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Re: jetta brake wear [rshaker90]
by stevenstm1
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Mar 27, 2008 (8:43 am)
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Replying to: rshaker90 (Mar 27, 2008 2:53 am)
I mentioned to my dealer about the information I found on the web about the jetta haveing a premature wear pattern and he fixed my brakes for free. Just found out last night. Well, I should say he was first going to charge me 260 bucks (his Cost) because I raised hell that I had to replace my brakes and I just bought the car 2 months ago. Then I told him about the info. on the web about jetta's and the premature brake wear and he called me later and said he was going to fix them for free. He was going to put it under a defective brake warranty of some kind. He also told me he got some kind of e-mail about the brake wear problem. I still pretty pissed off that they didn't say anything about this problem before I bought the car. I would have cut my offer by 1000 at least. Now I get to look forward to replaceing my rear brakes every 15000 miles...20000....10000miles...Anyway, I was told not to use my parking brake if I did not have to. The parking brake readjusts the bake brakes and they rub against the rotor even more (bad technical explaination)....I guess vw didn't want a recall.... 
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Re: jetta brake wear [stevenstm1]
by jeffyscott
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Mar 28, 2008 (10:16 am)
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Replying to: stevenstm1 (Mar 27, 2008 8:43 am)
We have 24,000 miles on our 2005.5, just had tire rotation yesterday and no mention was made of needing brakes any time soon. We generally do not use the parking brake, though.
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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HELP!!
by ho3rail1995
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Mar 31, 2008 (6:40 am)
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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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Re: HELP!! [ho3rail1995]
by rshaker90
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Mar 31, 2008 (9:51 am)
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Replying to: ho3rail1995 (Mar 31, 2008 6:40 am)
You can't use a C-clamp on the rear calipers. You need to get the brake tool with the pins to 'dial' the piston back. If you try to force it with a C-clamp you can really ruin the seal. AutoZone, PepBoys, Advance, etc. should have this tool but if it's the same as the 2006 you might have to look a little bit harder for it.
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Re: VW Jetta Brakes & Rotors [john_tsouris]
by tmycakes
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Apr 29, 2008 (11:26 am)
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Replying to: john_tsouris (Feb 24, 2008 3:03 pm)
John-
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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08 jetta brake issues???
by steven39
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Jun 28, 2008 (9:00 am)
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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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Re: 08 jetta brake issues??? [steven39]
by jeffyscott
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Jun 28, 2008 (10:21 am)
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Replying to: steven39 (Jun 28, 2008 9:00 am)
3 years and 25,000 miles on ours (2005.5) and at last tire rotation no mention was made of brake wear. I think some who had premature brake wear indicated that it was from using the parking brake, which we rarely do.
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Re: 08 jetta brake issues??? [steven39]
by rshaker90
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Jun 29, 2008 (5:14 am)
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Replying to: steven39 (Jun 28, 2008 9:00 am)
My wife has 35,000 miles on her 2005.5 Jetta and the rear brakes had to be replaced and she never used the parking brake. The front how every are still good. I think it basically comes down to every two years or so you need to change a set of brakes on any car no matter if it's the front set or rear set so I think it comes down to which car you rather have and than you can deal with it. If you do brakes yourself, you can just put pads on the rear without having to cut or replace the rear rotors only.... don't recommend doing this with the front because of the pulse you can get in the brake pedal. But only go thought two sets of pads with a set of rear rotors. All in all the Jetta is a really good car an the brake issue.... I think it's just set to use more rear braking so that is why the wear faster than another car's rears would.
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Re: 08 jetta brake issues??? [steven39]
by handiman
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Jul 02, 2008 (11:32 am)
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Replying to: steven39 (Jun 28, 2008 9:00 am)
Hey Steven39, you might still want to consider the Jetta. The problem with my rear brakes had nothing to do with the E-brake either, since I don't use it much at all. read about my story in earlier messages and you will find that If you make a stink about it with the dealership who services your car, they should take care of the problem like my guys did. My wife's Jetta is a TDI '06 model sold as an 07, brand new and right now it gets 42mpg combined driving. It really is a good car. We got about 21000 miles on it at this time. Holler if you have any other questions.....Roy
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Re: 08 jetta brake issues??? [rshaker90]
by ruking1
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Jul 02, 2008 (11:59 am)
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Replying to: rshaker90 (Jun 29, 2008 5:14 am)
Barring manufacturers/ oem defects, (should be still under warranty) she might want to change the way she brakes. She should firmly apply the brakes and not PRE brake, as the pre braking makes the boosters in the rear work harder transfering way more of the braking action to the rears- when it should be the fronts.
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