IF you need to break a window to get into your Passat B6/7 Wagon don't break the rear

**Guest001** · 03-04-2013, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by JustCruisn

Break the widescreen, my insurance covers this with no excess.

Last time I did that took me about an hour to get it out as with laminated screens they dont just "break".

I smashed it with a hammer then had to cut around seal on edge and literally roll it up to get it all out.

My insurance covers all window glass for breakage.

**wind** · 04-04-2013, 02:16 PM

If you have tinted windows and break the glass, the tint/plastic film will keep the glass together - so would be harder to get into/out of the car.

The only glass not tinted (or with UV protective clear film) on my car is the windshield . . . (would prefer not to be have to find out how to get out of a deadlocked Passat!).

**Guest001** · 04-04-2013, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by wind

If you have tinted windows and break the glass, the tint/plastic film will keep the glass together - so would be harder to get into/out of the car.

The only glass not tinted (or with UV protective clear film) on my car is the windshield . . . (would prefer not to be have to find out how to get out of a deadlocked Passat!).

The tinting in the side windows is in the glass if still factory. Only aftermarket tint is applied on inside of glass surface.

Your windscreen actually has a layer of plastic film sandwiched between two layers of glass as do all laminated screens.
That what holds it together after it has been broken.

I had a new screen put in and it had a hand mark on it which we couldnt remove from either inside or outside.

Took it back and it proved to be a worker had put mark on plastic as it was being made

**wind** · 04-04-2013, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

The tinting in the side windows is in the glass if still factory. Only aftermarket tint is applied on inside of glass surface.

Yes, had tint applied to all my windows (except windscreen) - tint to the driver/passenger and clear UV protective (security) film on the rest (have factory tint on the sports pack)

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

Your windscreen actually has a layer of plastic film sandwiched between two layers of glass as do all laminated screens. That what holds it together after it has been broken

Thanks! Didn't know that.

So gotta to try and avoid locking myself (or anyone else) in the car with no access to the keys!

**booba** · 05-04-2013, 09:26 AM

I think that the rear quarter glass is more expensive to replace because of the heating element.

**Guest001** · 05-04-2013, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by booba

I think that the rear quarter glass is more expensive to replace because of the heating element.

Rear window has heating Some rear side windows have radio aerials in them

**The_Hawk** · 05-04-2013, 11:58 AM

From memory the Golf has an option in the setup menu in the MFD to enable/disable the deadlock. Again from memory it only swaps the default action of one/two presses of the remote button.

ie:

1 Press of the button = Deadlock
2 Presses = not deadlocked.

Assuming the Passat has the same functionality, check the setup menu (or the manual).

**Guest001** · 05-04-2013, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by The_Hawk

From memory the Golf has an option in the setup menu in the MFD to enable/disable the deadlock. Again from memory it only swaps the default action of one/two presses of the remote button.

ie:

1 Press of the button = Deadlock
2 Presses = not deadlocked.

Assuming the Passat has the same functionality, check the setup menu (or the manual).

Exactly that Just spent an hour reading the manual and now off to see if I can code my garage door remote to the roof buttons LOL

You can also activate /deactivate auto locking doors when it gets to 15kph A feature I hate as being dangerous and yes I know the doors are SUPPOSED to unlock automatically in an accident. However Murphy is still alive and well so I prefer not to test its workability..