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| actually for the first 100 miles you should use shorter, higher pressure stops to properly "seat" the brake pads in their brake shoes and to properly allign the brake pads to the brake rotor while they set. | |
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Is there anything that i can do now.. apart from waiting for my brakes to bed in. Im totally disturbed with the way things are going on with my new car. Im still trying to figure out if the brake disc should have been replaced or not ? I spoke to the sales guy yesterday about whats going on and after checking with the service he told me that the brake replacement had nothing to do with the noises that i was hearing . the service guy tells me that the noise is now eliminated. bcause of the brake replacement???? I dont know what the hell is going on . My basic prob now is that the brake peddle is set very loose. M |
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First off, don't freak out about the brakes being replaced...who cares? You have a set of brand new rotars and pads. Sounds like they were kind of grabbing at straws and trying different things to get to the bottom of your noise problem. Replacing the brake assembly was most likely a step in that protocal. If your noise persisted, they would try something else and so on and so on, it's normal procedure. Please try to describe what you mean when you say your brake pedal is loose. Maybe you should take a test drive in an identical car at the dealership to confirm that your brakes do in fact feel diferent. I you find this to be true, then MAKE the service advisor do the same and MAKE them remedy the problem. Brakes are an all important safety feature and if you are uncomfortable with how yours are feeling, or working, then you shouldn't be driving the car at all. One other thing...at some point my friend you will have to trust your mechanic. If they give the car a thourough check and find that everything is OK, all systems are operating at 100%, etc, then you need to stop fretting and get on with other things. Constant worrying will get you no where but sick, you know. Keep us posted! 
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Hi all. I'm a new user, about to be a college graduate and looking to buy a new car. I visited a Volkswagon dealer yesterday and love the Passat but, after talking to my much trusted mechanic, now have some doubts. He mentioned that the Passat's timing belt is extremely high maintenance, making it a pricey car to keep up. After reading all of your comments I'm starting to wonder even more how good of an investment this car is. I currently drive a 1991 Honda Accord and it runs great . . . but I just don't like the looks of the newer models. I really like the Passat. Does anybody have any comments or suggestions about the direction my car search should take? Is the Passat too risky for a young person with limited funds to risk having to maintain? Thanks |
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Hi ksabol01, welcome to Town Hall! Since this conference is dedicated to discussing maintenance and repair issues of cars already purchased, this is probably not the best place for your question. Have you had a chance to look through our Sedans conference? There are quite a few topics over there discussing the Passat, and also comparing it to other vehicles in (and not so in) its class. You can click on that link to go to the Sedans conference and check out all the topics there. Or you can key Passat into the Topic Search feature on the left side of this page to get a list of all topics throughout Town Hall discussing this vehicle. Whatever your decision, if you have any maintenance or repair issues after your purchase, please come back to this conference and tell us about them. We'll try to help! Good luck. Pat Community Leader/Maintenance & Repair Conference |
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I'm having problem with the fuel filler flap release button on my 1999 passat. The local VW dealer, after servicing my car neglected to reconnect the wiring so that this button nolonger works. That's no problem since i can have them fix it but another troubling thing is, I could not find a way to "manually" releasing it. Is the car even equiped with such a thing? If not, doesn't that sound like an item suitable for a recall? I'd appreciate any info on this. |
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recall???? Because there is no manual fuel filler release? You're kidding right? |
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| Recall, I mean they (VW) needs to fix it. I'm having my car towed to the shop just because of this. I don't think people would appreciate having to tow their due to such a minor problem... My opinion. | |
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Own a 98 Passat with 31,000 miles. Both front control arms required replacement. Dealer admitted this is a problem area. VW covered the cost of the parts, while I covered the cost of the dealer's labor (warranty now expired)Labor charge was $217, included front alignment. |
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| M, You have just spent $29k on a auto, enjoy it and stop obsessing over trivial things like a noise when somebody gets out of the back seat. If you start to "notice" every little thing you will spend more time with your car sitting at the dealers and not on the road. Car payment is due once a month regaurdless if it is in the shop or you are driving it. M | |
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