I want you to know that I am an Auto Mechanic and I appreciate you spending the time to show people how to diagnose these little monsters. You did a great job! Thank you.

I was able to fix my beetle 2000 thanks to this video. My highlights, directionals, AC, etc were failing. It cost me 2 hrs of my time and 25 USD in parts. Thank you again.

You Sir are a real pro ! Thank you for taking the time to make this video . I have a 20th AE GLI and am replacing the exact parts (FOR THE SECOND TIME). Weird stuff happens when the switch burns up, that's for sure .But this time it stopped running and acted like it was possessed ! I will never trust this car on a road trip. :(

this tutorial really helped me save money u are the goat

Thanks for the video! 👍👍

I couldn't find part 1 and looking forward for part 3

Lucky you... I haven't yet had one that let the smoke out like that! Taking the steering wheel off can make life easier... but I too leave it on when replacing these switches. Looking forward to seeing your findings!

i just found your channel buddy i really like the way you show the intire job even the hard to do stuff most folks just bypass that and that is what we want to see done lol the tricky things

Thanks Dog. Helped A lot. Forgot taking the wheel off

Great finding and done very well with hard design. Great video and troubleshooting. Badly waiting for part III and so on! Take care and Regards,

Good vid lesson and extra knowledge I have,tq sir

Thanks so much for this. Really useful video - nice level of detail, you remain calm and have a good sense of humor. By the way, I only snapped one small plastic part! Great work!

Take the steering wheel off. It's easy to do and makes this job go so much smoother. Did this job today.

Good content bro!

thank you for the video very good info

Aggravating was exactly what I was thinking when you were working on the 2 screws behind the steering wheel.

Me acaba de ser de mucha ayuda tu video, Gracias!!

Heyyyy cool !!!!!....nice job........thanks for show us how to change the ignition switch , my jetta its starting with this problem sometimes appers its the battery , but when i take a tester the battery its ok 12.6 v

great find, thanks

Your shirt looks like a bottle of Tabasco.

Ty for this video!!

You do realize they make 90 ° angle screwdriver right

haha cheers good stuff man really helped me out and entertainment smoke a blunt to the old man

Gracias gringo

thank you

I have a 2001 VW Diesel Beetle it stopped the other day with my wife. Everything shut off, no dash lights no nothing. After a period of time she was able to start it and make it home. It has set for a few days, i went out and cranked it this morning drove it to Public's came out turned key nothing. Battery New, checked volts 13.27. Still nothing. Could be switch? Viewed this, very helpful, thanks for the video. Getting ready to go back to Public's and see if it will crank, been about 2 Hrs. Any suggestions???

i took off the lenkage and rotate the bell crank P-R-N and its not matching on the cluster is the switch bad

Thank you

Is there a sweet stop for the ignition switch placement? I insert it and tighten the little flat head screws and the ignition won't turn. I loosen it a little and it turns but doesn't start. I have a parasitic draw on my battery and the s-contact on ignition switch is my error. So, I'm replacing the switch. Its getting dark and I was at a storage place trying to sway out the switch before sunset. I'll have a look at a bentley manual and see what is says or a haynes guide. You'd think it would be gut wrenchingly simple but I'm at a loss at the moment.

In an automatic what what would I test before replacing the ignition switch?

hi would you put a push start botton on a car ?

How on earth did you remove the bottom plastic piece so easily - after getting the screws out? On my Jetta, the holes that the small screws were in were a little over 1" long and were nested inside some sort of electrical box right behind the steering wheel. I resorted to breaking them in order to remove the cover, but it went together just fine without those screws.

If you don’t have the key what’s your next step

I was wondering were did you find you diagrahms i have a 2007 and the dealer says they dont have any and the one in the book i bought doesnt have that good of diagrahms

Also could the flywheel being stuck on the ignition cause the same starting issue?

so did you end up changing the switch or replacing the connector or both ?

What do you do if you can't get the key into the ignition? It's the current problem I have now, I'd like to get the igition out and change it but the blasted housing is broke I think.

Just take off the steering wheel! LMAO

Do you think its still an ignition problem? I just priced the coil pack found out i could do it myself and now it wont start lol what luck

Where do you get your wire diagrams from?

My car will not start the engine hardly makes a sound the battery works though

Will this work for an 02 1.8t jetta as well?

The bottom plastic housing is hiving me trouble, the plastic screw guide is too long and my steering wheel wong give it room

Hi, this is my first VW! Now I love my Jetta but I'm about to pull my hair out, and then some...... .so that had to replace the ignition switch. That had been done that all went well until now! We went to go start the car long story short.... I had to replac the battery now also. So now we have a new battery and ignition switch. Go to start the car.... The car starts 😁, then it died!! Start the car again, and it died. Now I notice that the "immobilizer" light on the dashboard is on now. Does anybody know if I have to call a locksmith come and program this now with the new switch or can I do this how. I don't have the money for a locksmith and been with out my car for almost 2 weeks now. At this point anything may help!!

9:10 Well I tried twice on mine to get this bottom panel off without removing the wheel. At first I thought it wouldn't come away because the top panel was holding it in place. So I tried removing that first. But no, it just would not budge no matter what I did.. The plastic shaft housing the left hand screw just protruded too deep into the plastic containing it and the steering wheel blocked it coming out no matter how I turned it or how much force I applied. So I've got to wonder if there's some different parts in play here. Mine is an 03 Bora, which is just the UK name for the Jetta. After 2 attempts I took the wheel off, then sawed the left hand plastic shaft off so that in future I can get down there without removing the wheel. Not crazy about it as a solution to the problem, but I cant afford a torque wrench so want to avoid taking the wheel off too many times. So it had to be that way.

To avoid wire melted just before it happens..we modify the starting cct by using ..start button...so just press ...( On the ignition switch...press button...)...just kidding sir

It takes like two extra minutes to take the steering wheel off lol

hay abulo abuelo

you are supposed to remove the steering wheel first to get the screws properly lol.

That's wrong!

Fala Puno

I Have seen people use a paper clip to remove just the lock cilinder and don't have to take the whole thing out

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