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

[Steve Meyer]

Wow! This thread has gotten alot of action. People
have wanted to know more backround info so...here we
go!

The car is a V6, 3.0 I believe, but maybe still the
2.8, and I live in Iowa, but the car was a southern
car until December when I bought it. 

The check engine light came on about 2000 miles into
my ownership, the emission workshop light about the
same time. Then about 1500 miles later I got loud
vibration when taking off from a stop. It got worse,
and starting makeing a noise on deceleration as well,
not rumbling, a rattling. So, I figured it was time to
take it in.

I live in Iowa and the only people who really work on
these cars are dealers. This one, Carousel Motors in
Iowa City, has been fairly good to my mom in her New
Beetle, but maybe I just wasn't paying close enough
attention. They have also given my dad a $4500 quote
for work on his '95 A6. I tried the dealer in
Davenport, the only other one within two hours, and
they had the car for 3 hours and couldn't give me an
estimate of any kind other than they thought I needed
a new drive shaft!

I hadn't noticed any oil leaking, but the dealer told
me it was all in the plastic tray covering the bottom
of the engine. It was a the valve gasket and the belt
tensioner cover gaskets or something like that, I
don't have the paper in front of me.

As far as performance, I had noticed a slight miss at
idle, and my gas milage has never broken 22 on the
highway. 20 in the city. Not terrible, but I think a
little low, and I do get a heavy foot at times.

I only bought this car to drive for a couple of months
then sell, but it's tough to sell a car that makes
noises. In the meantime I'm driving my $200 4kq 50
miles a day!

Thanks for everyone's help so far, and keep the
suggestions coming!

slm



		
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