Vehicle
Volkswagen Caddy
The small van, and the model where working duty changes the diagnosis most. The 2K generation sits on the Golf Mk5 floorpan and the 2020 car moves to MQB, so both diagnose as passenger cars mechanically — but neither is used like one. Short urban delivery cycles are the reason its particulate filters fail: the engine never reaches the sustained temperature a regeneration needs, so the filter loads up and the fault reads as an engine problem when the duty cycle is the cause.
Generations
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2K 2003–2020
Golf Mk5 floorpan under a van body; urban delivery duty is what defeats its particulate filter, not the engine.
- Body styles
- Van · MPV
- Platform
- PQ35
- Engines
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- 1.2 TSI — petrol · 62–77 kW (83–103 hp) · 160–175 Nm (118–129 lb-ft)
- 1.4 TSI — petrol · 92–96 kW (123–129 hp)
- 1.6 petrol — petrol · 75 kW (101 hp) · 148 Nm (109 lb-ft)
- 2.0 TSI EcoFuel CNG — CNG bi-fuel
- 1.6 TDI — diesel · 55–75 kW (74–101 hp) · 225–250 Nm (166–184 lb-ft)
- 1.9 TDI — diesel · 55–77 kW (74–103 hp) · 210–250 Nm (155–184 lb-ft)
- 2.0 TDI — diesel · 55–125 kW (74–168 hp) · 200–350 Nm (148–258 lb-ft)
- 1.0 turbo — EA211 · petrol · 75 kW (101 hp) · 175 Nm (129 lb-ft)
- 1.4 — petrol · 55–59 kW (74–79 hp) · 126–132 Nm (93–97 lb-ft)
- 2.0 — CNG bi-fuel
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 6-speed DSG · 7-speed DSG
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · 4MOTION four-wheel drive
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SB 2020–present
MQB, so it now shares the current Golf's electronics as well as its mechanicals — a considerably more networked van than the one before it.
- Body styles
- Van · MPV
- Platform
- MQB
- Engines
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- 1.5 TSI — petrol · 84 kW (113 hp) · 220 Nm (162 lb-ft)
- 2.0 TDI — diesel · 55–90 kW (74–121 hp) · 250–320 Nm (184–236 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 7-speed DSG
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · 4MOTION four-wheel drive
Service information
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