vixsta Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Not so long ago i couldnt change gear it was as if the grooves were in the wrong place. Took it to a mate whos a mechanic and he said the bracket had broken on my pedal box, so the pedals were hanging off! Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do? Spoke to VW who said its a common problem but wanted to charge me an arm and a leg to fix it! Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinA3 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 yes it is a common proble, pedal boxes on polos and lupo are *****, they always break, mine broke and it was replaced under warranty and yours should be done under warranty as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Seems to come up a lot, what sort of age/mileage has it done? Sounds like VW has a design flaw on its hands though to recall for it might be horrendous. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 ive had it brake twice now, got it done uder warranty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixsta Posted December 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 The car was just over 3 years and 20k miles when it happened and because the previous owner didnt get it serviced by VW they wont replace it for me. My mate has welded the bracked on for me and said it wont fall off again. I cant believe that VW have a problem like this and are still making the cars with the same part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleLoopy Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 Funny you should say that....... Being a women I thought my clutch had gone as it wasn't going into gear and then the pedal dissappeared altogether, so booked it in to get a clutch done yesterday...... when I picked the car up, he told that it wasn't my clutch, all he did was repair the clutch cable mount and pedal box..... ALSO another thing which he fixed was my brake servo pipe,as it was split, which I remember VW recalled some Lupo's back coz of this problem but at the time they said it wouldn't affect mine..... yeah right... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 That's bad, will need to mention it when mine goes in for it's service on Friday and see what the mechanics know about it, hope they at least check every lupo coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixsta Posted December 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Oh yeah my Brake Servo Pipe also split! several times costing me £26.00 plus VAT for the tiny little pipe every time. Oh well i love the Lupo so much that i will forget about the problems but it still ent very good. How you described the pedal disappearing is exactly what hapenned to mine. VW said they only get 6 cars a year with that problem. I think they are tellin a few porkies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry2:" border="0" alt="angry.gif" /> same problem as me just ring up vwuk and give them alot of stick! im just waiting for the answer, they should do it on good will basis as it is a manufacturin defalt, but is a long process style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":coffee:" border="0" alt="coffee.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 You might want to read this thread:http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?sho...11&hl=pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanSN117 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Hmm, i think mine is on the way out.It seems to crunch into most gear, never goes into reverse without a fuss.It seems almost imposible to get it into fourth on the way down through the gears, but it can play silly buggers with any gear.Can anyone explain to me simply, my car is an x reg, at 64 thousand miles.Will this be done for free, or not?Ta, Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 5 year old its doutful but give it a go.If it has full VW history you stand a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanSN117 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Also to add - The Clutch pedal is really stiff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Also to add - The Clutch pedal is really stiff...im no expert but id say that sounds more like the clutch itself? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 dan mine is a w plate (sport) mine is being done f.o.c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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