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Offline Steve78

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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #10 on: 12 May 2008, 19:29 »
Guys my Gti Aircon wont work... I have the stupid one with ECON on the bottom.

Ive only had the car 3 weeks and its never worked..HAs it got Aircon? Or is it busted do you thinks??

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Sounds b*ggered!  You might need to take a trip to the dealers to get it sorted!

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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #11 on: 13 May 2008, 09:04 »
Sounds knackered, I've had 2 compressors on mine already and a set of cooling fans!

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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #12 on: 13 May 2008, 10:26 »
She just out of warranty so I brought an extended warranty from warranty direct. Called them up and asked if it was covered and they said yes but as its a clain less than 90 days from the start then its unlikely they will pay out..

What a bunch of uselss idiots


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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #13 on: 13 May 2008, 10:40 »
Had my Aircon running in auto mode from day 1 of the 3 years I've had the car from new...still get 34-39mpg....the air con is still as good (and cold) as it was the day I bought it...well impressed  :smiley:

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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #14 on: 13 May 2008, 10:42 »
If your just out of warranty then I would try the VW dealer and get it done free or ask them for a good will payment - depends how long out of warranty it is.

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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #15 on: 13 May 2008, 20:39 »
Just as we get some nice weather mine failed at the end of last week, it is in the shop right now waiting for a new "air-con fan unit".

Luckily my warranty doesn't run out until the end of June, and I am getting them to replace a white worm infested tailgate badge at the same time.

I have got a brand new Golf plus as a courtesy car in the meantime, which to my amazement has a smaller boot than a regular Golf!


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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #16 on: 16 May 2008, 16:37 »
She just out of warranty so I brought an extended warranty from warranty direct. Called them up and asked if it was covered and they said yes but as its a clain less than 90 days from the start then its unlikely they will pay out..

What a bunch of uselss idiots



Can't help you on the aircon issue I'm afraid but mine's just out of warranty and not that cold at the moment with is ominous.
I have a quick question about extended warranties though. VW have quoted me £512 to extend the warranty at a decent level of cover, and Warranty Direct have quoted just over half that figure for decent cover using independants. I'm a bit worried about taking a mk5 to an independant as they won't be that familiar with them as most are still under warranty and still in the dealer network and WD will only pay £40 per hour labour rates plus you need to cough up about £25 excess so am swaying toward the VW one despite the hideous cost. Any opinions on extended warranties from anyone?
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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #17 on: 16 May 2008, 23:31 »
She just out of warranty so I brought an extended warranty from warranty direct. Called them up and asked if it was covered and they said yes but as its a clain less than 90 days from the start then its unlikely they will pay out..

What a bunch of uselss idiots



Can't help you on the aircon issue I'm afraid but mine's just out of warranty and not that cold at the moment with is ominous.
I have a quick question about extended warranties though. VW have quoted me £512 to extend the warranty at a decent level of cover, and Warranty Direct have quoted just over half that figure for decent cover using independants. I'm a bit worried about taking a mk5 to an independant as they won't be that familiar with them as most are still under warranty and still in the dealer network and WD will only pay £40 per hour labour rates plus you need to cough up about £25 excess so am swaying toward the VW one despite the hideous cost. Any opinions on extended warranties from anyone?

I had a Warranty Direct policy on my previous Boxster. It (thankfully) had main dealer labour rate cover from when I first took it out, but this option was removed from other customers (probably) due to high warranty claims. When the RMS went (£750 dealer job), I paid for the intermediate shaft seal and also replacement clutch (only £300 more) - very cost effective as the gearbox removal labour was already covered by the warranty. The warranty was transferable to the new owner but he didn't keep it on :huh: Guess that's why he sold it when the aircon condensors (not covered by the warranty BTW) went and he was faced with a £1200 bill. Then he traded it and bought a TVR  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:   

Warranty companies are in the business of making money and reducing costs, that's why they all revise their cover from time to time.

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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #18 on: 17 May 2008, 00:46 »
Mine works fine, so it seems

but it nevers seems really cold, was in my dad's merc last week and it was frosty!!

its cold enough, but i want to be able to see my breath when its on its lowest setting
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Re: Cant get my Air Con to work..ITs toooo Hot!
« Reply #19 on: 20 May 2008, 20:43 »
I finally got my car back today. They ended up replacing the entire air-con compressor, I dread to think how much it would have cost.

Any hoo I have decided to keep my 05 GTI after next month (3 year ownership, is that a record here?) and take out the VW extended warranty as the next GTI that I want (18" Monzas,DSG, 510 sat nav) is just going to cost too much, what with the credit crunch and all.


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