Engine mounting failed - advise please?

[barlimow]

My wife was driving the car today when it made a loud bang. AA man out, and the left engine mount (as you look at the car from the front) had failed, and so the left hand side of the engine had dropped 

God only knows what knock-on damage that has caused      We had to recover the car somewhere (obviously couldn't drive it) so it is currently dumped outside the VW garage.

Has anyone heard of an engine mount failing on a mk5 Golf (07 reg)? Surely this can't be a common occurence? Luckily she was doing about 20 mph at the time, not 70+ on the motorway.

Any helpful advice on next steps much appreciated... 2 relevant points:

1. The cambelt was changed 6 weeks ago. Even with my limited knowledge of engines I know this is a big job, and potentially an "engine out"-type scenario. I'm not looking to blame anyone here (unless justified), but will they need to adjust/remove etc the engine mounts during a cambelt service?

2. (I think this is highly irrelevant, but...) about a month ago, someone reversed into the car in a car park, leaving a fraction of paint on our front bumper, and cracking the numberplate. No damage to the bumper or anything. Surely this can't cause anything like this??

I need to talk to the garage in the morning even if it's just to push my car into the compound off the road) so any info I can be armed with would be useful, as otherwise I could potentially be looking at getting shafted for a rather large (new engine  ) bill? Many thanks.

[Wayne]

Well did they remove the mount to replace the cambelt, if so has the bracket come undone

[barlimow]

I assume they must have removed it, but I'm not overly-techie...

[_Adam_]

i snapped one on my tdi before - it was the one connecting the engine to the gearbox. i believe it was called the pendulum mount?

[NewbieGTi]

My wife was driving the car today when it made a loud bang. AA man out, and the left engine mount (as you look at the car from the front) had failed, and so the left hand side of the engine had dropped 

God only knows what knock-on damage that has caused      We had to recover the car somewhere (obviously couldn't drive it) so it is currently dumped outside the VW garage.

Has anyone heard of an engine mount failing on a mk5 Golf (07 reg)? Surely this can't be a common occurence? Luckily she was doing about 20 mph at the time, not 70+ on the motorway.

Any helpful advice on next steps much appreciated... 2 relevant points:

1. The cambelt was changed 6 weeks ago. Even with my limited knowledge of engines I know this is a big job, and potentially an "engine out"-type scenario. I'm not looking to blame anyone here (unless justified), but will they need to adjust/remove etc the engine mounts during a cambelt service?

2. (I think this is highly irrelevant, but...) about a month ago, someone reversed into the car in a car park, leaving a fraction of paint on our front bumper, and cracking the numberplate. No damage to the bumper or anything. Surely this can't cause anything like this??

I need to talk to the garage in the morning even if it's just to push my car into the compound off the road) so any info I can be armed with would be useful, as otherwise I could potentially be looking at getting shafted for a rather large (new engine  ) bill? Many thanks.

As part of the cam belt change they should have replaced the engine mounting bolts. Ask them to check the VW workshop manual. See my post on another site.

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,24226.0.html

Don't let the stealer get away with it!!!!