Reviews of OEM Volkswagen parts For Business

I had the impression that those discs wouldn’t warp as easy as one piece discs but it looks as I was wrong. VW tried to machine my warped discs with them mounted on the car at one point but they failed so badly that they did not even want to show me the result. After that they messured the runout on new discs on the bench and found them OK. After the discs were mounted on the hubs they were messured again and that one of them had warped. That was the way they found the bad hub. I was quite surprised when I was told that VW did not have any tolerances for the runout on the hubs or the discs. I took for granted that they had quite strict tolerances both on the hubs and the discs. I don’t know if the eight piston caliper and the setup with opposed pistons makes the whole system more sensitive to warpage or not but that has been suggested. And to get this a bit more connected to the thread subject I can add that I have not found any alternative to VW original 365 mm floating discs at all. I was quite surprised to find them cheaper than the one piece 334 mm discs to my Passat W8 though.

Could be the hubs. Mine had an axial throw of 0,02-0,03 mm which I thought wouldn’t affect the discs. I filed a complainment to VW regarding warped discs and they blamed the calipers. Told me one of eight pistons was a bit sluggish. With new calipers and two sets of discs later they found what I had meassured before the complainment, a warped hub. The last pair have not warped after the typical 5000 km mark as before. So at least the floating 365 mm discs are very sensitive regarding straight hubs.

The best experience I have made with the original wipers. I know, they are dearer than those in the aftermarket, but at least they clean 2 years without squeaking, skipping and so on. Those from the Mk4s can also be used on the Mk3.

Well got the Bus back from the shop. Among other things we got the following done.. -New shocks Bus runs quite nicely now.

Replaced my Glass I had had my windshield replaced when I took delivery of the car. The front glass was scratched. Appears someone wipe down the glass when detailing and scuffed it up. Dealer installed OEM glass and no alignment was required. The bill was $600 but the dealer took care of. Everything works fine.

Just had my done, no calibration needed (OEM glass)

So over the weekend I replaced the following Timing Chain N205 Tensioner Intake Cam Magnetic actuator Cam bridge Cam sensor Car is not throwing the MDF message but the chain rattle is still there.

MK6 GTI

I've only had one warranty issue, a fuel pump was acting up. Didn't strand me or anything but was causing a rough idle due to cuting out one time. Restarted the car and it was fine, took it to the dealer anyway and they replaced all the fuel pumps under warranty.

costly repair I have had to replace the sensor in the wheel for the ABS before.

155k miles - water pump leaking again, gaskets in inlet/outlet pipes need new gaskets, put on aftermarket aluminum water pump in hopes to prevent future leaks.