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Hi all,
The VW DSG /TDI mix is hard act to match. Everybody should have one . GOTTA find out more, so what a great forum you offer.
Following a recent buy of a 2005 Golf 2.0 DSG/TDI in the household I now need one too . I am acquiring a 2007 (MY07) Passat DSG/TDI sedan shortly and will need to fit a towbar for light work. Consultation with local VW folk indicates about $2000! I have read a great deal on this wondrous site on tow bar wiring issues. Britax put out a Part No B1870E electronic "box" to go between vehicle wiring and trailer plug which they claim isolates the trailer wiring from the vehicle elec/electronics systems in modern European cars and specifically BMWs. Local VW bloke took a lot of trouble to kindly and patiently point out that it does not and that the Passat "engine control unit" would still need to be changed or modified and that other problems could be expected. Sounds pretty scary to me so it seems the gold plated VW process maybe the only way to get it all right. Is there no other way?
I really do not tow at night and mainly need to use a bike rack on the tow bar which needs no lights , so maybe I could do without interfering with the car wiring at all if I could light the trailer tail/ brake lights with an independent separate battery and fashion to go with it an independent flasher control for the trailer turn flashers. Not tradesman like but would do for my occasional trailer to the tip use.
Hayman Reese put out a bar to fit they say for about $411 . Some posts here say the genuine VW one in Aust is from Hayman Reese? Anyone care to comment and or know of a good looking after market tow bar to suit the 2007 Passat , preferably one that does not involve a tin opener ?
Many cheers
0031peterl
Hi all,
The VW DSG /TDI mix is hard act to match. Everybody should have one . GOTTA find out more, so what a great forum you offer.
Following a recent buy of a 2005 Golf 2.0 DSG/TDI in the household I now need one too . I am acquiring a 2007 (MY07) Passat DSG/TDI sedan shortly and will need to fit a towbar for light work. Consultation with local VW folk indicates about $2000! I have read a great deal on this wondrous site on tow bar wiring issues. Britax put out a Part No B1870E electronic "box" to go between vehicle wiring and trailer plug which they claim isolates the trailer wiring from the vehicle elec/electronics systems in modern European cars and specifically BMWs. Local VW bloke took a lot of trouble to kindly and patiently point out that it does not and that the Passat "engine control unit" would still need to be changed or modified and that other problems could be expected. Sounds pretty scary to me so it seems the gold plated VW process maybe the only way to get it all right. Is there no other way?
I really do not tow at night and mainly need to use a bike rack on the tow bar which needs no lights , so maybe I could do without interfering with the car wiring at all if I could light the trailer tail/ brake lights with an independent separate battery and fashion to go with it an independent flasher control for the trailer turn flashers. Not tradesman like but would do for my occasional trailer to the tip use.
Hayman Reese put out a bar to fit they say for about $411 . Some posts here say the genuine VW one in Aust is from Hayman Reese? Anyone care to comment and or know of a good looking after market tow bar to suit the 2007 Passat , preferably one that does not involve a tin opener ?
Many cheers
0031peterl
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