Should I keep this Passat?

I own a VW Passat 1.9TDI S estate on an 07 plate. It has 104,000 on the clock. It is regularly serviced and I do about 18,000 miles a year. The car is an ex fleet car which had 50k on the clock when I...

Is the electric parking brake fault on my Passat common?

I own a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The electric parking brake started to play up almost immediately after the three year warranty expired. It works intermittently. It regularly fails to engage and when it...

Which used estate car?

We have two kids and a dog, so need a big estate. Have thought about the Mondeo, Insignia, Passat or Volvo V70. We have between £10-12K to spend and are edging towards a mondeo What is the best model,...

'Scalloped' tyres - what's the cure?

I am advised by my Volkswagen dealer that the rear tyres on my Passat Estate are scalloped on the inner edge. This is apparently a know problem with the car which Volkswagen seems not to acknowledge and...

Buying a passat sized car - what would you recommend?

Thinking of changing our 56 plate, 77,000-mile VW auto diesel SE Passat. It's been a bit problematic - VW have paid for 2 problems I had with injectors and have now replaced them all. I'm worried about...

Increasinbg fuel consumption - is this normal?

I own a 2007 VW Passat 2.0 SEL TDI 170 DSG Estate which has covered about 75,000 miles. Until June it was averaging just over 42mpg on a combined cycle over 4500 miles, and on a run I could routinely get...

Electronic hand brakes - and the point is?

What is the point of electronic handbrakes? You report that water ingress is a common problem. If it's so common why don't they fix it? I have just been quoted £550 by Volkswagen to replace just one side....

Is a DSG fault causing problems when I pull away in my 2009 Volkswagen Passat?

I purchased a Volkswagen Passat Sport TDI DSG estate new in March 2009. It has been dealer-serviced since new and now has 35,000 miles on the clock. Over the last six months or so it has developed a habit...

Pull the other one

I need to look for a replacement for our 1996 Peugeot 405 GLXD Turbo estate which we have had since 1999, not because there is anything wrong with it but because the weight and power are both well short...

Suspension dropped on my Passat after a loud bang.

My 59-plate Volkswagen Passat was sitting stationery in the drive when a loud bang was heard and alarm went off. On examining the car it appeared the left back chassis has dropped onto wheel. The car...