I almost doubled the HP on my gti, and the stock brakes worked fine. Just upgrade to vented regular stock brake set up.
Pros: stock brakes worked fine
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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My 2015 GSW had to have A/C compressor replaced at about 5000 miles.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 8046 km
This is one of those things I do once a year. I live on dirt roads and 12-15K is about all I can take before needing to do a change.
Pros: yearly change
Cons: needs frequent change
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 15000 km
If you have cold weather as I do where freezing is a concern, I use VW OEM washer concentrate purchased from Deutsche Auto Parts. I can confirm this is the OEM fluid fill - smells exactly the same, works the same, etc.
Pros: smells the same, works the same
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
First, if your alternator is putting out 13.8V while the car is running, your alternator is fine. Period. If your battery passes a load test after being fully charged, it is fine.
Pros: alternator putting out 13.8V
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Performed the test of the fans and noticed the main fan running really slow, so pulled it, tore it down, and the heat issues stopped.
Pros: heat issues stopped
Cons: fan running really slow
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Beetle
my OE fuel pump is tired, needs to be replaced soon but its check valve is still holding pressure.
Pros: check valve holding pressure
Cons: pump is tired, needs replacement
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Roughly ~98k on 12' GLI, MT At about ~90k the intake runner control broke, causing some misfire codes and funky idle. Intake manifold was replaced by dealer under TSB and they did a walnut blast while they were in there.
Pros: walnut blast
Cons: misfire codes, funky idle
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 98000 km
The atlas headlights are cheapo garbage units. They cost like $300-500 each and just like my cc of the past, the us version of the headlights were downgraded.
Cons: cheapo garbage units
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Also, the steering wheel had a good amount of vibration when applying the brakes. Told the dealer about it, and they came back to me and told me absolutely nothing was wrong and my brakes were perfect.
Cons: vibration when braking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
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