2003 Passat 2.8 V6 no heat
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:27 pm
Hi All,
I'm new to this forum, but not new to cars. I have an '03 V6 Passat 4 motion wagon with over 200,000 miles. The car runs great and is comfortable to drive. I really like everything about the car except it gets absolutely no heat. The blower works great, I can hear the flaps working when I select floor or dash for the vents. A/C is ice cold.
I bought the car a little over 2 years ago with 160,000 mikes on it in the spring and didn't really need the heat. I didn't discover the no heat issue until the fall/ winter. When I bought the car I didn't have any maintenance history so I changed the timing belt, cam and crank seals and the thermostat. I live just outside of Boston, Ma. so it gets pretty cold in the winter, temps can range between 20's to high 30's. I was told the heater core was plugged so last winter I had it replaced at just over $1,000. It seemed to work OK, better, but to me it just didn't seem hot enough. To me you should be able to crank the heat up in any car and start sweating in the middle of the winter. I couldn't do this with the new heater core, it would barely keep up defrosting the windshield. I brought it back to the garage that did the work and was told the cooling system had air in it and needed to be bled. I'd get it back and it seemed OK for a week or two. I'd bring it back and do the same thing every few weeks and then it was spring and warm and didn't really need the heat. Sorry for the long winded story, but wanted to give as much detail as possible. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks in advance,
Matt
I'm new to this forum, but not new to cars. I have an '03 V6 Passat 4 motion wagon with over 200,000 miles. The car runs great and is comfortable to drive. I really like everything about the car except it gets absolutely no heat. The blower works great, I can hear the flaps working when I select floor or dash for the vents. A/C is ice cold.
I bought the car a little over 2 years ago with 160,000 mikes on it in the spring and didn't really need the heat. I didn't discover the no heat issue until the fall/ winter. When I bought the car I didn't have any maintenance history so I changed the timing belt, cam and crank seals and the thermostat. I live just outside of Boston, Ma. so it gets pretty cold in the winter, temps can range between 20's to high 30's. I was told the heater core was plugged so last winter I had it replaced at just over $1,000. It seemed to work OK, better, but to me it just didn't seem hot enough. To me you should be able to crank the heat up in any car and start sweating in the middle of the winter. I couldn't do this with the new heater core, it would barely keep up defrosting the windshield. I brought it back to the garage that did the work and was told the cooling system had air in it and needed to be bled. I'd get it back and it seemed OK for a week or two. I'd bring it back and do the same thing every few weeks and then it was spring and warm and didn't really need the heat. Sorry for the long winded story, but wanted to give as much detail as possible. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks in advance,
Matt