Air Con Failure: Compressor to blame? Petition to VW if enough peeps experienced

[dTEA]

^ VW and the dealership jointly paid to reduce my bill but this took some 4 weeks after instigation to come to point whereby I was happy with the quote. That said the dealership was also looking at backup options in case VW didn't offer beyond their initial 10%.

It depends on the nature of your relationship with the dealership as I have used the same franchise since 94!!! Hence they would like to keep repeat business from me and the rest of my family. Either way good luck. Plus there were a whole rake of additional parts that they used alongside the actual compressor to enable a full 2nd warranty on the work carried out. So dunno what the dealership near you is quoting?

[isitme]

Well i have finally had my air con compressor fixed. VW agreed to give me 30% or so and the dealer then beat the next nearest quote by £50 or so to bring the final sum down to less than half the original quote of £1300.

I'm still chasing VW as, in my eyes, this is definitely a design fault with the original compressor and really no one should pay for this work to be done.

However, since the compressor failed the ABS pump died (another hugely common fault and £1500 bill) literally the week after the air con repair.  I was going to drive the stupid car into the sea but VW paid the full cost of the ABS repair.  Not a full win but near enough so I think I'll let it go.

[Phil1980]

Glad you got your air con sorted I'm sure if you keep hassling them they will refund you some more of the cost.  Its very easy to complain & these days & not very time consuming with e-mails etc, so it would be less hassle for VW if they just coughed up in the first place. 

There seem to be so many faults with the mk5, touch wood I have avoided the air con issue so far.  But faulty diverter valve, rust on the sills and whiteworm have all hit my car at some point. 

[simonkit]

but the later ones are more robust...

Don't count on it...I had the compressor replaced on my 58 plate 12 months ago!!

[dTEA]

Well if anyone wants a cheap mk5 I might be for selling...it's all about the older dubs...issues still be Nowt like this....even the mk4 doesn't cost as much to maintain