regen and you will need to replace the filter or find a dodgy mot centre for your emissions and remove the dpf lol
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Turbo charger died 2 years ago. Nothing done. Car is now decrepit

Volkswagen Passat 2002 Sedan 182500 miles
Turbo charger
Gear box
Engine smoking
Chiko68 from other 2 years ago  
CH
1 report 

I have a problem with my passat 2007 1.9 diesel

Volkswagen Passat 2007 Hatchback  124000 miles
The engine stop working when the car is under 2000t also if I slow down will stop as well. When I speed up looks to be alright but sometimes is it goes on shocks. Did someone have this problem? Please help. Thank you
Costa from Great Britain 9 years ago  
CO
2 reports 

Possible Failing Alternator?? SolvedSolved

Volkswagen Passat 2012 TDI SE 192000 miles
I have a 2012 VW Passat TDi SE that I have owned since April 2025. I put in a brand-new battery when I bought it, and it lasted me all summer into august as I was starting and driving it almost every other day. In September my battery died and had to get it replaced. At that time, I thought that I had some sort of parasitic power draw specifically from my new radio I got. In late august I bought an RCD360 radio to add CarPlay/Android Auto to my car. When I replaced my battery, I went ahead and just manually wired the power input for the radio to 12v ACC so that the radio will not receive pow… Read complete
Aaron from United States 8 months ago  
AA
Rank 3
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Michi from Great Britain 7 months ago
Hey there, so the problem you're describing COULD indicate a problem with the Alternator. Since you have already fixed the issue with your radio -> it now being on only when the ignition is turned on. The new Radio wont be the problem.
Since you measured aroung 13V-13.2V (Which is a little bit lower than you want it to be) I'd suggest doing this:

Measure these directly on the +/- of the battery.

Let it idle, but turn on all Loads (AC, Heated seating, Windshield, Radio, basically everything that buts a load on the battery/alternator electically)
When you measure, you should not drop below 13.5V and not above 15V

Also try measuring with midrange RPM, also should'nt drop below 13.5V and 15V.
If you see it below 13.5 you should also, before settling on the alternator, measure the Resistance on the Cables that go from the alternator to the battery. If you see a high resistance it could also be corrosion taking place here.

Note: Please disconnect the battery when measuring the resistance in the cable. It should still work but to be 100% sure do it, since the multimeter sends its own current through the cable that could alter the result.
I hope it helps :)
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Aaron from United States 3 months ago
It ended up being a bad ground wire. It was the one that connects the transmission motor mount to the chassis.
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Starting issues

Volkswagen Passat 2006 Saloon 170000 miles
When cold my diesel be Passat starts I drive for 5mins turn off it won’t start without shaking or for at least 30seconds this becomes worse the hotter the engine , sometimes it will go to the get me home mode , when in a diagnosis machine there is no faults... could this be an electrical problem ?
Changed fuel and air filters and Injectors
Jimmy from Great Britain 6 years ago  
JI
3 reports 
Jimmy from Great Britain 6 years ago
Turns out the output of the battery was insufficient to turn the starter motor after first initial start... changed battery... starts first time altho I do get the occasional get me home mode , due to short distance driving filter getting carboned up ,,, high revs driving for 20mins should sort that problem
FancyPants from United States a year ago
2016 Passat is doing the same thing. It just shut off at a stoplight and the battery light came on. I turned everything off, and was able to start it again. The battery is less than a year old, but I will go get it checked tomorrow and maybe exchange it.
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Ignition switch cylinder housing

Volkswagen Passat 2013 2013 se 2.5L 180000 miles
Rewiring the ignition switch cylinder housing I'm installing a new one
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Passat from United States 7 months ago  
PA
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Passat from United States 5 months ago
My car starts after the ignition has been changed but it wont stay running
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Start/Stop Button

