Q: The radio won't come on. The monitor is dead along with the computer.

asked by on May 29, 2016

VW said they ran diagnostics and about all they did was check fuse 47. I only have 27,000 on the car and they gave me an esrmate of 2-3 grand to replace it.

My car has 27000 miles.

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