VW in a nutshell

"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa) 01/25/2015 at 14:14 • Filed to: VWproblems

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6,553 total miles. Is it too late for Doug to add this to his why VW sucks story?

-Not my car

jkm7680 > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:17

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Yeah, There's a 0% chance of those all being on because of actual problems with all the systems.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:17

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Thats exactly what My moms Volvo did when it's alternator basically ate itself.

DoYouEvenShift > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:22

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Haha. Looks like a Land Rover dash. Christmas tree!

Decay buys too many beaters > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:22

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I heard all modern VWs come with a mulimeter, a set of prayer beads, and a single cyanide tablet in the toolset.

The Ghost of Oppo > jkm7680 01/25/2015 at 14:26

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Yeah I'm sure its just the ecu/electrical problems. A few of the replies to the actual guy's post are along the lines of " mine did something similar to that, either abs or ecu"

The Ghost of Oppo > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 01/25/2015 at 14:29

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I bet it had a hell of a lot more miles on it

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:36

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Wut? My 2011 JSW TDI has never had ANY problems aside from when I tried to take off the DPF and disconnected the Cat... and the battery :/

After about 10 minutes of running after reassembly all the lights went back off and everything was back to normal!

Also, 84k miles and rising and no problems yet (aside from the hatch latch giving up the ghost at 40k miles, simple $200 fix by a shop).

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:50

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20,000.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:50

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I think I am one of the few people who does not care for recessed gauges in my instrument cluster. My work truck has it as well.

Vicente Esteve > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 14:50

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I still love VW though, and yeah it may just be an ECU or ABS problem.

It likes to shout for attention.

The Ghost of Oppo > Vicente Esteve 01/25/2015 at 15:00

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Same here. I just don't understand how their reliability is still so terrible after so many years.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 01/25/2015 at 15:06

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You are the 1%.

Also that was hilarious after you hooked up your battery again and your car promptly shat itself.

Vicente Esteve > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 15:13

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I don't get it either. Why must they make systems with so small tolerances.

Svend > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 16:56

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After nearly two years all my Skoda has wanted is a brake light bulb. So I'm pretty happy with VW.

105 HP of fury > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 01/25/2015 at 17:05

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Three times as many miles!

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > 105 HP of fury 01/25/2015 at 17:17

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Still though, it wasn't very many. I was out driving, and a light came on saying "Charging Failure Service Urgent." I was only 2 miles home so I just kept driving. As soon as I pulled into my neighborhood, the power steering quit along with the brakes. Then I put it in park, but it wouldn't go out of drive, then the electronic parking brake got jammed halfway applied. Pretty scary that one little $2 rubber band in the alternate could cause so to go wrong.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/25/2015 at 17:22

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I also forgot to reconnect one of the sensors :P

Oh well, it fixed itself so I'm happy!

Trevor Mohr > The Ghost of Oppo 01/25/2015 at 21:24

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No way! My Mk6 GTI is currently at 6551 miles and has the same trim... Driver's Edition or Wolfsburg?

105 HP of fury > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 01/25/2015 at 23:20

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Wow, that is bad. You wouldn't expect it to fail so catastrophically from an electrical issue.