Somebody was messin' where they ought not to be messin'. Good job tracking down the issues. And good job for holding your tongue about not getting the whole story.

I like how you stated to the audience, unwaveringly, "I'm going to charge the customer for 2 hours of diagnostics" as he stood next to the car.

As a computer and network technician, I can totally reassure you, that plugged in cables and connectors in fact do change locations over night without any kind of human interaction. Depending on where you live, it may either be faerie circles, leprechauns, energies from waterveins or just a disturbance of the force. It is simply a pain, to go through all the wiring, searching for what has been messed with, includung checking all the stuff that hasn't been messed with and to check if it really hasn't been messed with. Great diagnostic and I'm sure, this won't be the last electrical excorcism we have seen on this car :)

Honesty is a two way street. Everyone has heard stories of dishonest mechanics and garages. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for customers to lie or withhold important information. Good job, on the diagnosis.

It reminds me of my ex, just won't communicate and leaves it to you alone to find what's gone wrong.

The most frustrating repairs where always the ones that the customer messed up themselves. Even when told, they would still deny it. We made sure that they paid

Just want to clarify, I did not move fuses, Nor did i unplug anything lol. Once I saw the network was down I pretty much stopped right there. I dont have alot of experience with VW so that's why I called you and told my friend I would feel more confortable the car being looked at by someone who knows them and can tackle it. I'm sure I would have been fine but I didnt have all my stuff with me or Alot of my service info stuff. Anyways great find Ivan. I just wanted everyone to know none of the mysteries was my doing lol!

Whomever was in there before had no clue. Thanks for bringing us along, Ivan.

Like Eric would say...”well there’s your problem lady”.

Jesus, customers that fiddle but havent a clue what they're doing. Charge plenty!

Seems like an auction vehicle where someone tampered with it to get a better price.

Great job troubleshooting, Ivan! In part 2, watch Ivan scrape off all of the juvenile decals and remove all of the aftermarket junk.

Happens very rare. Nameplate accurately describes vehicle, maybe owner too.

You’re scientific method is super. U have your note pad and a flawless approach. I look at some of the cars u fix and am blown away. And yet u follow pretty much the same approach. The Maestro!! Any flyin lately? Bought a Van Van. Smooth as silk. An old geezer bike. Lookin forward to pt 2

some people shouldn't drive and some people shouldn't touch things they dont understand....get em told Ivan...

Good diagnosis so many fuse-able areas you were able to nail it down, good stuff.

Great video! Clicking on Part Two right now........

This seemed to be a sabotage just to test Ivan’s troubleshooting skills. Was this staged?

Wow, someone messed with it. Not putting things back the way they were supposed to. Mmmm? Great diagnosis!

Be careful whom you trust. Somebody definitely wanted to test your skills. You are great at what you do and I love your videos. This is the 1st one when to manny quencicenes gave me the feeling to pack it in and run to safty. Fortunately these people ment no harm just please watch your back, unlike law enforcement we don't go packin and trust everyone to much. Otherwise great work, always loved your work, explanations and professionalism.

I'm wondering if someone was trying to hook up a sound system with the loose blue wire hanging near the under hood fuse box, blew some fuses, and got over their head and gave up after fuse swapping...

Oh Eric O was having a meltdown when you called that an aftermarket amp wire instead of aftermarket garbage!! 🤣🤣🤣

"Not that I am aware of". Sounds just like "I don't recall".

lol the Ivan asking if anybody been in the fuel pump. Lol the reply, this was kind of important. Lol loved it

very cool work.. Its always fun to watch these diagnosis.

HELLO ivan! Nice job as always! I love VWs! They just think a little different... The thing I love the most about Euro cars are SPECS & TOLERANCES. They aren't SLOPPY.

Wow the magic fuses moving all buy themselves. Nice job my friend.

That was a sweet one. Thanks Ivan!

Enjoyed the video....great diagnostic process!!!!

Like Eric O would say COME ON BABY. Great work Ivan.

Nice diagnosis. Yes the good old swaptronics. I looked at a 2001 F150 the other day with no communications. Had a blown data link fuse that is shared with one of the power outlets.

As Eric O would say! You can smell the frustration of the failed repairs! As always great diag Ivan! I wonder what they were chasing to begin with 🤦‍♂️

I've seen fuses and relays that weren't properly installed pop out by themselves during a drive. Could have been the original issue, and the fuel pump disconnection was built in by the previous "diagnosis".

