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Checked Fuses / Wiring in door jam - nothing blown or broken.......THEN spotted a loose rectangular multi-pin plug just above the fuses on RHS....pushed it home firmly until it Clicked home .....all working again.

My 2000 Alhambra has remote central locks.....but both back doors are staying locked. The tailgate / both front doors & fuel cap are unlocking. The car battery did run flat and the remotes (20 started acting up so I re-coded them. Car LOCKS ok.......but when you press UNLOCK the interior light comes on and the turn signals flash.....but doors only unlock after a delay. The doors unlock with the key - but back doors remain locked. Scanned the memeory with VAG-COM and found no faults? Where should I start checking ?

Found the sensor - looks like a bulb for a dashboard light plugged ito the Pass side of teh fron bumper beside the Fog Light. The holder pulled out from the back and repaired a broken connection. All back to normal now...........Now I need to find the FROST detection sensors as these appear to be acting up.

My 2000 Alhambra (Galaxy / Sharan) Tdi Auto is working OK with a rebuilt box....but does not change up to 4th gear until approx. 50 mph. ..and I am advised that the current problem is probably due to an ECU that is starting to "fail"....? A new ECU is about 600 euro........Does anyone on teh forum know a service to rebuild / recondition Auto Gearbox ECU's for these cars?

My 110 bhp Galaxy (year 2000) with climate control dispalys the outside temperature in teh dispaly unit. Recently it varies wildly from the normal 10 degrees currentlty to -40 and back again. Is this likely to be a control problem or a sensor problem. Also where is the sensor located?

Apart from Ford / VW / Seat dealers.....is there any aftermarket or alternate component which can be used to replace a faulty Interior Alarm Sensor located in the B-Pillar?

I have a printout from VW showing the Three-Letter Code Identifier for 4-sped autoboxes for my 110 bhp tdi (Alhambra) car. According to the printout (VW) it should be either DNP with a QADC or QADD converter......or EQP with a QCDD converter... Is this correct or is there another combination fitted to Galaxy cars? Thanks in advance... :ph34r:

You should be able to pick up a complete drive shaft assy from a breakers yard for this car. If it is like my automatic the inner CV is held on to a drive flange beside the diff housing by 6 multipoint bolts. The mid-shaft bearing is bolted to teh Alloy support housing by two M8 nuts / bolts. and the outer CV is held into the disc / hub assy by a large bolt in the centre of the hub. You will need to pop the bottom ball joint out to swing the suspension out of the way to get the outer CV from teh hun abd to pull the shaft assy out of the car. Alos I suggest you gte new splined head bolts to re-attache the inner CV as these WILL be a nightmare if the spline socket slips when installing them !

I purchased a 3rd party serial cable for VAG COM on ebay for approx. 20 euro. I tested this with the shareware version of VAG COM downloaded for free from Ross-Tech Version 409.1 .. It worked but you do not have full functionallity with free version. Later purchased Software Only Vag Com from Ross Tech and it works fine with the 3rd party interface cable - but will not set any land speed records. As I have 3 ~ 4 VAG cars around the place now - I will probably buy a cable from RT this year as I have enough use for the package.

Change from 1st to 2nd is good ...........used to be severe thump........... Robbs Garage is in WIRRAL Merseyside area .......don't have the number to hand ...check yell.com.......................JT AUtomatics (also very helpful) are in ERITH (Kent)on the east side of London...off the M25

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The grating problem was caused by a problem with the Lock Up circuit in the Valve Body. The VB was repaired by Robbs Garage in the Wirral near Liverpool.....re-installed valve and reset the gearbox with VAG-COM ....all seems to be ok now.

Have a 2000 Tdi with 4-speed auto. replaced the box and ecu ....plus recon torque converter. the replacement box works ok with a little bang from 1st to 2nd... But soon afterwards ende dup witjh grating noise at low speed. Traced problem to Valve Body problem (by swoppig the old valve body into the newer box)..........Got ROBBS GARAGE in teh Wirral to check the valve body ---- problem found with Lock Up in valve body and fixed the problem. Re-installed the repaired valve body and RESET the Gearbox with VAG-COM ...alll seems to work well now. DID you have the gearbox RESET with VAG-COM after teh box was changed ... IF not I suspect you will have problems..........Also you can call Robbs Garaged and describe the probvlem and see if they can advise on the problem - They are very helpful.

