ABS and Brake light on '99 Passat

Oct 22, 2004 4 Replies
W

Hi, I have a question to the group. I brought my '99 Passat in the shop yesterday because the ABS and Brake light goes off and alarms for up to two minutes, then goes off. This happens maybe 2 to 4 times a week. I brought it to my local VW dealer, who I have a good report with, and it turns out that I have a few bad connections on the back of the instrument cluster, and a faulty cluster. It is going to cost me $700.00 to fix. Granted this is my first "problem" with this car after 95,000 miles, but to have a cluster go bad? My service writer said this happens from time to time. Has anyone else experienced this?



Weldon Cimbrik '99 Passat 1.8T 5spd '99 Beetle 2.0 5spd


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W

What was the fault codes? The I will answer!

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K

I know it sounds rudimentary, but did they check the front brake pads for wear? I've had my ABS light come on when they were getting *close* to hitting the wear wires.

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W

Hi, rudimentary or not, I did check the pads, and ABS wheel sensors. They just fixed it last week again. I guess it was not the cluster, they replaced the ABS pump and module. I did demand a discount for the second repair. I got them to take off $350.00. The cluster cost me $300.00. Not bad, and it seems to be fixed!

Weld> > According to VW, there were no codes. They said that the ABS pump and module

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