My 2003 VR6 engine failed on the expressway last week.  The stop engine
light came on and then the engine blew up sending a rod through the
side of the engine block.  What are all the reasons that this could
happen?  My car and I do not live in the same country and I had the oil

My L reg Vento's fan dial seems to have lost the will to live.
First no. 1 went, then no.2...now all that's left is no.4.  Trouble is, the
dial gets REALLY hot when its on four.  Is it dead?  Any ideas where i can
get another?

alright guys, im new to this group, im a regular in the vw vortex,
gratefuldude11.
i do mainly scirocco fun stuff.
i am having a problem with my GLI 16v though, tonight. taking a friend

My seventeen year-old daughter has a 1999 Jetta. Every time she tries
to unlock the car the alarm goes off. She's begun to leave the car
unlocked at night. (Not a good thing to do in St. Louis... the #1 crime
city in America.) I told her that she probably needs to replace the

I have a 1984 VW rabbit gti.
The brushes are worn on my alternators voltage regulator.  Can just the
brushes be replaced?
IF not I looked into getting a new regulator as they are only about $25.

I have purchased a trunk(boot) release button and trunk lock with a
microswitch from the states.  I have the connectors for both but I
don't have any wires.  Does someone know how to connect them up
electically?  As I have no idea.  Do I need to wire to the central

Hello,  most of the interior in my mk2 golf gti has seen better days.  I
have been looking on ebay and the like for a replacement, but would like
to maybe go for something different. Does anybody know what else will fit
without too much modification?  I believe corrado seats would ...

Is there anyone out there that has a 2000 EVC and could recomend a
child seat for a 5 month old.  I bought a britax marathon and have been
trying to install it, but with the way the seat belts are configured I
see no way to get the seat tight enough to be safe.  Any help would be

the remote can be pried open carefully and the battery is easy to replace with special attention to which side is the + and the - pole.  If you break it, I just saw one for sale on eBay for $6
http://cgi.ebay ...

All
I am thinking about opting out of my company car scheme, taking the
cash and buying a late Mark IV gti, my current and previous company
cars were mark IV's (tdi and 1.6match).....both of which were/are great

I currently own a Mk 4 Golf (2003) TDi 100 BHP Match.
The car has a on-board computer, which is displayed in the dashboard.
I wanted to know if there was a function which sounds a audible tone or
displays a message when the car reaches a certain speed. (Something

Help.
My car shuts off as I'm driving. Sometimes I can pump and restart it.
Sometimes it has to sit for 5 minutes before I can restart it. I had
the fuel lines cleaned.

I could really use some insight into this by someone who's done it.  The
heater core is accessible through a slot in the side of the heater box on
the drivers side but it can only come out 4 inches before it runs into the
pedal assemblies.  I figured when I first looked at it ...

I hope someone here can help me resurrect my Golf -- I haven't driven
it for about 6 months, and now the MOT is due and I've found the car
won't start!
This is on 1995 1.6L petrol:

I have a 1997 Eurovan Camper with 130K miles on it.  I'm road tripping
and have been dealing with check engine light issues most of the month.
This time, the engine light comes on and goes off, it's not sustained.
The problem code came up as a Torque Converter Bridge Clutch but I