I have a TDI auto and may change to manual if the gearbox cann be economically repaired. You will need all the parts you listed and may also require the main ECU from the donor vehicle plus the VIN / Chassis number to get the secuirty code from the main dealer....to recode the immob system.

Argos sell an RAC code reader which works on most cars using OBD II. Alternately if you search ebay ypo can find guys selling VAG-COM generic cables to be used with the freeware version of Vagcom. It's basic but a good palce to start. VAG-COM can be purchased (and works reasonably well with generic interface cables) for approx. $100

Does anyone on the forum have a contact to offer Technical Advice on an Auto gearbox problem. The box was replaced with a 2nd hand unit which worked well initially......then it started grating everytime you stopped the car or drove at low speed......as if it was trying to engage more than one gear. Once you were moving and up the gears all was OK. The valve body was swopped out for the old valve body and there was no grating but the gears slipped as if there was not enough pressure in the system to activate gear band brakes. I suspect that there is too little pressure / worn assy. in the old valve pump body....and perhaps to much pressure or cross talk between the valves in the newer valve body.... I know this is very technical - but there is probably someone on this forum who has the tech knowledge to assist with diagnosis of the problem. THANKS IN ADVANCE.......Eddie

looking up various ATF's on the web the one recdommended for the 4-speed auto box is Fuchs / Febi etc. G052 162 which is very expensive to buy (euro 15 per litre in a discount store / 32 from a main dealer)......and it looks as though COMMA offer a product which is suitable partt # MVATF....... Another alternative i am told is Esso/Mobil LT 71141 ? Does anyone on this forum have technical oil knowledge to shed some light on teh suitability / or not of these alternatives? thanks :)

For my mark 1 Galaxy TDI Auto - year 2000 - I am looking for information from the forum about a possible upgrade to a Tiptronic Box. The old 4-speed is very expensive to repair and i cannot find a goos used one right now - probably because these cars are 9+ years old now.......So I was hoping to install a TIPTRONIC box instead..? Has anyone tried this or will it just not fit? THANKS in advance

Thanks for the advice on where to head to fix this fault. These forums are very very useful for getting help with these electronic gizmos fitted to all new cars.

It is a problem when it starts blasting off in the wee hours as the neighbours get annoyed. There has to be some way of checking the sensors seperately without replacing all of them. It does not happen too often..........but it is very annoying when it does.

On my 2000 Alhambra (same as galaxy) I found the following error using VAC COM....... 01135 Interior Monitoring Sensors 35-10 Intermittent Anyone have any suggestions ho to figure out whihc Interior Sensor is a DUD? Thanks in advance

Is it possible to retro fit a tiptronic box from a 2001 Galaxy Tdi into a 2000 Alhambra Tdi ......? Thanks

Looking at this forum there appears to be regular faults / failure of the operation of the AG4 aut-trans fitted to Galaxy/Sharan/Alhambra vehicles prior tp the change to the Tiptronic Boxes some time after year 2000. I have even found references to similar problems on the MB Vito 280 - which I am told shares the v6-2.8 litre and same AG4 tranny as the Sharan. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY RECALLS / TSB PUT OUT ON THIS BOX / Transmission Control Unit / Service Reset requirements? Mine has harsh shifting into 2nd and sometimes appears to be slipping. Oil has been changed (using official VW fluid) and the level reset with VAG.COM

My year 2000 Galaxy Tdi has a standard 6-disk CD changer mounted in the boot connetced to the original radio / cassette head unit. I have a manual for the head unit .... with steering column controls ...and its says in there that there is a seperate manual IF you have a CD changer fitted ...but mine is missing. Does anyone have a copy of the manual for the CD unit posted on this forum? Thanks.