NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!

[Taka Mizutani]

Steve-
Where are you located?

Factory cats are super expensive, there really is no need to use
factory cats- aftermarket solutions are much much cheaper.

Prop shaft- is it the center bearing? That can probably be fixed w/o
replacing the whole shaft.

Valve cover gasket at that price is insane unless it's all labor that
costs so much.

Heck at that point, I'll buy the car from you. :-)

Taka


On 6/10/05, Steve Meyer <quattroslm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I know it's not Audi, but it's close. I recently took
> my '00 VW Passat 4Motion(107,000miles)in for
> diagnostic work and got blown away by the list of
> things needed done. I knew it wasn't going to be
> pretty, but $7200 is alot of money for repairs.
> 
> The biggie is two new cats...$4200, including labor,
> aparently the parts are $3800.
> 
> Prop shaft with labor...$1400
> 
> Valve cover gasket and tensior gaskets(?)...$980
> 
> 1 O2 sensor...$340
> 
> Vacuum lines...$100
> 
> And this is all they can say for sure now. The codes
> for the o2 sensor and the bad cats are in the way for
> checking any further.
> 
> Does this seem resonable? Any options besides the
> dealer on these items?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
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