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Replying to: rshaker90 (Mar 22, 2008 6:00 am) |
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| Can anyone tell me if the rear brakes that are wearing down prematurely is a factory defect? And how long VW delarship has known about this problem? Also, if they knew of this defect should they have let vw certified pre-owned car sell without dicloseing this face? | |
I was told by to dealers in my area that the not a defect. The VWs were said to be set up with more rear braking instead of the front braking that everyone is use to in the states. This is why they are able to sell the certified cars without saying anything about it. I just wish that they would have used pads with more surface area fro the rears so they would last a bit longer.
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Replying to: rshaker90 (Mar 27, 2008 2:53 am) 
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Replying to: stevenstm1 (Mar 27, 2008 8:43 am) Of course normal brake wear is not directly related to miles traveled, it has to do with the amount of stopping you do no how far you go. |
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Hi there I’m changing rear break pads on my 2003 Jetta I’m trying to press the break cylinder back with a c clamp To make space for the new pads, no luck!! Anyone knows how make this happen? HELP!! Pete
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Replying to: ho3rail1995 (Mar 31, 2008 6:40 am) |
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Replying to: john_tsouris (Feb 24, 2008 3:03 pm) At the time, I took my car to Volkswagen of Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville, FL. My service advisor there was Paul Bergeron. He dealt with that issue the entire time I had problems with my rear brake system. They had finally fixed them and they were not squeaking at all. Two months went by and they started squealing slightly again, but not nearly as bad as before. The dealership manager and service manager told me on my 12th visit to the dealer within a month that they will most likely have to give the car back to Volkswagen of America as a defect. Volkswagen of America bought the car back for exactly what I paid for it and gave me complimentary scheduled maintenance up until 25,000 miles because I had done all my factory scheduled maintenance with them up until 25,000 miles. Owner loyalty counts! This was my 7th VW product in 10 years. I purchased a new 2007 GTI to replace the rabbit. This GTI does not have break issues. I currently have 24,000 miles on this car and I still have at least 85% of my rear brake pads left. Some of the new MKV Jettas, Rabbits, and GTI's have the rear brake devil in them. Some don't. But make sure you don't get one, because it flat out sucks. |
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| hello folks,i have been thinking about purchasing a 08 vw jetta but learning about these brake issues with the jetta iam begining to have my doubts...i don't want to have to keep haveing rear brake jobs every 20,000 miles costing upwards of 300.00 a pop when i could have another model car that doesn't need the rear brakes replaced so often...although i do like the jetta's handling and saftey features.... | |
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Replying to: steven39 (Jun 28, 2008 9:00 am) |
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