After a week at the dealer for a throttle body replacement on my 24 Golf R ( flashing check engine, loss of power) the service advisor called and told me the engine needs to be replaced (at 9k miles!)
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I am doing the same thing right now to replace my throttle body (apparently the electronics or mechanism are toast). I have removed the throttle body a few times and it is one of my least favorites.
My 3.6 Passat has a similar noise for all of its 225k miles, and two engines... May not be what you're hearing but it goes through a throttle body alignment after the car is turned off.
I want to clean my throttle body today. BUT how imperative is it that you re adapt the throttle body with vagcom. because i have read that it will re adapt itself. My throttle body inside has a nice black ring so i think its time to do this.
VW found a problem with the throttle body and replaced that under a California emissions warranty, and I also did a trans flush. It shifts a lot better now, but still some weird shifts esp. between 2-3 and 6-5.
Just done this and it works, TB had been off and cleaned, ran like sh*t when I put it back in until I did this.
the throttle body is the most common issue when it comes to the EPC light on the FSI and TSI engines, I dont know why but Volkswagen installed these ****ty little wire sensors (6) into the throttle body to measure various things, mostly oil and gasoline vapor.
New throttle body installed...Currently there's zero difference between the old and new throttle body.
So I have had issues with random throttle valve pressure drop codes and rough running and limp mode. Also the car likes to randomly idle high, 1200rpm high. I also had loud boost hissing noise when boosting, sounds like a boost leak. Test drove car and it is amazing ,the car boosts quick now and I dont have the loud hissing noise when boosting (prob the throttle plate malfunctioning)
I was going to tell you to clean the throttle body for the idle problem, but it looks like you already did. It worked for me, but I had a lot of junk built up in the ICV. It took a couple weeks for the idle to come back down to normal.
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The brand is registered in Germany. Official website: https://www.volkswagen.de/.
In March 2026, PartReview has a mixed opinion of OEM Volkswagen throttle body. PR Score — 63 out of 100, based on 10 reviews and 33 votes. 5 positive reviews, 3 neutral reviews, 2 negative reviews. Average rating — 3.4 (out of 5). Votes: 21 up, 12 down.
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- Throttle response - delay or surging when pressing the gas pedal - rated ambivalently. 2.8 points out of 5.
- Idle - idle speed hangs or drops unexpectedly - rated ambivalently. 3.1 points out of 5.
- Dirt - visible grime on the throttle plate or bore - rated positively. 5 points out of 5.
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