Sheer coincidence?

[drgav2005]

Run my Golf Mark IV R32 for the last year with no problems... 2 days out of warranty and the car needs to be jump started... then this morning car is as dead as a dodo and fails to start even after another jump... Talk about timing!

Anyone else suffered from impeccably timed car faults?

[ALawson]

impecably timed, clutch failing and steering rack 3 days before expiry! Replaced by honda 1 day before expiry!

[00161wj]

Dont you get till the end of the month in which the car was registered. I was told this and always repair Audis under this statement under warranty. Havent had a bollocking yet so i hope im right lol. Should also apply with VW if i am.

[drgav2005]

Cheers for the replies... I could always try VW to see if they'll stretch to the end of the month.
Thankfully an AA man came out yesterday and got me going again. Turned out it was just a dead battery, duly changed for £60 - the dealer wanted £85 + VAT and would get one 'in a couple of days'. Needless to say I took the instant, cheaper AA option.

[00161wj]

It should be warranty though shouldnt it?

[leonski]

Hi!.......
my r32 did exactly the same thing, approximately one month out of warranty.
Tried to start the engine, as you do when you want to drive your car and it was dead, it was 6.45am and as usual when yor car breaks, I was late for work.
Arrived home, it started first time.....anyway after several days of this, two trips to VW, which I must say the guys at my local VW garage couldn't have been any more helpfull, two full diagnostic tests, showing nothing each time, a lend of a vag battery, to see if it was that...which it wasn't.......anyway it turned out to be nothing but a faulty ignition switch.
Could have been a lot worse!

Cheers
Leon.

Edited by leonski on Thursday 8th March 19:16