Nicely done! Tnx for posting.

Ivan, Great video and fix - thank you! Something not right - how do drive a car around 'for a few days' with the network fuse missing and the fuel pump/sender disconnected? You did NOT get the whole story. Paul (in MA)

Every time I see someone tried or wire aftermarket components to the vehicle electrical system it always makes me cautious about potential cause of problem. Well done as usual Ivan, well done!

Yup,it is an human error 90% of the time.Brilliant approach to the problem Ivan 👌

Ivan you moved one fuse and the system came back. This is looking more and more like an Eric O. see if you're lying test. Great video, stay well.

You’re the man Ivan someone is messing with you 👍

Great job Ivan!

alwatys good to see you man!!!!!

Excellent video Ivan. I'm glad to see that I'm the only one to use pen and paper. Looks like someone putting there fingers where they don't belong. Or to many chiefs 🤔 I just did a Chevy pickup,customer complaint not running right AND NO ONE HAS TOUCHED IT. IT was running on only 1 bank. Make this short it was missing a fuse for the right bank injectors made me think it was a set up lol,but it wasn't. Be well

"This one's kind of important." haha :) You were totally enjoying yourself, Ivan? ;))

You did well helping the helpless, cheers

Someone was doing the Fusebox Hokey-pokey!!!

I'm voting for a couple of guys having a few beers and saying "Hey, let's mess with Ivan and see if he can figure this one out. Har, har, har!" Well, you sure showed 'em. Hope they think the cost for two hours of diagnostic was worth it.

IMPRESSIVE young Obiwan!

Nice diag Ivan!

someone fat fingered that 5amp into the wrong area. then they started chasing the fuel pump. fuel lines still had the fuel in them from when they originally misplaced the 5amp for you to fix that then run the car till the fuel lines emptied/lost pressure. so now part 2 coming to see why they pulled that 5amp fuse! probably till point to why the other fuse is 25amp when it shouldnt be. people love solving blowing fuses with higher amperage. I mean what could go wrong putting a 25amp in???? hopefully they have a fire extinguisher in the car and the source is hittable lol otherwise that will be a lovely scent of burnt toast in its future.

Looks like someone's playing checkers with the fuses

Wow what a critical thinking question regarding the OBD port connector causing the voltage reading. Easy easy easy to over look…my immediate thought was biased voltage somehow…..sometimes the most simplistic cause is the likely cause. Man I love learning from you Ivan. Well done as always.

Hi - if it's high it means highline be top or best spec and low is base models . If you check the chassis sticker ( under drives seat ) or in the rear boot / trunk under the carpet. It's printed on there :) hope that helps 💪🏻😎😎 love the videos :)

I see it also has the patented high dollar unfused heavy gauge amplifier wire going through the door jamb, in blue too. Just in case you not only want to burn down the car, but the garage too!

I knew Iven was in for a treat or nightmare once I saw the heart 💖 sticker's

Hallo Ivan, thanks for your Video. Very good job and diagnostic. What is better for you, thinkpad or launchpad? Thanks for your answer.

Great process! Fuel pump duty looks a little high for idle condition, I’m sure the original problem will return shortly.

It is a shit of a thing when going to diagnostic a car which has been previously messed by others, so you don't know what they did or broke. Also a problem added when the owner doesn't say all the story or know what the previous "technicians" did. Takes more time than normal to find all this messed things for sure. But at the end, if you find them always is a good point on the owner that sees you are a competent tachnician. Well done Ivan, great job. This VW CC is a great car, but a pity that it has been thrashed by all the previous hands that have touched it.

Wow! So many modules! No wonder auto makers were hit hard with the electronics shortage during the pandemic

BAR and Atmosphere are close but not the same. 1 atm is 14.7 lb/sq in, 1 bar is 14.5 lb/sq in

Another great video.

Ivan, you were very diplomatic. There were 2 booby-traps, and I'll bet the owner is in too much of a fog to recall the original issue. I'm not going get into the causes of fog.

I really hate comin behind a wire/connector/module/actuator puller! First you fix their..........screwup, THEN find the root cause of the problem! That really sucks! Ivan's great at taking care of business!

It happened with me, Someone touching not putting back in place. Great video

Besure to check for casper the friendly ghost in the vehicle, maybe he is the culprit to all this, I love customers with the innocent look lol

Best solution to any problem like this when you don't get full story, Is the diag charge goes up and then they learn a lesson. Add a attempted repair diag charge on top..

