AlexS Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I took the car into the garage today for a service and they noticed the high level rear brake light wasn't working, anyway they tried to access it from the outside thereby cracking the lense.I ve found out the replacement part number for the new unit but does anybody know if that includes the lense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Why would they try to access it? It only requires a visual check to see its not working! If they broke it whilst it was in there hands, they can fix it the cheeky gits.I've never known a garage to physically check something without the owners permission, mind you though I only go to VW themselves or my mates garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Why would they try to access it? It only requires a visual check to see its not working! If they broke it whilst it was in there hands, they can fix it the cheeky gits.I've never known a garage to physically check something without the owners permission, mind you though I only go to VW themselves or my mates garage.classic garage test is to run ones finger across it, you can see the difference in shadow if a bulbs gonesounds iffy to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexS Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Basically like every other GTi the shitty 3rd rear brake light had never worked, it was in for his 40k service. Anyway they thought they would try and be helpful and clean up the contacts on the 3rd rear brake light but didn't realise you had to remove the spoiler to access it, they put a little crack in the lense and told me about it when i collected the car. I was planning on replacing the whole unit anyway so I couldn't care less, I just wanted to check a new lense came as part of the unit.Its not iffy at all, its a local VW specialist I have used for years, a company that actually believes in customer service unlike the main dealers, they tried to do me a favour its not their fault its a **** design.Anyway back to the original question does a new lense come as part of the kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Basically like every other GTi the shitty 3rd rear brake light had never worked, it was in for his 40k service. Anyway they thought they would try and be helpful and clean up the contacts on the 3rd rear brake light but didn't realise you had to remove the spoiler to access it, they put a little crack in the lense and told me about it when i collected the car. I was planning on replacing the whole unit anyway so I couldn't care less, I just wanted to check a new lense came as part of the unit.Its not iffy at all, its a local VW specialist I have used for years, a company that actually believes in customer service unlike the main dealers, they tried to do me a favour its not their fault its a **** design.Anyway back to the original question does a new lense come as part of the kit?the local buisness i use believe in customer service too, if they broke anything it would have been replaced by the time i picked the car upi believe it does contain the outer lense yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexS Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 the local buisness i use believe in customer service too, if they broke anything it would have been replaced by the time i picked the car upi believe it does contain the outer lense yesCool, cheers for the info, when I collected the car they apologised and said they broke the outer lense and took me out and showed me it and asked what I wanted them to do about it, I said not to worry as I would be replacing the whole unit anyway, they knocked a fair chunk off the price of the service anyway -enough to pay for the new unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Cool, cheers for the info, when I collected the car they apologised and said they broke the outer lense and took me out and showed me it and asked what I wanted them to do about it, I said not to worry as I would be replacing the whole unit anyway, they knocked a fair chunk off the price of the service anyway -enough to pay for the new unit thats alright then matei thought they broke it and you'd have to pay for it, ah doesnt sound too bad to me, just gotta wait a while on the new unit i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossjohnc Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Most dealerships would have simply denied all knowledge to be fair. In fact they wouldn't have looked at it in the first place.You'll continue to get this problem until you seal the spoiler to the car - just like VW did for me when I kept coming back to get it replaced under warranty. Just make sure you have the correct kit, and not the OEM addon lupo spoiler kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexS Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 They are quite good in there, been servicing my families cars for years.The MOT is coming up shortly, hence my reason for looking into it, I know some places will pass it with it non working and others won't. I was going to seal the spoiler to the car when I remove it with some marine spec stuff, I just want to make sure I could remove it again incase it was to fail in a year or so's time!I was half tempted to remove the light and get it smoothed and resprayed as its a complete PITA, not sure what that would do for the resale values though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexS Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Ordered today from Breeze VW, apparently the lense is included, it came to a few pence over £35 inc the connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Ordered today from Breeze VW, apparently the lense is included, it came to a few pence over £35 inc the connector.down near dorset mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexS Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yep, im in Christchurch, I ve just noticed you are in Dorchester, I was over that way a few weeks ago for an interview at county hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yep, im in Christchurch, I ve just noticed you are in Dorchester, I was over that way a few weeks ago for an interview at county hall. hello we were trying to organise a meet down this way somewhen if you're interested?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexS Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yeah I'd be up for that if theres a decent turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yeah I'd be up for that if theres a decent turn out.good goodi'll be rolling in driving my granny jap wagon... need to get this rocco sorted ASAP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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