ok this jetta was just purchased for my girlfriend and i have a few random questions to ask the people that would know the answers to them.

1) how do i replace the steering wheel on it?
2) what does TREK mean aside from the sweet seats?
3) the clutch is super easy to push in, could this be bad? (cable clutch)
4) shifter is offset to the right and i can push it really hard left into reverse without having to push down, what could either of those 2 things mean?
5) around 133k miles are these motors known to do anything funky? as of right now it seems to drive really good but i have only driven it for 20 some miles.

thanks for any and all help!

 

anybody?

 

steering wheel replaced.

new problem, car idles funny after its warmed up. kinda jumps up and down 50-100 rpms at idle. what could that be?

 

I would check the throttle body for excess carbon build up and clean it with some throttle body cleaner. Also, clean your air mass sensor. Is your check engine light on??

 

yea it comes on after driving for a little while, i read the code and i got 2 reading.

1) bank 1 running rich
2) o2 sensor malfunction

 

For the first code.. bank 1 running rich. There might be a vacuum leak somewhere. You should check all your vacuum hoses and intake boot, just for air leaks. But, try to the other thing first of cleaning the trottle body and the air mass meter.
The other code could be that ur o2 sensor is going bad. I got that code once on my jetta, ended up replacing it and did cured the problem. Do you have a multimeter?? You can check the electrical part to see if the o2 sensor is good or bad.

 

yea im sure the hoses are bad, im replacing everything with new hoses. also have to clean the tb and mass airflow soon.

and as for the o2 sensor, i don't have a multimeter but im just gonna buy and install a new one and hope for the best lol.

 

I had to replace all the braided hoses on mine with rubber ones. Since, you already have more than 100,000miles in ur car. Time to replace o2 sensors. Hope that solves your problem.