As if by some form of rapturous synchronicity, my car has started misbehaving just in time for its 25,000 mile scheduled maintenance. Today, hopefully, all shall be remedied and return to full automotive joyousness.
I’ve been witness lately to the intermittent but increasingly frequent return of the Naughty Traction Control Light. I had already scheduled the checkup when, this past Friday, the Engine Power Control light came on again during my drive home. (Thankfully, my new window regulators are still working like champs.) I hope that since the symptoms are identical to my past experience, that it will be a slam-dunk for the shop to fix again.
The really exciting part was a week ago, last Monday, as I drove my mother-in-law to the airport. As we approached the airport entrance, the lovely morning drive was punctuated by a piece of something falling from my sunroof and hitting me on the head. Luckily, the something in question was not the sunroof itself, but was instead a skinny piece of black plastic trim that looked like it had been ready to fall out for some time. While I was suprised and upset at the time to have bits of my car falling on my head, I am shockingly delighted to discover that the mysterious, unpredictable rattling noise that has been bothering me intermittently for over two years has suddenly ceased. Though this now allows me a deep sigh of relief, I am keeping my fingers crossed that the replacement of the part doesn’t bring back that most infernal racket.
So, please, O mighty gods of the VW Service Department… Do only good things to my baby.
[Edit@19:00]All fixed, everything happy![/Edit]
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Monday, already in progress.
- Mood:hopeful
- Music:Gary Numan - “Cars”
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Hmmm
*Glances at her odometer in her truck* Dude… 165 thousand miles.. still going strong. It is paid-off in December *YESYESYES* Just needs a touch of tranny-work, and the AC fixed, and some front-end work because it eats tires, and uh… oh yeah the cruise control died.
Great Vehicle of Mine! *cheezy grin*
Oh boy, as soon as you mentioned those lights, I knew you were talking about a VW. My Jetta has gone through so much crap the past year. My window regulators broke last August as well, and then one broke AGAIN a week ago. A word of wisdom - check out this site and protect your coil pack BEFORE you’re out $500. Take care.
http://www.rbeverly.net/~rbeverly/gti/coilpack.html
Nicole
Yeah, they do seem to have a number of issues, but I still love driving my Jetta. Luckily, the VR6 coilpacks didn’t die nearly as regularly as those on the 4-cylinder engines. Mine never died at all, and ended up being replaced for free as part of the (long-overdue) recall last year. And with the class action settlement, the window regulator should be under warranty for an extra 7 years, so hopefully that won’t be an issue for me again. I’m really starting to get annoyed by my damn brake light switches though, since those are what cause my traction control and EPC incidents.
Still, it beats the hell out of what I used to drive.