also........ on my 99 passat, the check engine light just came on! havent even had the car a week........i hear these cars are notorious for this prob? anyone else? should i just manually turn off the light or take it in every other week?

also........ on my 99 passat, the check engine light just came on! havent even had the car a week........i hear these cars are notorious for this prob? anyone else? should i just manually turn off the light or take it in every other week?


I have had the same thing on and off,, does anyone know how to reset the light with out using a scann tool i know some cars have a trick to reseting all warning lights

A mechanic said that after you have fixed the problem that caused the light to come on. You may be able to reset the light by disconnecting the negative terminal in the battery and leaving it off for like 5 minutes or so. I have not tried this so I would be interested to know if it works. I have had 3 VW's and all three have had a the check engine light come on at some time.

RL