Seat Problems; was Sad days...

[Brian Wanamaker <bwanamaker@sofsol.com>]

The driver's seat in my 98 GLX with 7000 miles CLUNKS when I turn left
or right. I'm the only one who drives it, so it certainly isn't getting
any excessive wear from adjusting it for different drivers. It doesn't
lean (yet) but the clunk is annoying! It sounds like some REALLY OLD
junkers I've driven with totally worn out seat adjusters. I haven't
mentioned it to my dealer yet, but I'm worried. If it clunks at 7000
miles, what the hell is it going to sound like at 50,000? 

I'm glad that VW is taking some sort of action instead of saying "They
all do it." Has anyone else besides Franklin gotten any positive
response from their dealer?

Brian Wanamaker
98 GLX Black/Beige leather
noisy seat

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Franklin Mosley [SMTP:fmosley@voyetra.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 24, 1998 5:19 PM
> To:	Jetta Mailing List; GTI Mail List
> Subject:	Sad days...
> 
> Sad day.  I'm driving a rent-a-car because my baby is in the shop :(
> because
> of a seat a problem that I have been having ever since I got the car.
> What
> happens, is when I turn either left or right the seat will lean to one
> side.
> They called down a field engineer from VW to take a look at the
> problem and
> now they are planing to change the seat frame.  So now I am stuck
> using a
> rent-a-car, which they are paying for in full.  Someone a while ago
> was
> looking for the best VW dealer in NY and I found Mayer of Westchester
> to
> have great sales and service.  BTW are there any other list members
> that
> live in Westchester?  If so let me know, it would be great to meet a
> fellow
> list member.  O'well let me take this Cavalier and race a VR6, at
> least I'll
> turn MY sad day into a happy day for another VW owner.  Later
> 
> 
> Franklin Mosley
> 98 GLX Black