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Replying to: rsaunders24 (Nov 09, 2005 10:41 am) |
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Replying to: silverblue (Dec 21, 2007 9:49 am) |
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Replying to: brayster99 (Jan 02, 2008 9:14 am) Thanks for the information, the VW garage recommended this as one of their engineers had carried out a private fix for another customer and this had seemed to work. Unfortunately this an very expensive experiment although it looks like I may have to take this route. The car is currently with an independent garage as VW franchised dealers hourly rates are too high for "experiments". I will let you know what he finds. Rod |
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Replying to: davew5 (Dec 28, 2007 1:49 pm) My main problems now are 1) I remain somewhat anxious about the brakes. They stop the car well, despite the well-below-freeing. However, the brake pedal feels different from the other car I've been driving --- it feels good when actually stopping, but when I'm stopped, if I keep pushing on it, it slowly moves toward the floor. The VW mechanic says this is normal for Passats. 2) that the water in the car is apparently due to a bad door seal ($1100 to replace it and do an extinsive carpet cleaning). I'm going to take the car to my regular mechanics to have the door seal replaced and perhaps a more modest carpet cleaning. I'll also ask my regular mechanic for his opinion of the brakes, but out of curiousity, could anyone else with a Passat confirm that the brake pedal slowly moves away from you if you continue strong pressure when stopped and the engine is running? Thanks for any data you can provide! Dave
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Replying to: davew5 (Jan 03, 2008 10:16 am) However, the brake pedal feels different from the other car I've been driving --- it feels good when actually stopping, but when I'm stopped, if I keep pushing on it, it slowly moves toward the floor. The VW mechanic says this is normal for Passats. Sounds like the brake system still has air in the lines. I can only tell you my pedal DOES NOT slowly move to the floor while I'm stopped. I've never had a car that did that...ever. IMHO, you need to find another dealer or repair shop. First, they don't know that the brake booster can suck in water if immersed from the clogged drain plug and now this about the brake pedal. Are we allowed to "call BS" within the TOS agreement here? 
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Replying to: altair4 (Jan 03, 2008 12:40 pm) I also have just had an independent mechanic review the problems with my car (in the UK). Having been informed by the VW authorised dealer that the cars in the UK have different parts and that they had checked the plenum and that a blockage did not exist my local mechanic had approx 2 gallons of water emptied from the plenum when he cleared the blockage. He also then removed a significant amount of water from within the Servo - recommending that this be replaced as this is the second case of this that he had found - the other having significant internal corrosion following water in the servo. With regard to the sinking brake pedal he again informed me that he has seen this several times on VW's and that the problems has normally been due to a problem with the master brake cylinder. I am having both servo and cylinder replaced and will be raising this matter with VW (UK), my local VW retailer who failed to test for the condition when I had given them the copy of the US recall and a couple of UK Consumer bodies. Watch this space. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. Rod
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Replying to: silverblue (Jan 03, 2008 2:56 pm) |
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shows that VW does not operate as a global unified company. Left hand knows not what right does. Which is fine when donating money but bad if you run corporation. Krzys
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Replying to: krzyss (Jan 04, 2008 10:23 am) |
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Replying to: altair4 (Jan 03, 2008 12:40 pm) Anyway, I'm going to call VW of America and talk to them about the problem and having it covered by them if I go to a different dealer, and then hope there is another dealership not too far from Ardmore, PA. Until then, I continue not to drive the car. Fortunately my dad was able to let me use one of his cars. It's good to have family around at such times. Thanks also to Rod and everybody else in this discussion, for critically important information. Dave
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