A4/A6/Passat brake recall

["P-O Selander (EUS)" <EUSPOS@am1.ericsson.se>]

FYI,
I have not been on the list during the past few weeks but after reading
through the archives, I did not see anything mentioning this.

VAG of Sweden (VW/Audi) has decided to recall some 25,000+ A4s/A6s/Passats
due to problem with the disc brakes in salty/slushy weather conditions.
Seems like a lot of drivers was lacking serious braking power due to
"possibly" some residue build up on the discs. Changing pads has not helped
the situation and according to the news article I read, they do not (yet)
really know how to rectify the problem. Just as in the case with the M-B
"Weltklasse" it took VAG some time to react to customer and drivers
complaints.

I recall someone out east earlier during the winter had similar problems. If
you want to comment, e-mail directly since I am not receiving digests at the
moment (server problems?)

P-O Selander, Bellevue, WA
89 100E
91 300ZXTT

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