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I did mine myself in the garage, I'd also read they can be a bit of a bugger to remove and there are tools available to assist but with a warm engine I found it wasn't to difficult by hand. Hope that helps!

I've done 71k now, had 3k on it when I got it Dec 14. Outside of normal wear and tear e.g brake pads had the below occur: 20k - New Clutch (broken pressure plate spring) 55k Oil Leak from output shaft of gear box (manual car) 55k 5F Module replaced (MIB1) 55k coolant leak from thermostat 65k coolant leak from water pump Car still feels pretty tight, no rattles, still pulls well!

Yeah, what was most obvious on my car was a pink/red residue on the front of the sump, the thermostat/pump is quite hard to see even with the undertray removed.

Well, originally quoted £570 (I actually thought it might be more as I'm sure I read somewhere online of someone paying over 1K). Thankfully VW agreed to pay for the part and took 30% off the labour costs so came to £320 in the end. Still not ideal as it was an unexpected expenditure and I know I'm close to needing 4 new tyres! For info my car is a 64 plate manual approaching 70K. For both my coolant leaks I never had the light come on, however they were minor, more of a slow weep than a constant dripping of coolant and I always keep an eye on the levels so had been topping up every so often when it was getting close to the min line.

Mine had a coolant leak from the thermostat theres a TPI out for this issue: 20133799, was still under warranty and then 8 months later I had another coolant leak this time from the coolant pump, no longer under warranty

Hi Dom, Eventually I lost all sound which was temporarily cured by a firmware update, then three months later the sound went again. Thankfully it was still under warranty so my 5F Module was replaced. I have Obdeleven and it never pulled up any DTCs. Apparently the issue with the loss of sound is a common failure of hardware which causes the software to put it into on board amplifier into protection mode. Cheers Will

I lost the sound on my discovery nav pro mib1, nothing seemed to bring it back (tried soft and hard resets), the sw version it was on was 0290, I had it booked into VW who couldnt see me for two weeks and driving round in silence was driving me insane! I managed to find a copy of 0388 on a German forum and updated it myself. Since then I have had no issues, would be good to get my hand on the latest version if possible but suspect would have to go through VW!

I had a new clutch under warranty at 20k miles, year old, was slipping under load in third and fourth, clutch pressure plate spring had failed. Had a bit of a battle with VW who told me initially it was fine until I was able to get them video evidence of the revs jumping up under hard pull aways at ~50mph in third Apart from that, now done 50k at 31months old and no other issues!

Can you recall which fuse you pulled in the end? I am having the same problem. Thanks

Crackling from head unit/speakers Hi Folks, My cars developed an intermittent crackling noise from the headunit/speakers. It can go sometime without making the crackling noise which makes me think it cant be the actual speakers themselves. Also doesn't matter if I'm listening to the radio or music via bluetooth I had Discovery Pro and standard sound system Seems to be getting more frequent, cars 3 years old in Sept so hoping I can get it sorted under warranty. Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience?

Cheers for the input guys, I realised shortly after posting that when I was extracting directly to the SD card Mib1 Mib2 were not being put directly into the root of the SD card, TechieAli was spot on.

I've FAT32 formatted my SD card, downloaded the SW to my hard drive, extracted the files directly to my SD card but my car can't find the update. Annoyingly this is the third time I have updated my nav so not sure what I'm doing wrong on this occasion, can anyone suggest anything obvious (or not!) that I am missing here? Cheers

My clutch failed at 20k, similar symptoms to you, slipping in high hear at motorway speeds, after VW turning me away and telling me it wasn't slipping they finally took me seriously and found a clutch pressure plate spring had broken and replaced the clutch under warranty. Worst dealer can say is no I guess!

I've been looking at these too, but as its been said its probably not worth it, the price is so tempting though!

Got a quote and he wants to go through insurance, quote was £684, apparently they don't carry out insurance work either the VW approved bodyshop I got the quote from so going with the approved bodyshop of the insurance company. I know this would put some people off but have so much going on at the moment can't be brothered with the extra hassle. They cant mess up a bumper change surely wont accept the repair if its not up to scratch.

100% agree, not going to have any work done unless the money is sat in my account or insurance have agreed to pay out.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone, as its been said I really think it will come down to the quote. Took it in this morning to my local VW, their approved body shop is literally just round the corner. I should have a quote back from them tomorrow. Want to give the guy a chance to settle with cash if this works for him but dont want to settle for a poor repair. It it comes back crazy high or he starts delaying I suppose I'll take it through insurance, the whole things a load of hassle really.

Thanks for the info, have his insurance details but thought it might be less hassle if he just gave me the cash and I could get it done without having to mess around with insurance company's.

Yes, yes I have. Hit from behind today by a man in a van. Fortunately low speed but has put a large split in the rear bumper. Anyone on here had a bumper replaced? we're currently weighing up our options as to whether we go through insurance or not. Want to get a proper job done by either VW or an approved bodyshop.

The clutch started slipping on my manual R at 20k miles intermittently under load, VW originally told me there was no problem and gave me the 6 months 6k statement, I finally convinced them with a video of the rev counter jumping with no change of speed. They removed the gearbox to find I had a broken clutch pressure plate spring and replaced it under warranty. Hopefully you'll get yours sorted especially with amount of problems you have had already.

As mentioned above it might be worth (but maybe a bit of effort) to disconnect the valves and see if you still get the noise, would elimate them from your enquiries I have a manual and use to here a similar noise when the exhaust valves were opening when switching from ECO to Race. Have disconnected them for now

At first I thought I might be lucky and it might not have gone all the way through but then I thought for it to be able to stay in the side of the tyre it must have been pushed in with some force. I was concerned that if I pulled it out it would go down so I took a pair of snips and cut off the protruding part of the nail flush to the tyre wall. Then I dipped it in some water and could see it bubbling ever so slightly, I don't for a second recommend doing this but I removed the air from the tyre and put some sealant over the hole and left it overnight, pumped it up in the morning and went to work. I have been checking the tyre pressure after every journey and haven't lost a single psi in over 150 miles of steady driving. I have a new tyre ordered which I am getting on Monday, this is jut a get me by until then!

Feel for you, its not just the money but also finding the time to get it done! I have had three punctures in last 12 months, this is the first where I think its been done deliberately. I don't understand the mentality of the kind of person who would deliberately do such a thing but on the other hand I cant see how this could of happened any other way!

Not knowingly! I was quite far from home when I think it must of been done, but can't remeber upsetting anyone as I pulled up.

Got home from work this evening and noticed a nail in the side wall of my tyre. I think someone must have done this on purpose from its position? Brand new last month aswell. Infuriating!