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« on: 30 March 2008, 00:12:27 »
A mate of mine has bought himself a brand new VW Passat........hes had it 4 days........airbag warning light keeps coming on.....so he phoned vw dealer.......told him its a common fault.......bring it back and we'll disable it......i said to him what the they gonna disable...the airbags??? he laughed....said he didnt know  :o ::)

Also the company i work for has 4 company Vw Sharans.......i heard the other day that all of them (under warranty) has needed new gearboxes fitted.....all done under 100k before failing........

Seems like Vw dont make em like them like they used to  :-/
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« Reply #1 on: 30 March 2008, 00:20:26 »
Are Skoda's part of the VW group now? Judging by the advert fot them no wonder they dont last...... who wants a chocolate cambelt??? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #2 on: 30 March 2008, 00:21:47 »
someones on form.  ;D ;D ;D :y
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« Reply #3 on: 30 March 2008, 00:22:56 »
bloody late too! been up since half five this morning. must be the coffee. ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #4 on: 30 March 2008, 00:29:23 »
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bloody late too! been up since half five this morning. must be the coffee. ;D ;D ;D

I went to the loo about that time, but then back to bed. :D :D :D
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« Reply #5 on: 30 March 2008, 03:54:25 »
my girlfriend has recently bought a mk2 golf, bargain price, she loves it

just needs new tyres to get it through the MOT :D
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« Reply #6 on: 30 March 2008, 08:07:39 »
Yeah, they don't make them like they used to!  If you want a really bad one get an early 90's.  The current ones aren't perfect, but people I know have had good experiences by and large on the latest designs.  Ford in Europe is just as good though, and even the French seem to be getting better.  However, if you want reliability it looks like it is still Honda and Toyota.
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« Reply #7 on: 30 March 2008, 11:00:58 »
I know the wrong button with Vagcom means the airbag ECU is toast - it seems there are a lot of software problems with that ECU...
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« Reply #8 on: 30 March 2008, 11:06:52 »
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A mate of mine has bought himself a brand new VW Passat........hes had it 4 days........airbag warning light keeps coming on.....so he phoned vw dealer.......told him its a common fault.......bring it back and we'll disable it......i said to him what the they gonna disable...the airbags??? he laughed....said he didnt know  :o ::)

Also the company i work for has 4 company Vw Sharans.......i heard the other day that all of them (under warranty) has needed new gearboxes fitted.....all done under 100k before failing........

Seems like Vw dont make em like them like they used to  :-/

When was this  :-/ :-/
We had a few VW's in the seventies & they where ALL crap  >:(
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« Reply #9 on: 30 March 2008, 11:38:40 »
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I know the wrong button with Vagcom means the airbag ECU is toast - it seems there are a lot of software problems with that ECU...
That was fixed in VAG-COM about 3-4 years ago.
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« Reply #10 on: 30 March 2008, 11:47:56 »
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I know the wrong button with Vagcom means the airbag ECU is toast - it seems there are a lot of software problems with that ECU...
That was fixed in VAG-COM about 3-4 years ago.
I'm having to use old version due to 'dumb lead' - think mine is 3.1 ish (on other laptop with proper com port).

The fault wasn't with vagcom, it was a firmware fault in the ecu.  vagcom was recoded to ensure only certain values could be entered...
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« Reply #11 on: 30 March 2008, 12:18:42 »
I used to have the Skoda Superb 1.9 TDI, (Passat lookalike) fantastic car, never had any faults in 4 years, she went back with 90,000 on the clock.

Had the right name............Superb. :y :y :y
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« Reply #12 on: 30 March 2008, 15:42:34 »
I was looking at getting the EOS but decided to postpone for a year while we check out the beemer, anyone got experience on these?
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« Reply #13 on: 30 March 2008, 15:45:10 »
get an iroc bud look wicked !! :y
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« Reply #14 on: 30 March 2008, 15:59:08 »
hmmm like the shape but not the colour.  Doesnt mention the price either.....
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