Passat (B6) :: Compass Shows Totally Opposite Direction
Sep 16, 2008
I'm driving 06 Passat V6. When I was driving in chicago last week, apparently I was driving heading north but the compass showed me that I was driving south.
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Sep 16, 2008
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