*"Fuses don't jump on their own!* I don't think you're getting the full story!

The ignorance of some people amaze me. Great diagnostic work!

Interesting analytics again. Top job since you are no VAG specialist.... albeit I do not like the word EUROTRASH.... The typical story with these cars is, DO NOT mess with them if you have no clue... VW techs have some serious training plus need experience to fix these cars. Regular workshops can never fix them properly with regular tools... or should invest your kind of Sherlock Holmes diagnostics and spend the time to figure it out like you do... respect! Most dealers do not invest nor the time nor the training to properly educate their dinosaur technicians. A VW is for sure more complex than any US GM product but there is logic in the madness 🙂 PS... ALLDATA is nice but revisions are not always up to date or complete. I refer to the VAG databases, but I understand you cannot have all the subscriptions.

Eurotrash was also the name of a British TV show decades ago, one of the funniest things I've ever seen 😂

I can read the frustration on your face, Ivan! And rightly so. All the previous apparent meddling, and how then could you know what the original issue might have been? Fuel pump plug not fully seated? BTW did you put in a new fuse 19? Did someone before you replace fuse 17 with a 20A because the correct 10A was blown? Possible short to ground masked by the larger fuse rating?

Why do I have this funny feeling there's going to be "other" issues... LOL...Don't underestimate the classic visual inspection...

You are so funny, "well this IS kinda important ", lol!!!

Daddy buys car for kid. Kid has friend try installing amp and tuner, friend screws it up bad. Kid tries to hide all evidence of screw-up but fails miserably.

A failed airbag module caused a start-stall/no comm with powertrain bus. Airbag module got can bus line shorted to ground, unplugging it the car started. Car was a vw t5 2013, had airbag light on for some time with no comm to it, eventually shut the car down requiring attention.

A blown ignition fuse on VW’s can be a sign of an ignition coil burning out and causing a short to ground intermittently. Might be worth scoping the coils for signs of trouble 👍

His next stop should be 5 Star Car Stereo in Florida for a Car Stereo 911 video and get that rats nest cleaned up.

some got over their head and you came in in saved his ass

Hi there nice video. Would like to know the scan tool you are using.. thanks

Too bad they didn't write notes like you do. They could have applied the 2 hours to whatever the real problem was. Ivan could you give another video on the several electronic service tools pro and cons featuring the Launch Diagun 4, snapon verus (not sure I got the right model), Thinkcar, and and any other model diagnostic tablet you used.(did you use an autel model?). I do appreciate how kind you were to the guy when they self inflicted their cars comatose state.

Great diag skills there Ivan. Maybe he guy just wanted to meet you? Ha! What's the latest on the Yamaha triple?

Was anything being powered by where the 5A was? What does the wrong 20A fuse control?

bro you SAVED ME THOUSANDS OF DOLARS THANK YOU

The video was good 👍👍👍

Yes having the fuel pump plugged in would make a difference. Check and see if his refrigerator is plugged in? Maybe his girl-friend's X did it?

They got the name right for this vehicle!

I had the same problem with my 1986 toy Supra. I found a froze shut flapper on the mat sensor.

Definitely charge the customer the customer was playing swaptronics and unplugged the fuel pump. The person that was there was not the owner, did not know what the owner did. You have to know the whole story if the customer wants it fixed.

yea someone definitely was messing around and obviously did it on purpose

I'm an IT guy and love computers more than most people.. but not so much in cars.

How did it start after replacing the fuse that restored the communication?

how to drive a car round for a few days with the pump disconnected? i know just put the pipe in a whisky bottle

'Well.... this one is kind of important' facepalm with the disconnected fuel pump.

No way he was driving it around a few days and then gets a sudden crank no start with fuse missing and fuel pump unplugged.

this video is full of laughs , they must love paying for diag time for problems they created . thats amazing

Cheers Ivan. Can you tell me what model your Craftsman amp clamp is? Having a tough time finding one for automotive applications.

Interesting it ran after the fuse was installed for what seemed like a long time.

somebody was playing around

My cc works just fine!

Привет Иван! Почему название ЕВРОТРЕШЬ ? Я тоже не люблю европейские автомобили, но в данном случае, ничего ужасного не обнаружено :)

Isnt that amp wire supposed to go directly to the battery? The hell, why do they have it near that fusebox?