I have a 2003 Jetta GLS 1.8T. It has been a very good car. Always had dealer service from the original dealer. Last week I brought it in for its 50000 mile service. Dealer called me and said I need new brakes on the front and it would be $560. This car is driven by my wife and son so I had them do the work. All seemed ok they also told me I needed new tires and I made an appointment to have new ones put on.

Well this morning, I was driving the car in stop and go traffic. I was creeping up on the car in front and hit the brakes. Nothing happened. Pumped them still nothing. Hit the car in front. I left the car on the side of the road and called the dealer to have it towed and checked out. I was not going to drive a car with bad brakes.

The dealer takes it to the shop and finds nothing wrong. But earlier today I was not able to get the car to stop.

I am thinking that either they did not bleed the lines correctly or some sort of debrise was blocking the line preventing me from stopping.

As of now they can find nothing in the computer and nothing in the repairs. Anyone have any ideas? Although I am now quite sure that I should have brought the car to a third party to check since I am sure the dealer "will find nothing they did" to cause the problem.

I am really concerned about driving this car. In this instance I was going about 5 miles an hour. What if I was on the highway and this happened? Someone couldhave been killed.

 

re-bleed the brakes. also if they didn't adjust them correctly you will get very little brake pressure? Did the pedal go stright to the floor?? Was it spongy?? thet would tell me the brakes need bled, and the shop is liable for your damages because tghey did the brake job and now the car was in an accident. you can get them to pay for the repairs to the vehicle, and fix the brake problem, because that's a life threatening problem. you threaten to sue them for reckless endangerment and they will kiss your ***!!

 

$560!!!!!!!

man they must have seen you coming
take it back and demand it to be fixed sometimes the pads need to be seated in but they should have done that

 

the piston maybe stuck in the caliper...didn't think about that earlier