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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / August 2006Throttle body - 99 V6 Passat
My Passat (99 V6) was in to the dealer for an intermittent cruise control. They ended up replacing the cruise control switch but then apparently needed to "perform throttle body adaptation". This operation failed, despite there being no previous trouble codes related to this component. So they wanted to replace the throttle body and quoted me $700 to do so. I refused, with the new symptoms (as described by the mechanic) of hard shifting and the "engine check" light always on. Can this "throttle body adaption" be attempted by another dealer service department with any chance of success? Or am I truly stuck replacing the throttle body at this point? Thanks, Bryan They prob broke the throttle body replacing the switch and now want you to pay for it. Any vw dealer should be able to do the adaptation . SFC > My Passat (99 V6) was in to the dealer for an intermittent cruise control. > They ended up replacing the cruise control switch but then apparently [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks, > Bryan Duh! please explain? There are no cruise control switches mounted on the throttle housing. > They prob broke the throttle body replacing the switch and now want you to > pay for it. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> Thanks, >> Bryan > My Passat (99 V6) was in to the dealer for an intermittent cruise control. > They ended up replacing the cruise control switch but then apparently [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > department with any chance of success? Or am I truly stuck replacing the > throttle body at this point? I had the same problem on a V6 A4. The car was working ok but the a Throttle body adaption needed to be performed. Couldn't communicate with it and a new Throttle body is required. I got it replaced under warranty thankfully ! It is a common fault apparently. There are companies that rebuild them. Richard > My Passat (99 V6) was in to the dealer for an intermittent cruise > control. They ended up replacing the cruise control switch but then [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks, > Bryan Followup -- another dealer tried but also could not successfully do the throttle body adaptation. This is a 7 year old car so I hate to put that much into replacing this part. Any chance that a used or rebuilt throttle body could be put on it with success? If an independent shop does that, do I still need to go back to a dealer to do this adaptation, or should it be good without? > > My Passat (99 V6) was in to the dealer for an intermittent cruise > > control. They ended up replacing the cruise control switch but then [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I still need to go back to a dealer to do this adaptation, or should it be > good without? Buy a remanufactured TB. This place ( http://www.bba-reman.com/ ) does them but they are UK based. There will be somewhere in your locale I'm sure. It will need coding to the car and a TPA performed unfortunately. Buy VGA-COM or find somebody in your area with it. Richard |
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