Hi all,

found the forum at about 3am this morning when my 52 plate 1.9 TDI estate alarm started going for no reason......

Having had the following symptoms;

Rear Water Jet Stopped Working
Luggage compartment open warning appearing every 2 secs
Alarm going off just as you get comfortable in bed

At about 4am I disconnected the battery....never done that in the rain and wearing only boxer shorts before.

After searching the forums I purchased a new boot release mechanism, fixed the rear wiper pipe, dried out the wiring, and am now looking forward to listening to music again instead of the boot warning chime.

I've now discovered the start of the dreaded water in the passenger footwell.

So after fixing the above, I followed the Excellent instructions from

http://www.weirdlittlebiscuit.com/passat/leak/index.htm

Found that the drain to the left of the battery was blocked..All now cleaned and checked......How tight a fit is that battery....?

The pollen filter needed replacing but found that the drain channel there was also blocked.

I cleaned around the box but decided to take it out. The air foam gasket thingy was soaked and the rubber gasket was split and also wet. Drip tray connector end broken.

New drip tray , pollen tray, gasket, filter will be with me on Wednesday.

So a BIG THANK YOU to all who contributed to my scraped knuckles and keeping quite a few quid in my pocket. I really have appreciated the information you shared. Brilliant.

On another note, getting the pollen filter out was really tricky....does anyone know of another site like the one above which shows how to make it a little bit easier getting the new one in? Should I really be taking the wipers of and that front edge window trim

Have yet to pull the carpet on the passenger side to see the extent of the water, but everything is working as it has done in the past so I feel confident that this may just have been discovered in time to rectify and take preventative measures.

Hope someone can assist in the replacing of the Pollen filter tray.

All the very best

Passaty