VW Passat A5 130 TDI Warning Lights

[meesterb]

I wonder if you could help please. I have recently started to see a couple of intermitent warning lights come on the dashboard. Sometimes i see the ABS warning light, not all the time but every so often. I was assuming that it is linked to the drive shaft gaiters recently being repaired i.e. the ABS sensors being disturbed...? Just recently however I have also seen the glowplug light coming on with a warning 'engine workshop'... Does this actually mean that there is a problem with the glowplugs or is this a generic warning as the car runs perfectly and always starts first click, even with the cold snap. These recent warnings in conjunction with the spurious tailgate open warning suggests to me that there is a 'loose connector' somewhere... Is this kind of thing common on A5 Passats? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards.

[meesterb]

I think it may be a B5, not a A5 actually - its a 2003 '53 plate....

[Iain328]

meesterb said:

I think it may be a B5, not a A5 actually - its a 2003 '53 plate....

Its a B5.5 (i.e a facelifted B5, 2000-2005 ish)

Lots of dodgy electrics in 'em. CCM modules in the floor get wet & start freaking out, bad door locks are also common & bad grounds/earths. Can't say too much about the glow plug - suggest you buy a VAG.com cable on e-bay & plug a laptop in & see what it tells you.

[Tom Standish]

yeah check the passenger footwell for any dampness

chances are its the generic leaks which are shorting something out

[Herman Toothrot]

Tom Standish said:

chances are its the generic leaks which are shorting something out

Where do they leak normally, any preventative maintance recommended?

[Iain328]

Herman Toothrot said:

Tom Standish said:

chances are its the generic leaks which are shorting something out

Where do they leak normally, any preventative maintance recommended?

Go to www.passatworld.com & search the forum for the word "Leak" & you'll be reading all night

[Herman Toothrot]

Iain328 said:

Herman Toothrot said:

Tom Standish said:

chances are its the generic leaks which are shorting something out

Where do they leak normally, any preventative maintance recommended?

Go to www.passatworld.com & search the forum for the word "Leak" & you'll be reading all night

Doh, I'd heard A6's leak just from general browing without trying to find out. I guess I should have realised the Passat does as well. Mine appears to be leak free at present and i'd like to keep it that way I'll get reading.