Polo 9N 96kw

[casperjjordaan]

My first post over on VWCSA, and I already feel welcome. Good day guys

I have a couple of things I need to ask and say so please bare with me. I am from the Woes-Rand so this might become a bit rof. Lolol
So I bought a 2005 9N Sportline with 176K km on the clock. The car was barely used for the best part of the last 5 years. It is no oil painting, but spending an entire day on polishing it over and over and over again really paid off. I should maybe also say that I am very technically minded and will do 99% of all maintenance myself. Problems that I need help with please:

1. The drivers door switch (that tells the interior lightning the door is open) doesn't work. This is making life tough with the auto arming of the alarm as it does not realize I've opened the door. Where is this switch located, how do I get to it, and where can I get a new one?
2. The rear fog lamps (which drives most people up the wall if wrongly used) doesn't work. I have replaced all the taillight globes, still nothing. Why not? Where do I begin checking?
3. The boost pipe with the 90deg bend that comes out of the intercooler had a hole on the inside of the bend, I've replaced it with a silicone bend, but the clamping is a problem. It now does not have the OE spring clamp, what can I do here to fix this?
4. The high level brake light doesn't work, where do I start to check it.
5.my car has the 6 disk in-dash CD shuttle, t I don't ooreen CD's anymore. Is there a way to modify the radio and put a Aux port in the place of the CD shuttle?
6. There is a wide plastic insert on the dash that sits right against the windshield and stretches all across the dashboard from left to right, mine is broken, where can I find another one?

Where can I get her Dyno'ed and what is the cost evolved?

Thank you so very much guys!

O, how do I post a picture here?

[Ashveer03]

Welcome to the forum and the tdi world

1. The door switch is a micro switch thats located in the door lock. This is common on these cars the switch generally needs to be cleaned up properly. If im not mistaken theres a thread here showing a repair on this.
Unfortunately its really a mission to get to the switch. Doorpad needs to be removed and theres another plate thats riveted to the door.

2. The rear fog lamp depends, u could have a faulty switch i would test at the tail light fittings first.. does the rear fog cluster light come on?

3. I have seen a few cars were guys use the cheap silicone joiners (not the 4ply proper silicones) to fit over the joins with 2 clamps on each side. Not the proper way to fix it but if u in a jam then it should work for a bit..
Either get another oem hose, or do a front mount upgrade which is the best thing to do imo..

4. High level Brake light bulbs normally blow out or the connector at the light rusts out, those are the 2 common problems i have seen on them. A new 1 at vw costs about R600

5. Regarding the radio i dont know, most people go aftermarket.

6. The dash - again, another common thing. Unfortunately its not just that piece that can be changed. That piece is built into the upper part of the dash.
U get "covers/mats" that are cut to the shape that can be stuck on there - easiest and cheapest way to get it looking decent again..

Regarding the dyno, not sure in ur area but the cost should be around R250.

There are threads that tell u how to upload pics. U need to find a photo hosting site that u can upload to, then post the link of ur uploaded photo onto the forum.
If u on a phone, download an app called tapatalk - it has a built in photo hosting feature.

Start a rides thread of ur car while testing out the photo uploads

Sent from my SM-J500F using Tapatalk

[MarshallGTi]

Easiest photo hosting site at the moment is postimages.org

I think you can get an aux adapter for the radio that just plugs into the back of the head unit, just need to find the one meant for your radio so that it has the right plug. If you're in JHB call Tremor Audio, they should be able to help, otherwise like Ash said just get an aftermarket head unit.

[Rudi46]

For the Radio you get a adapter that plugs in where the CD changer goes.
Then you can Play with Aux or a USB device.
Contact me as I have one that I wont be using anymore

Cheers

Rudi

[casperjjordaan]

Here is my Polo 9N TDI