Maintenance & Troubleshooting

1998 Volkswagen Beetle alarm keeps going off due to a faulty door pin. To fix, remove the door panel and disconnect the door pin connector.

1997 Volkswagen Jetta alarm won’t shut off. To disable the alarm, insert the key into the driver’s door lock and turn it to the On position. Leave the key in the lock for 10 seconds, then remove it. The alarm should now be disabled.

1995 Volkswagen Golf City III OBD port wiring harness cut off near ECU.

2008 Volkswagen Rabbit check engine light on and off can be caused by a faulty oxygen sensor, mass air flow sensor, or a dirty throttle body.

06 Volkswagen Passat over-torqued lug nuts, use a breaker bar and impact gun to break them loose

06 Volkswagen Passat lug nuts are excessively tight and can’t be removed. Apply heat to the lug nuts for 5-10 minutes to loosen.

2006 Volkswagen Passat. Lug nuts are rusted. Penetrating oil and a breaker bar were used to remove the lug nuts.

Volkswagen Truck & Bus will be spun off as a separate company called Traton SE, with a valuation of around EUR 25 billion.

To turn off the back wiper on a Volkswagen Polo, press the lever on the end of the stalk twice.

Volkswagen agreed to pay $10 billion to settle a U.S. criminal investigation into the company’s diesel emissions cheating scandal.