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    Programming a spare VW Golf key

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    |Date: June 08, 2017
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    In this regular column Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpline, available to all UK customers. VW POLO – KNOCKING NOISE WHEN CLOSING ...

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    |Date: January 22, 2017
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    January 22, 2017
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    |Date: September 09, 2016
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    VW Passat 2.0 D; Black Smoke Emitted and Misfire on Idle. I was recently presented with a VW Passat 2.0 D that had 225K miles on the clock and was fitted with a Bosch EDC 1.5 system. The main symptoms ...

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