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Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Pasadena, CA
- Car(s)
- 2016 GoRf DSG
I purchased my 2016 golf R just a couple months ago and noticed a month ago when just putting my foot down a bit to get on the highway, it started to spin the front tires and had a mechanical malfunction code in the obdeleven. So fast-forward a few weeks because of work, I took it in with my powertrain warranty to get it fixed and it seems the code has gone away. I took the technician with me yesterday(bc he was apparently an merc tech and wasn't even aware the car was AWD so he couldn't find any faults) to prove it, and spun the tires quite a few times down the street to show him that there isn't any power going to the rear wheels, so the problem is definitely still there. So now onto the issue, the haldex is clearly not engaging and they even found metal shavings in the transmission and haldex system; but because they can't get a code to show up, they can't file a claim with anything. Am I just shit out of luck? I've burned more money than the cost of both the transmission and haldex service at this point, taking off of work, and am quite furious about it all. The other option is just to keep driving it in hopes the tranny/haldex completely fails and breaks in the next thousand miles.
Should the haldex engage when driving it in the air? Could I tell them to do that for a bit in hopes that the haldex eventually throws a code?
Update: Actually on the verge of losing my mind. Ended up just eating the diagnostic cost and picked up the car. Scanned it again as soon as I got home and sure enough, the code for the haldex mechanical malfunction is there alongside 2 new codes for the engine and brakes. I have no idea what that mechanic did, but apparently broke more things after handing it back over. I sent the screenshots back over and she told me the error codes have to be static for them to report it to VW. WHAT. So it's fine if the car is constantly failing, with visual metal bits in the fluids, as long as the code isn't a static code? I'm actually furious(i'm not an angry person I promise) at how ridiculous VW has been. Literally forced to pay them to make the car worse, nice. So is there a way to make that intermittent code a static code of sorts?
Update 2: Had them clarify what they mean by, "static" code, and apparently they just mean an actual engine light on the dashboard. I can't even.
Should the haldex engage when driving it in the air? Could I tell them to do that for a bit in hopes that the haldex eventually throws a code?
Update: Actually on the verge of losing my mind. Ended up just eating the diagnostic cost and picked up the car. Scanned it again as soon as I got home and sure enough, the code for the haldex mechanical malfunction is there alongside 2 new codes for the engine and brakes. I have no idea what that mechanic did, but apparently broke more things after handing it back over. I sent the screenshots back over and she told me the error codes have to be static for them to report it to VW. WHAT. So it's fine if the car is constantly failing, with visual metal bits in the fluids, as long as the code isn't a static code? I'm actually furious(i'm not an angry person I promise) at how ridiculous VW has been. Literally forced to pay them to make the car worse, nice. So is there a way to make that intermittent code a static code of sorts?
Update 2: Had them clarify what they mean by, "static" code, and apparently they just mean an actual engine light on the dashboard. I can't even.
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