Rant**VW W8 SUCK!!**Rant

[SpecM]

Nope, battery was hooked up and charged the whole time.

oh ok. Still, some close-call "failures" may be intermitant glitchs, and as I said they will sometimes clear in a few key cycles.

[The Barvarian]

Nope, battery was hooked up and charged the whole time.

[SpecM]

Any ideas on why the Check engine light went out? Once a failure is picked up I would think the light would stay on until the failure is cleared in the computer.

some intermitant failures will clear after a few key cycles
Did you/someone disconnect the battery maybe?

but the code should still be there

[The Barvarian]

Any ideas on why the Check engine light went out? Once a failure is picked up I would think the light would stay on until the failure is cleared in the computer.

[SpecM]

I hate how the new Routon or whatever is just a re-badged Dodge *fail*

as nice as the new mk5 jetta/golf/rabbit drives, I wouldn't have one

[regnu]

The dealership should still be able to see the fault code.

[The Barvarian]

Update on the Passat:
The soonest I can get it into the dealer is Tomorrow so the Passat has sat in the garage. Yesterday I wanted to move it outside so I could work on the wiring on the e30. The check engine light did NOT come back on? WTF? The fault code will still be in the OBD2 system, right? Will the dealer hassle me because the check engine light is not on? Why would it go out for a catastrophic failure?

[willsol]

I still love my audi - despite all the warnings on here.

Yup and there is people out there who enjoy getting punched in the face

[Turf1600]

I still love my audi - despite all the warnings on here.

[Raxe]

VW probably took a lesson from Microsoft.

[The Barvarian]

Lesson learned.....

[Pinepig]

most vw things suck.

and it started right about the time the MK3s started coming out.

[jflip2002]

Look on the bright side... you probably could have got a baseline X5 for the same price =\

[Anthrax]

My dad has a Passat Variant 1.8T ´05, but the only thing wrong with it so far is some issues with the clearcoat on the hood.

[Jean]

most vw things suck.