RE: Known bugs in our VR6's with extended mileage

["jeff" <jjm@attbi.com>]

Here's a url on how to do it yourself...

http://chris.agenteight.com/vr6/coilpack.html


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of drupthop
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:46 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: RE: Known bugs in our VR6's with extended mileage
> 
> 
> So you just replaced the coil pack?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Chadwick, John/TSC
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:31 PM
> To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
> Subject: RE: Known bugs in our VR6's with extended mileage
> 
> 
> I have 130k miles on mine and only one of the moldings fell off so far. And
> I do have the coil pack problem.
> 
> Chadwick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff [mailto:jjm@attbi.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:25 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: RE: Known bugs in our VR6's with extended mileage
> 
> 
> I'm at 60k on my 98 GLX and so far all my side moldings have come off, my
> rear
> bumper is hanging down on the driver's side (broken bracket I think, with no
> apparent cause (i.e. I didn't hit anything and nothing hit me)).  The clip
> that
> held the rear window to the motor broke, costing me $300 to fix (I tried to
> do it
> myself but had to take it in).  The front driver's side window comes down
> automatically when I close it (I have to inch the window up incrementally
> until
> it's closed).  I've had a squeaky belt pulley almost from day one (but the
> dealer
> mechanics could never hear it while it was under warranty).
> 
> P.S.  On a positive note, no coil pack problems.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> > Of drupthop
> > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:05 PM
> > To: list@gti-vr6.net; jettaglx@igtc.com
> > Subject: Known bugs in our VR6's with extended mileage
> >
> >
> > So far I have read mention of a coilpack problem
> > and now the side moldings coming loose.
> >
> > What other mileage extended problems do these VR6's,
> > (Jetta specific if possible) cars have that I can look
> > forward to facing in the age, 70,k is only 5000 miles away?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > David
> > '98 Jetta GLX