2015 VW Passat - A/C inoperative | Fuel Gauge Inoperative | Check Engine Light | Diag and Repair 

Amazing video as always! The best Euro diagnosticain in Florida, proberbly the whole U.S 💪💪

omg, finding a decent (honest) mechanic these days are few and far between! bless u mate. taking pride and joy out of your job and being a hell of a mechanic!

My 2017 Passat had the exact same issue. I took my cluster to a cellphone repair shop. He watched your video and was able to use his microscope and do the repair with an enameled wire like you did. It resolved my issue. Thank you for posting this video!

What an asset you are to that business man! I’m guessing there’s more than one great tech working there! The OE scan tools, the programmers, the decked out electronic repair bench… I can’t even imagine how much money is out on all that tooling and equipment! I would love to learn more about the origin of that shop you work for, Mario. Crazy to me that one shop has so much to give! Certainly enables a talented guy like yourself to have very few limits! Good on ya✊ and thanks for the awesome learning resource!

This is exactly the kind of video that i enjoy. We need more people like you. Thanks a lot for sharing this!

Wow...amazing case study, Mario. You are a rare breed, who would attempt to repair a circuit board. Keep up the great work.

Can't thank you enough sir! I had the exact same problem and it ended up being the exact same broken trace in the circuit board. My solder joints didn't look quite as pretty as yours but shes back in action! I am far from a mechanic, and probably am lucky I didn't break something else in the process, but that Super Mario confidence inspired me. I don't know how much money you saved my family, but I do know you are amazing!

Hardcore diagnostics. Now that's the way to grind it out.

So jealous of the EEProm stuff! They need to start having dealer techs specializing in microcircuit repair as well.

ivan would be proud of you no parts required russian repair i would have done same and have done letting customer know that something caused trace to blow?ps thank you for taking time to do these videos

Never stop talking to yourself, thinking out loud or talking to anyone or anything during diagnostics. These are a few of the most important things you can do during diagnostics. You get your ideas for how to continue like this. Brilliant work finding out and repairing the fault.

Mario, what an AWESOME diagnoses and repair you did to fix this car the customer is blesses that his car came to ur shop for repair I, grantee u that most shops will through cluster on it that if they succeeded to diagnoses first place the right way as u did brother thanks for sharing cheeeeers from On, CANADA.

Hi. just for interest. The im 608 can change these clusters with used if you have working key. just auto identity the type off cluster. read immo and eeprom data via obd. then just write it back to used replacement cluster and car will start with old key and have correct mileage

I fix my 2010 Passat Cluster today and it was exacly the same problems shown in this video. Thanks.

Super Mario,u r the best bro your diagnostic approach is fantastic,u r super indeed

That's brilliant it's amazing how you can find good things out by being curious or by accident

nice honest work congrats i admire allot your work one tip to remove the needles without breaking them is with a kitchen fork, prying from below up!!

Ivan style no parts required 😂 Great job! 👍

I liked the cluster fix.. maybe clusters should be more servicable with different parts and not one big part :)

Thanks Mario, love this sort of “intrusive” repair. Awesome job.

👋Sir very nice explanation and information.

Mario eres bien chingón , te mereces una caguama.

Brilliant and fascinating to watch

Off course. Beautiful Job. I like it. Is not easy to find this kind of issues. Specially on VW. But. You Did. Thank you. God bless you.

Great job, curiosity is the mother of all inventions.

Top notch work!!! From diag to ckt board repair! Phenomenal, thanks for sharing as always brother!

Well done Mario! I'm happy with you too 💪

man what a video!! you're investment into what you have tooling but also knowledge, comprehension.. its awesome dude!! Keep up the great work and content!!

I agree with your thoughts on repair. But remember-no good deed goes unpunished.

Good job Mario! Excellent video

Love your work Mario. Follow you from Denmark🇩🇰

amazing work on that re flow!

great video as always Mario. great fix , youve good some cool kit , cheers man

nice great diag and repair

Yet another exceptionally helpful video! that is why I keep subscribed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Mario, terrific fix!

Que buen diagnóstico hermano!!! Saludos excelente trabajo!!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 very few definitely. That is an awesome find. Thanks for teaching me how to solder Mario 😉 keep doing good things!

Nice! Good content...keep it coming!

That was a really nice fix Mario, well done & it isn’t easy recording while fixing. Everyone tells me to get a head cam but that just isn’t me, I’m guessing you are the same 👏👏💪💪

Great job Mario you a bad tech man love you're videos

Amazing man! I appreciate what you did for that customer!

Wow bato mis respetos a tu conosimiento

Brilliant repair bro 💪💪💪!

Outstanding “logical” troubleshooting! Back in the day when I ran a BMW repair shop, I experimented on my own E39 540i in doing an M5 cluster swap. The needles stopped me dead in my tracks. I swear some of them semi-bond themselves to the holders and are impossible to remove w/o breaking. Either way at $2k a pop, it’s not a repair to take lightly. Great job!

Thank you so so very much. I love the stick-to-it-ness and not giving up. If I could add a possible cause. Wire running to the washer pump from the engine compartment down into the lower wheel well rubbed against the sharp metalwork. Very hard to spot since there is no give in the wire but I found the tell take blue corrosion of copper showing after weeks of scratching my head and eliminating thins. I put two and two and two together finally, since about 18 months earlier I had an on and off washer pump issue. BTW, no fuse on my 2013 for the pump. Speedo had this same trace fried. Fixed the wire, tv repair guy soldered the trace. Everything works. Thank you. Sending you lots of good energy.

