Just wanted to follow up. Took it the dealer. Later that day, they diagnosed the water pump failure, got my green light for repair under CPO warranty (with $50 deductible), and by the end of the same day the car was treated to a new thermostat/water pump. They recycled the coolant they drained and topped it off - a flush would have been extra. Service advisor said they pressure tested everything when I asked about the cap and everything passed. Let's hope this holds up!
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Finished the flushing of the coolant system 3 times today then replaced the heater core. Refilled with VW G13 coolant, burped the system, ran it up to operating temperature and voilà, consistent heat once again.
I can confirm that the fog lights on my 2021 SEL P R-Line Arteon work great. I was driving from Seattle to Portland and passed through several areas of dense fog. The fog lights did a good job of lighting the road near and to the (front) sides of the car.
OEM CV's are something like 1000x better than aftermarket crap. Have a lowered, engine swapped and turbocharged MK2 VW, and the OEM CV's will put up with this excessive abuse for years and years. Aftermarket CV's didn't make it 50km. Lesson learned.
The LED lights work way better than any fog lights I've owned. It really does illuminate the side of the road and fills the gap between the front of your hood and where the standard lights start.
After installing it, all of the intermittent electrical issues disappeared. I'm guessing the old alternator couldn't power all of the electrical issues at once, particularly since the battery light would not come on with the higher rev's of a cold start, but would come on with the low rev's of a warm start.
Replaced mine when it started leaking at 107,000km… man it’s annoying
Had some rotor problem but it went away after i installed some spacers.
im same ,vw just told me i need clock spring, but no lights on dash,nothing,no cruise control, horn,infact nothing works,but got a 2nd hand one fitted it,but airbag light has come on??? but still no horn so cannot pass mot
The brakes started squealing and grinding (like they needed to be replaced) it took me about 2 months to finally get an answer at the dealership. They determined it was a defective brake pad - and the parts are out of stock until Nov. They replaced them with after market parts until the replacement parts came in. They also started making the same noise. It's now December and i still don't have the parts and my car makes noise every day! it's so annoying.. This is my first and last VW that I will ever own.
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