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

[Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>]

Nice presentation of a most excellent article!  Actually, you can check out
this months issue of European Car (June 2002).  Tim McKinney wrote up my fix
for the whole world to enjoy!

Cheers,
marc
97 GLX-z


-----Original Message-----
From: jeff [mailto:jjm@attbi.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:54 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: RE: Known bugs in our VR6's with extended mileage


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