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After a rocky start my baby is now working perfectly and I LOVE this car! Looking forward to another beautiful Spring in Virginia
Regarding water leaks, I have asked my dealer to include lubricating the seals on the top with my annual maintenance visit, and they agreed to do it at no charge to me. Personally, I think VW should include this item with the annual maintenance on the EOS.
I love my Eos and am extremely happy with my purchase. Please remember that this is not your ordinary convertible. It has a lot of electronic gears and switches, belts and pulleys. When you buy something this complicated, it goes without saying that you will be spending more time at the dealership.
If you are going to buy an Eos the best advice I can give you is:
1. Make sure your dealership that has a top notch mechanic. Mine, I am happy to say, has one of the top VW mechanics in the country.
2. Always, always use premium gas in it.
3. Read the owner's manual carefully particularly paying close attention to the care of the seals.
4. Go out and have some great rides!!! This car is a lot of fun to drive!!:D
1) when stopped on a hill -- the car slips backwards rather than holding as a normal automatic transmission will
2) when pulling out of a parking space or starting off very slowly the car bucks.
I've had VW take a look at it and they say everything is fine... it's just the way the 2.0T drives.
Has anyone else experienced this ????
the 'bucking' is a historic problem due to the wonderful torque provided by the monster power train. check your oil every fuel up and you'll be fine
I am reading your posting from last year and am curious as to how it turned out for you. We purchased a 2010 eos in March and in May the roof was stuck in mid air. It was not able to be closed or opened completely and needed to be towed to the dealer. They have told us that we "misused it somehow" with 600 miles on it and only pushing the button to open and close it? They want over $12,ooo to fix it and our insurance agent says it is a mechanical defect so they will not consider paying. VW has had the car due to the inability to fix/drive it for 2 months. We leased it and continue to pay the bill while we are pursuing it as a lemon law case.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated and I do hope that you situation was resolved without any cost to you. I am hesitant to keep the car, if we even get it back.
Thank you,
Pat
Will never buy another VW because they don't stand behind what they sell.
Question: What is an acceptable "roll" in terms of inches/feet. Non of my other cars Roll after going into park.
Tomorrow we are taking the car in for it's first service - any words of wisdom or language to use to tell them this is not acceptable.
Thanks, WT
Push them, call their site manager, the owner and get them on the issue. They will also tell you that if you report the problem to a higher level, they only receive the request/complaint and end up being the same people to deal with it anyways. So what. At least then the higher level manager and/or owner will know the issue and won't want the reputation and will ensure they do the right thing.
I had people telling me that I was a 'dumb' user, in so many words, when it came to the problem with the back window that didn't want to go all the way up. It took several times returning with the complaint before they fixed it. it no longer does it...Then I received a letter in the mail, containing a warantee extension on that very problem. Go Figure!
Don't let them tell you anything is normal that doesn't do what a car should do. You know your cars. You are not a dumb consumer.
It should not roll at all! Mine doesn't! I do love my EOS because it is comfortable for me.. I am on the short side. BUT they do have their problems. Mine scrapes the very corner of the glass of the part that goes down in.. crunching it. But no one listened to that either because it didn't look it to them... not enough to show them.
Yes, the EOS generates a lot of torque when you hit the gas. It takes a gentle touch on the gas pedal.
I have my 2008 eos for 3 months now and have not had that tumping problem yet,hopefully never. But I do have water buildup in door wells, my sunroof only opens 3/4 of the way, is that normal? My brakes squeal on startup in the a.m. or any time the car has been idle for a few hours. Mechanic said the car is cold and will not do it after driving around a while. Love the car as well even with all it's little quirks, I imagine these quirks have been ironed out in the later models. What year is yours? I live in Stamford too and was wondering if you recommend Riverbank? I need a 30k maintenance done and everyone keeps telling me that VW dealer repairs will just rip me off. Sounds like you're not happy with Riverbank.
I'd love an update on what happened since I realize you left this message on here a few years ago.
Thanks.
I would not take a chance on this car... Yes, when working properly, its a great car. My best guess is no on the roof and no on the oil issue...same roof parts and same engine. transmission problem and windows probably yes. the ignition issue is a toss-up.. If you can wait a few months, i would....either way best of luck
I have almost 120K miles on my 2007 and all things considered, a 4 seater, Turbo, both convertible and hard top. I had a Z06 convertible and a Solara before the EOS's came out. I absolutely love my "moms" convertible car and if I can get 250K on it, I plan on it. If not, I guess I will have to replace it with another EOS or like car, thinking the Lexus.