Breakdown Warning

Chippy · Dec 17, 2025

Just letting other Transporter users know engine management light came on Monday whilst driving through Spain diagnostics showed fault with " coolant bypass valve" apparently a common known fault with them. Now day 3 at garage been fitted this afternoon fingers crossed. Not covered here in Spain on warranty will need to claim back in UK. Total cost 560 euros, most inconvenient.

dspuk · Dec 17, 2025

Common issue, a few of us had it, I drove on the orange light for well over a year.

Was covered on Warranty in UK when I eventually got fixed, should be the same in Spain.

Mine was done same day with service.

sidepod · Dec 17, 2025

What year van is this?

sidepod · Dec 18, 2025

The reason I ask is, as far as I know, the 6.1 isn’t fitted with this valve. Mine certainly isn’t.

The Broomwagon · Dec 18, 2025

We have a 2022 204 and had our bypass valve replaced under warranty by our local VW van centre earlier this year.

WelshGas · Dec 18, 2025

sidepod said:
The reason I ask is, as far as I know, the 6.1 isn’t fitted with this valve. Mine certainly isn’t.

It would seem that the T6.1 204 engine does have this valve.

sidepod · Dec 18, 2025

Are we discussing the same thing? Sits on the bulkhead, on the left as you stand in front of the van.
Mine doesn’t have it.

Chippy · Saturday at 5:38 PM

sidepod said:
What year van is this?

Last ones Oct 2024

Keitheeweithee · Monday at 8:18 AM

We have a September 2022 6.1 and had this done recently after the engine management light came on. A bit of a saga followed because after doing that and as going into the mot station the light came on again so I it would have failed and I couldn’t have it back. It took them weeks to diagnose the ACC unit had also failed (despite me mentioning that when I took it in, the warning only showed when I switched it on) and it took 10 days to get a new one from Germany. Only positive was that they gave me a nice electric ID3 courtesy car which was superb, an upgrade on the usual caddy.

Roger Boeken · Monday at 9:40 AM

The Broomwagon said:
We have a 2022 204 and had our bypass valve replaced under warranty by our local VW van centre earlier this year.

Same here , 07/2022 T6.1 204 4MO

Chippy · Monday at 9:57 PM

Keitheeweithee said:
We have a September 2022 6.1 and had this done recently after the engine management light came on. A bit of a saga followed because after doing that and as going into the mot station the light came on again so I it would have failed and I couldn’t have it back. It took them weeks to diagnose the ACC unit had also failed (despite me mentioning that when I took it in, the warning only showed when I switched it on) and it took 10 days to get a new one from Germany. Only positive was that they gave me a nice electric ID3 courtesy car which was superb, an upgrade on the usual caddy.

Sorry but is this the the Active Cruise Control?