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ABS and Brake light on '99 Passat
Hi, I have a question to the group. I brought my '99 Passat in the shop
yesterday because the ABS and Brake light goes off and alarms for up to two minutes, then goes off. This happens maybe 2 to 4 times a week. I brought it to my local VW dealer, who I have a good report with, and it turns out that I have a few bad connections on the back of the instrument cluster, and a faulty cluster. It is going to cost me $700.00 to fix. Granted this is my first "problem" with this car after 95,000 miles, but to have a cluster go bad? My service writer said this happens from time to time. Has anyone else experienced this? Weldon Cimbrik '99 Passat 1.8T 5spd '99 Beetle 2.0 5spd |
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What was the fault codes? The I will answer!
"wjcimbri" > wrote in message . net... > Hi, I have a question to the group. I brought my '99 Passat in the shop > yesterday because the ABS and Brake light goes off and alarms for up to > two > minutes, then goes off. This happens maybe 2 to 4 times a week. I brought > it > to my local VW dealer, who I have a good report with, and it turns out > that > I have a few bad connections on the back of the instrument cluster, and a > faulty cluster. It is going to cost me $700.00 to fix. Granted this is my > first "problem" with this car after 95,000 miles, but to have a cluster go > bad? My service writer said this happens from time to time. Has anyone > else > experienced this? > > Weldon Cimbrik > '99 Passat 1.8T 5spd > '99 Beetle 2.0 5spd > > |
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According to VW, there were no codes. They said that the ABS pump and module
were OK. "Woodchuck" > wrote in message ... > What was the fault codes? The I will answer! > > "wjcimbri" > wrote in message > . net... > > Hi, I have a question to the group. I brought my '99 Passat in the shop > > yesterday because the ABS and Brake light goes off and alarms for up to > > two > > minutes, then goes off. This happens maybe 2 to 4 times a week. I brought > > it > > to my local VW dealer, who I have a good report with, and it turns out > > that > > I have a few bad connections on the back of the instrument cluster, and a > > faulty cluster. It is going to cost me $700.00 to fix. Granted this is my > > first "problem" with this car after 95,000 miles, but to have a cluster go > > bad? My service writer said this happens from time to time. Has anyone > > else > > experienced this? > > > > Weldon Cimbrik > > '99 Passat 1.8T 5spd > > '99 Beetle 2.0 5spd > > > > > > |
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wjcimbri wrote:
> According to VW, there were no codes. They said that the ABS pump and module > were OK. > "Woodchuck" > wrote in message > ... > >>What was the fault codes? The I will answer! >> >>"wjcimbri" > wrote in message v.net... >> >>>Hi, I have a question to the group. I brought my '99 Passat in the shop >>>yesterday because the ABS and Brake light goes off and alarms for up to >>>two >>>minutes, then goes off. This happens maybe 2 to 4 times a week. I > > brought > >>>it >>>to my local VW dealer, who I have a good report with, and it turns out >>>that >>>I have a few bad connections on the back of the instrument cluster, and > > a > >>>faulty cluster. It is going to cost me $700.00 to fix. Granted this is > > my > >>>first "problem" with this car after 95,000 miles, but to have a cluster > > go > >>>bad? My service writer said this happens from time to time. Has anyone >>>else >>>experienced this? >>> >>>Weldon Cimbrik >>>'99 Passat 1.8T 5spd >>>'99 Beetle 2.0 5spd >>> >>> >> >> > > I know it sounds rudimentary, but did they check the front brake pads for wear? I've had my ABS light come on when they were getting *close* to hitting the wear wires. |
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Hi, rudimentary or not, I did check the pads, and ABS wheel sensors. They
just fixed it last week again. I guess it was not the cluster, they replaced the ABS pump and module. I did demand a discount for the second repair. I got them to take off $350.00. The cluster cost me $300.00. Not bad, and it seems to be fixed! Weldon Cimbrik '99 Passat 1.8T 5spd '99 Beetle 2.0 5spd "Kurt Telep" > wrote in message ... > wjcimbri wrote: > > According to VW, there were no codes. They said that the ABS pump and module > > were OK. > > "Woodchuck" > wrote in message > > ... > > > >>What was the fault codes? The I will answer! > >> > >>"wjcimbri" > wrote in message > v.net... > >> > >>>Hi, I have a question to the group. I brought my '99 Passat in the shop > >>>yesterday because the ABS and Brake light goes off and alarms for up to > >>>two > >>>minutes, then goes off. This happens maybe 2 to 4 times a week. I > > > > brought > > > >>>it > >>>to my local VW dealer, who I have a good report with, and it turns out > >>>that > >>>I have a few bad connections on the back of the instrument cluster, and > > > > a > > > >>>faulty cluster. It is going to cost me $700.00 to fix. Granted this is > > > > my > > > >>>first "problem" with this car after 95,000 miles, but to have a cluster > > > > go > > > >>>bad? My service writer said this happens from time to time. Has anyone > >>>else > >>>experienced this? > >>> > >>>Weldon Cimbrik > >>>'99 Passat 1.8T 5spd > >>>'99 Beetle 2.0 5spd > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > I know it sounds rudimentary, but did they check the front brake pads > for wear? I've had my ABS light come on when they were getting *close* > to hitting the wear wires. |
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