Volkswagen Passat 2018 SEL/3.6L 70000 miles
After driving for approximately 250 miles on the Interstate the engine on my car wrould not turn off when pushing e start/stop button. I had to pull a fuse under the hood to stall the engine and then disconnect the battery to shut down all the fans and lights after parking in my garage. Now the dash lights say to put the gear selector in park when I sit in car with battery reconnected and the gear selector is in park. I can't move the selector our of the park position?
TRH654 from United States a year ago  
TR
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TRH654 from United States a year ago
After the fact, I found a fuse box diagram for the VW Passat on Start My Car. After getting the engine to shutdown by pulling all the 40 amp fuses that I could find in the engine bay and disconnecting the battery overnight, I couldn't get the system to power up the next day. The information display kept saying to put the gearshift in the park position (It was locked in the park position at the time!) I tried the capacitor discharge drain technique with the negative battery cable disconnected and using a jumper wire between the negative cable end and the positive battery terminal for 30 minutes and then manually unlocking the gearshift per the owners manual. The next day it started up after connecting the negative battery cable and except for getting error messages about the ACC being inoperative and the clock and trip odometer resetting to 0, everything worked. I even took it into the VW dealership that sold the car to me when new and where it has had 99% of services and repairs done over the past 7 years and they couldn't reproduce the problem. My confidence in VW is wearing thin and I'm not sure how much longer I will keep driving it.
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Put new drive shaft in left side now right side doesn't sound 2 good

Volkswagen Passat 2014 Saloon 1.6 diesel  104000 miles
Put new drive shaft in left side off 141 passat 1.6 diesel now right side sounds rough could it b right shaft r the diff
Dicko from Ireland 9 years ago  
DI
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Andybaron from Great Britain 9 years ago
If Car has had impact damage meaning driveshaft snapped you could have damaged the transmission. Did you fit the correct replacement shaft ? It’s also possible the right side wheel bearing could be running rough. Hard to diagnose a fault you can’t see and hear. You could lift the car with 2 post lift or axle stands start it put in 1st gear then listen to if the noise is present and where it’s coming from. If no noise present most likely rough wheel
Bearing grating under load. If noise is present listen to transmission box and shaft bearing if it has 1. You can also check transmission oil level when not running... Hope this helps.
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P011100 Ansauglufttemperatur unplausibles Signal

Volkswagen Passat 2015  250000 miles
Es Leuchtet die Motorkontrollleuchte
Wenn ich ihm Lösche geht es 1,2 Wochen dann kommt der Fehler wieder.
Wo ist der Luftmassenmesser verbaut?
Stefan from Austria 19 days ago  
ST
1 report 

Intermittent No Start / Rough Start and or crank

Volkswagen Passat 2012 TDI SE 194000 miles
Have a 2012 VW Passat TDI SE with 194k miles on it. I just ran into another issue with it not wanting to start with the DPF light and flashing glow plug light only on while turning over the engine. When it does want to start after 5 or 6 tries, the lights go away. And sometimes it will start and then immediately die, or it will start and drive with no issues, or it will not start at all and just keep turning over. Some more info on this car, I do have a power draw coming from the newly replaced remanufactured alternator (about 0.6 amps) so I have to unplug the battery every time I park it. I… Read complete
Aaron from United States 3 months ago  
AA
Rank 3

Heater core

Volkswagen Passat 2014 Sedan automatic 2.0L 115421 miles
I am having trouble installing the heater core
Calvin from United States 3 months ago  
CA

ABS & ESP lights

Volkswagen Passat 2012 TDI SE 192000 miles
I have a 2012 VW Passat TDi SE and I have had the ABS and ESP lights on sense I bought it back in March/April timeframe. Those lights have occasionally gone in and out, but for the most part have been on consistently. I recently found out that my speakers were not working because they were faulty and I replaced them with JBL 601C speakers I bought off a friend. And the speakers work great, but one thing I noticed sense I put those new speakers in is that my ABS and ESP lights are no longer on. The ESP light does come on occasionally but overall seems to stay off for the most part. I'm not su… Read complete
Aaron from United States 7 months ago  
AA
Rank 3

