My 2001 Passat 130 with 102K on the clock has developed the dreaded going into ‘limp home’ mode. I took the car to a VW specialist who performed diagnostics and confirmed all the various sensors on the car (MAF, N75 etc) were working correctly therefore it was the turbo sticking. The Turbo was sent to a specialist who cleaned it all up but when it was re-installed on the car although the car ran better after a period of time it would go in limp mode. All the sensors and hoses for the turbo system were replaced and the problem was still present. The Turbo was sent away again to the same specialist who found a further problem with the blades sticking and trimmed a bit off them however when the turbo was reinstalled on the car it still went into limp mode, the garage also mentioned that the wastegate actuator rod was very hard to move. The VW garage then swapped the turbo with another on a donor car and my car ran fine. The turbo is back with the turbo company for a 3rd time who have confirmed that there is nothing wrong with the turbo when ran up on there rig. Hence my question is there anything else that would cause the wastegate actuator rod to ‘stick’ ?