Amazing. You are an inspiration, sir!

Great Job Mario!

Mario. I loved your work on this car. I was elated to see you had a bad trace. As an "old" (yes, 83) USAF aircraft avionics maintenance man, I loved "bench work" that allowed us to check those circuit boards for broken and cold solder joints. Although those "ESD" boards were difficult to work with, it was easy to "destroy" those MOSFET gates. :-) I found your channel via Ivan at PHAD - he was "big" on you, so I knew you must be "the man" - and you definitely are. I've followed Ivan for quite a while - and learned a great deal from him. Still keeping my old -07 Buick Lacrosse, 3.6 ltr running. - have some minimum test equipment, which has really helped. Have the Mitchell diagrams which are fine. The Lacrosse has 172,000 on it now - but I do baby it. :-) Still has the same 3 timing chains and phasers. You are a monster technician and I'll be tuning in when I see your channel come up. Many thanks for making me a smarter tech. AD

Good job brother GOD BLESS you all

great job Mate

Dang Skippy that was totally cool good job and holy cow that workstation you have that's nice

I've got a 2017 Audi A3 with same issue. I did everything you did except cycle the key. Will be rechecked it in the am. Thanks for the video. Nice electrical repair station with magnifier.

Great job bro. 👏

Excellent job Mario. The words ‘Power Probe’ were ringing in my head just a second before you mentioned it as a possibility. I think the same diagnostic brain that solved this diag may well have diagnosed the most likely cause of the burnt track on that cluster. You just saved your customer a LOT of money. That’s the kind of fix that will keep people coming to you and your shop. I’m also wondering for other technicians who maybe wouldn’t be quite so brave when it came to having a go at repairing the cluster, might the addition of an external ground have done the trick for this particular job? Anyhoo, top job👍

Brilliant mate well Done thank you

Thx homie well done Appreciate the content

incredibly satisfying

Nice diagnosis Mario . Love watching your videos . Have been for a few months . Even started doing my own videos. Just my own stuff . Been a tech since 2003. Watching in the UK . Mine are a bit more basic . Engine failure , chains and belts . Just getting started on you tube . I know it’s a long shot but I’d be over the moon if you would drop me a shout out Car Diagnosis

Really cool stuff.

I'm old school , I always find a way to repair before I replace and then you get the parts fitter that looks at you with disgust when you repair something like instead of making a customer happy and bringing in more business .

Nice repair!

Great video ♥️

Great video

wow what a find , the world need more fixers, less part changers 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Nice fix well done

That’s an awesome fix 🤙🤙

Well done

Used to work for vw and yes you are correct. vehicle has to sit at idle a little over 10 minutes or drive it around. Also the A/C will not work if you unplug the sensor until the vehicle has been driven or let it sit at idle.

Good job Mario as always you did! I just wanna be a diagnostician like you so please suggest me some ways so that I can enter in this beautiful world of diagnosis!! Loving your videos from INDIA ❣️🇮🇳

Beautiful Mario .... your magnifying set up is fantastic as well.... Ivan would call this a Russian Repair..... love ya both .... super Mario... super useful ! .... btw I always hit the like on the way in... doesn't everybody?

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Good video super Mario 👌

Great stuff as usual. Now most of do not have a microscope soldering station like yours so where can I find out more about it. And or have you made a video on it? Thanks in advance🖖🏼

Awesome!

nice job 👍🌷🌷

You’re one of the best

I love that electronic repair station

great diag

Very good 👍.

Congrats bro

New subscriber. Shout out from broward county. 954!

Looking good

Thanks for you vidéo 👍

That must have been a good feeling when you plugged that cluster in after the repair and the fuel gauge worked

Thanks!

Hey good video master super thanks 👍 help this video

Bro you came along way.

That's a great video mate , thanks for sharing that , how much did that cost the costumer ? If it's not a secret 😂

Awesome job I like you have to have a look lol 👌

NICE.... 100%

wow 👍👍

😊 nice 👍

hi Mario what was the gauge size of the enamelled repair wire you used ? thanks

Good job. But as you showed investment in test equipment is required to get a professional outcome. Also knowledge and technique are also very important. Over the years I have seen far too many PCB's butchered by those who think anyone can do it. it takes time to get to this skill level.

why not bridge the 2 wires externally with a 1 amp fuse, this eliminates any chance of disturbing any thing else inside the cluster. well done

I have the same problem but I can’t solder for my life. Can I just splice into the wire and run it to a ground. Fixing the problem!

would it be an option to provide additional ground in comfortable spot outside the cluster itself? Let's say if the damage in the cluster would be visible but not repairable? And yes I would question the owner and try to find out if this has happened itself or after some sort of after repair/service at some place.As its always intresting to know.As we all know is not just a " Oh it was just a blown fuse". Fuse blows for a reason. Thank you for sharing.

Mario what a great repair. I remember one of your first videos when you first started digging into these repairs. Nice job. Is the microscope yours and if so can you share the part number? I also have been taking electronic courses and purchasing equipment just for my own knowledge. It’s a never ending learning process. Thanks for sharing and stay safe and well Artie 👍

GOOD EVENING, DO YOU HAVE THE PINOUTS OF THE GOLF MK7 CLUSTER