Idling - vaccum problem

Volkswagen Passat 1996 Sedan 260000 miles
The car is running very rough, idling at working rpm, does not matter hot ir cold. Stalls sometimes at traffic light. Oil found in the air intake. Pcv valve was replaced but did not solve the problem. Vaccum hose was found cracked, replaced, and it did run good for a while, but not for long. Then the plastic was found cracked at air intake, also replaced but still the same problem. Diagnostics are showing only the consequences of this problem but not the solution. It is burning lots of oil, needs to be reffiled every 150-200 KM so thats almost everyday. My next step would be removing lots of other hidden hoses (that requires lots of tearing down) for inspection, checking the sensors, wires, ground, fuses. Unless somebody had this problem and know what would be the solution.
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Alex from other 9 months ago  
AL

Chema de circuit alimentation aire passat 1.9 d 5 ANNEE 2023

Volkswagen Passat 2003 berline 250000 miles
L installation du circuit aire est usée
Benosirys from other 9 months ago  
BE

Spia rigenerazione FAP

Volkswagen Passat 2018 SW TDI 2.0  154000 miles
È possibile installare spia per rigenerazione FAP?
Se qualcuno l'ha fatto potrebbe gentilmente spiegare come ha fatto?
Enzo from other 9 months ago  
EN

Lautsprecherton ausgefallen

Volkswagen Passat 2011  2007 miles
Die Lautsprecher meines Passat TDI (Baujahr 2011) funktionieren nicht mehr. Ich habe das Originalradio durch ein Gerät von Amazon ersetzt, und es funktionierte drei Monate lang einwandfrei. Jetzt besteht das Problem wieder: Der Ton setzt aus.
Hami from other 10 months ago  
HA

Front both lower beam headlights

Volkswagen Passat 2014 Passat 1.8t 229000 miles
The front both lower beam bulbs does not work. I don’t know which fuse or relay control them? I removed both headlights and then reinstall after that. I am suffering this problem.
Mohammed from United States 2 years ago  
MO
9 reports 

Démarrage passat b5.5

Volkswagen Passat 2002 Diesel  400000 miles
Retard de démarrage à froid passat b5.5 diesel 130cv
Ayman from other 2 years ago  
AY
1 report 

Lost as a German in the south.

Volkswagen Passat 2013 Sedan SEL 134612 miles
How difficult is it to install front bumper lip with decent knowledge of auto mechanics trait. I service my own vehicles in my home garage man cave. $125.00 US to buy the bumper lip, mechanic astronomical price for installation, $1455.00 US so another $140.00 in taxes. It's a hard cast pvc type plastic with 42 screws and plug in driving lights. That's it.. Or is it? Any help please would make my wallet ecstatic!! Thank you.
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Passatpissed from United States 2 years ago  
PA

Everything electrical

Volkswagen Passat 2012 Passat 2L TDI 100000 miles
Really cold out -35. Heard a bit of possibly belt noise. Drove about 20 miles. Fan didn't work until i hit the Max heat. Seemed to run ok. Stopped and shut engine off. Tried to start within 5 minutes, battery dead, all lights on dash flashing. Jumped with booster. Started. Would not go into any gear. Steering wouldn't work. Engine slowed and died with a thunk. Would not start again. After recharging battery disconnected from vehicle 13.25 volts. Hook to vehicle and it drops to 7.5 volts.
chilko from Canada 6 years ago  
CH
4 reports 

Can't find kill switch

Volkswagen Passat 2003 Saloon 1.9tdi 180000 miles
Hi my 2003 Passat is giving problems, yesterday it drove fine until I switched it off about then about 20 mins later it would not start ( it cranks) i put more diesel in it as it was almost empty and still won't start. I then cleaned the filter which had a lot of shit in it. Then I noticed the glow plug light is not coming on and the pump isn't making any noise and there is no diesel coming from the pipes. I presume the pump is goosed but since there is no glow plug light it may be the relay 109 which I can't find. Is there a shut off button in the car or is it just the relay or is it a different problem,, also my diagnostic machine is coming up as link error even though it worked last week
Irish from Ireland 8 years ago  
IR
6 reports 

Codes 17675/17448/18575

Volkswagen Passat 2006 2 tdi  10800 miles
I was just driving along no lights came on just stalled and would start again came engine fault then on the diagnostics got theses codes 17675/17448 the car has been sat for a while over due a service is also a dsg gear box
Shalma from Great Britain 10 years ago  
SH
9 reports 
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