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Well a guy I work with had his jetta 1.8T with no mods go up in flames. He said it started from the dash behind the gauge cluster.
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wow! mastiff: friends don't let friends get gear installed at best buy :P
my ex-girlfriend said "its car audio or me"
i've had tougher choices at a soda machine...
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car was 100 % bone stock! nothing affter market allways seviced at a dealer. the car had 80k on it. needless to say he hates VW now.
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lol, i was just trying to make a funny. that truly sucks though

is VW going to warrenty any of that?
my ex-girlfriend said "its car audio or me"
i've had tougher choices at a soda machine...
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Whoaahhh... I always heard the wiring in the new VW's was bad, but this??? :shock:
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did it happen when he was driving? when he started it? he just came out and it was toast?
my ex-girlfriend said "its car audio or me"
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WOW!! That sucks major balls.
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Just when I was leaning towards getting one...
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Bfowler wrote:lol, i was just trying to make a funny. that truly sucks though

is VW going to warrenty any of that?
out of warrenty
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Warranty or not, this is the kind of thing that should be considered "unacceptable", and would have a high chance of being covered, especially if he knows where to complain.
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he already retained a lawer ...is contacting VWOA ....
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Get a rollback and cart it to the dealership, make sure to take lots of pics with the dealers name in the photos, I bet that will get someones attention. That really sucks, Ive got 85k on mine and its got more bolt-ons than I care to think about. Really sad...
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Wow that sucks, I would venture a guess knowing those as well as I do that the cause was not the wiring behind the cluster as that is pretty bullet proof but likely some dealer installed security BS that was "removed" at the time of sale and was just bypassed. The only thing I can think of that would be a likely suspect for that would be a frozen relay.
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the car was 100% factory bought new from a vw dealer think he ordered it
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