rejected VW warranty claim
Discussion
Narcisus said:
Watcher of the skies said:
I'd rather spend my money on something else rather than continually fixing a shoddy product.
Each to his own
Whatever Each to his own
I see you have a classic garage of reliable vehicles haha ! Priceless !Edited by Narcisus on Friday 1st December 16:04
Maybe you like taking your car back to the garage- I've got better things to do
Watcher of the skies said:
Priceless indeed. In the 21 years that I've owned my MG it's cost me less in repairs than the 4 years of your warranty claims. My 9 year old Evoque has never had a single fault.
Maybe you like taking your car back to the garage- I've got better things to do
You’re welcome I wouldn’t have that pile of rubbish if it was given me haha !Maybe you like taking your car back to the garage- I've got better things to do
Sheepshanks said:
BenS94 said:
Sheepshanks said:
Having said that, the Inchcape VW dealer we use said the warranty they use for non-approved used are more co-operative than the VAG Approved Used one - think it was run by Car Care Plan.
"They said" of course they did, to get you to buy it. Narcisus said:
GeniusOfLove said:
I read stuff like this and then they go and buy another VAG dustbin. At least the people who repeatedly subject themselves to Land Rover quality and service get to drive a Range Rover for their trouble, VAG customers go through the same to have vinyl seats, crap ride, and a four banger diesel engine 
Whatever 350bhp and 4wd is enough for me maybe save hard and one day you can buy yourself something decent ? BenS94 said:
Narcisus said:
BenS94 said:
"They said" of course they did, to get you to buy it.
What are you on about I’ve owned it since new ?BenS94 said:
I sense jealousy. He's had more decent cars than you know, you're just miserable.
Of course he has I guess your opinion of decent cars and mine differ. Miserable ? Sitting by the pool with 23’ and lovely sunshine ? I didn’t start knocking his cars :-) anyway IDGAF have a good life 
Absolute nightmare, Seat Toldeo heater radiator sprung a leak on sons car, the whole dash had to come out and then you find the bolts holding it are accessible from under the bonnet so a fair bit of dismantling there too.
Must be the very first part fitted to the bare bodyshell.
We did the job one weekend, never again.
Also never heard of this Silica bag, what's the point of the thing?
Must be the very first part fitted to the bare bodyshell.
We did the job one weekend, never again.
Also never heard of this Silica bag, what's the point of the thing?
BenS94 said:
Sheepshanks said:
Well, no - it was the service manager telling me this - we had a Tiguan bought new and were discussing the VW All In warranty.
I see. Still seems a little... pushy, no?I expect Car Care probably want to keep the Inchcape Group sweet as they must be a massive customer, whereas VW wouldn't care less.
That could be an angle the OP could take - I know he's spoken to dealer already, but escalting within Vertu might be fruitful? I'm sure things like "peace of mind 12mths warranty" will have been mentioned
BenS94 said:
Smint said:
Also never heard of this Silica bag, what's the point of the thing?
To prolong coolant life by soaking up any water content. What next from those clever chaps at VW? Silica bags in the brake master
Watcher of the skies said:
BenS94 said:
Smint said:
Also never heard of this Silica bag, what's the point of the thing?
To prolong coolant life by soaking up any water content. What next from those clever chaps at VW? Silica bags in the brake master
There's a school of thought that it's related to cambelt change timing - at 5yrs the belt and water pump gets changed and the coolant is topped up with water. If the car used G13 coolant water causes the silicate fallout to increase and typically when the car is around 7-8yrs ish old the heater matrix becomes blocked.
Other manufacturers did it as well, but it seems to be mainly talked about with VW Group cars.
Henzy said:
Does anyone know what year VW started adding silica to the coolant tank?
https://www.deutsche-parts.co.uk/blog/post/silica-gel-bag-in-the-coolant-tank-why.htmlI see a couple of people have asked the same and it's gone unanswered. I think from previous (worried) research, it came in alongside the MQB platform My research consisted of looking up the silicon bag itself and which years it was applicable for. That and I couldn't see any mention on MK6 Golf forums.
Problem is, my MK6 Golf is a 2016 convertible, and I've just bought a 2016 Tiguan. Both are PQ35/PQ46 platform respectively, but are using the MK7 Golf engine.
Looks like the header tank should say Mit Silikant on the side - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZHQSvdAvA
Going to show my ignorance here, again, but couldn't you remove the silica bag (or replace the header tank with a non gel one) fully drain and flush the system then put some normal OAT 5 year coolant mix in?, you can still get 5 litres of Comma red coolant for about £20 and 5 litres of deionised water for a tenner max, its what i've been doing.
Or am i miles behind the times.
Or am i miles behind the times.
Bossworld said:
Henzy said:
Does anyone know what year VW started adding silica to the coolant tank?
https://www.deutsche-parts.co.uk/blog/post/silica-gel-bag-in-the-coolant-tank-why.htmlI see a couple of people have asked the same and it's gone unanswered. I think from previous (worried) research, it came in alongside the MQB platform My research consisted of looking up the silicon bag itself and which years it was applicable for. That and I couldn't see any mention on MK6 Golf forums.
Problem is, my MK6 Golf is a 2016 convertible, and I've just bought a 2016 Tiguan. Both are PQ35/PQ46 platform respectively, but are using the MK7 Golf engine.
Looks like the header tank should say Mit Silikant on the side - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZHQSvdAvA
Looks like I can at least remove it without a new tank, although I'll still take the tank off first.
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