Volkswagen P2015

Intake manifold runner position sensor / actuator fault — the classic VAG 2.0 TDI code for a broken swirl-flap linkage inside the plastic intake. On CR-TDI Golf, Passat, Tiguan and Audi A4/A6 it's an epidemic issue: the plastic lever that moves the flaps snaps off internally, the position sensor sees the mismatch, and P2015 stores. It's almost never the sensor — it's always the manifold.

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