Saturday 29 December 2018

Tailgate Bolt Sheared.

Once again I have had a bolt shear off on the electric tailgate mechanism.

This is the second time this has happened,first both of them and now just the one.

This tailgate has been nothing but problems,bolts shearing,new struts and a new lock.

Glad I took out a five year warranty from new.

Anyway it is into the dealers on the 14th.of January so we shall see.

Ian

Monday 1 October 2018

More Repairs

It's been "back to the dealer" time over the last few weeks,

First it was the tailgate latch which gave up the ghost cuasing the tailgate to refuse to lock,that had to be replaced.

Secondly it was the auxiliary water pump which caused the parking heater not to work,another replacement.

When I specified the parking heater I thought it was a bit of a nice luxury but it isn't half missed on these cold mornings brrrrrrr..........

Fortunately I took out a five year warranty when I purchased the Alltrac,glad I did now.

Hopefully all sorted.


Ian

 

Friday 27 July 2018

Seatbelt

Had the drivers seatbelt replaced today for an odd problem

When the interior of the car got hot it wouldn't pull out without a great deal of persuasion.

When the interior was cool it was OK -strange.

Ian

Thursday 19 July 2018

Tailgate Struts & Dashcam

Had both tailgate struts replaced yesterday as the tailgate wasn't opening fully and repeatedly banging your head on it is not a humourous experience,especially after the fiftieth time.

Also had a NextBase 512GW Ultra dash cam fitted.

Ian

Monday 30 April 2018

Post NOx Fix Update.

This is just a heads up for those who have had the NOx service action ( EA 189 ) done.

There have been some reports of problems with EGR valves subsequent to having the correction done.

Now this may be coincidental or a problem stemming from the upgrade,who knows.

If however you are suffering EGR,fuel injection or emission problems after the fix then within 24 months of having the work done and at less than 160,000 miles VW "would consider the complaint very carefully and if such a complaint was established to have arisen as a result  of the technical measures then VW will act responsibly and swiftly in line with its goodwill policy as supplemented in the annex (?) to respond to the consumers reasonable concerns."

All this is laid out in the letter that drivers will have received from VW,however my neighbour falls into this category and I had forgotten about it ( luckily we have had no problem as yet ).

He has booked his Golf into the dealers who seem aware of the problem so no grief as yet.

Ian 

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Service & A Few More Things

Well today has been a bit of an expensive day.

Had the Alltrack in for a 40K service,had asked for the DSG oil to be changed and the Haldex oil ( incidentally it is a good idea to keep an eye on this as no reminders are issued that it should be changed,I think the "official" VW time interval is three years but no reminder was issued last year so had it done this year.There is a box to be ticked in the service book but no mention made of interval ),new wipers all around,new rear number plate as the original one was delaminating,three new tyres and an aircon refresh,also winter wheels removed and summer ones installed,at least they don't charge for this.

Oh I nearly forgot had one alloy repainted where I damaged it last year.

As if this little lot wasn't going to be a financial hit they found the two front suspension bushes were split and the front discs were badly corroded so these had to be changed along with new pads and the bushes.

Fortunately the dealers managed to lop a bit off the bill but it still caused a sharp intake of breath but it's all done now,well until next year.

Ian

Friday 12 January 2018

Haldex Problems

Had the Alltrack at the dealers for four days and guess what,they couldn't throw up a fault with the Haldex.

Evidently the computer memory deletes all information after about twenty starts so the original fault the dealers found is long gone.

As it is a warranty repair there are many hoops to jump through to prove the fault and it was't playing.

Ironically it threw up a fault on VW Connect last Monday when it was icy but nothing since.

They tried spinning the wheels on a slippery surface but even that refused to make it fault,all four spun as they should do.

They did some software uogrades that were pending including one for the gearbox whether that has any effect we shall have to see.

Incidentally,a bit of information,the Haldex oil should be changed after three years as it turns out,the Tech checked on the VW computer.

In the service book there is a box to tick for Haldex oil change but no mention of when it should be done,rather silly I think,dealer price is about £85.

It's due for a service in March so will have it done then.

Ian