Crack in body .

What warranty, 2000 had 2 year/24,000 miles? What you need to do is have the VW rep look at your car once the dealer confirms the issue.

That will depend on what the warrantee says. I doubt it, I suspect your warrantee is up, but check what it says.

My warranty states 100,000 miles or 10 years for body panels such as fenders and exterior of car due to rust or corrosion.My problem is damage to bottom of car which is still the body regardless. I did not run over any obstacle to do this damage.All I can tell you I live in NYC which has been picked as having the worst roads in the USA no doubt about it. I hear people on this ng saying your shocks should last 80,000 to

100,000 miles.NYC you get a half life on all shocks and suspension components. Driving on these roads in this city is like offroad driving,absolutely terrible.

Hi Woodchuck.I just read the manual,and it stated that I have 12 years from time of purchase on corrosion peforation no matter what miileage.

I remember a Rabbit Convertible that had hit an enormous pothole here in chicago. It cracked the left front suspension horn and the left wheel could be pulled out from under the car. It showed no 'visible' damage and I had to describe to the body shop where the damage was. I believed this car was junked. :-(

I hope you have better luck!

later, dave (One out of many daves)

i dont believe many at all in this group say that struts will last 80-100K miles. For sport struts on performance models, I think 40k-50k miles is excellent...

Thanks Dave for the luck.

This is not corrosion, though. Take it to your dealer & if they say it's not covered then take it to a local reputable body shop. It shouldn't cost much at all to have a reinforcement plate (peice of scrap thickwall tubing?) welded over the crack. Perhaps not a bad idea to do both sides... ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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Took the car to vw today,and the tech said I was missing subframe bolt on right side,and this stressed out body around right control arm bushing. He said it could be welded,but now I am waiting for vwoa to see if they will grant me warranty service. I do not believe I should pay anything cause bolt should have never dropped out.I hear on vw vortex about this bolt dropping out on a few cars frequently for some reason.

I have never had one do that in our shop. Curious, did the car ever have any work in which the subframe or suspension was removed?

No sir,subframe was never removed.

Must of been a German Hoilday the day your's was made!

I guess so.