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I did ring VW UK Customer Care yesterday, before coming on here.... I spoke to a very pleasant girl who was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. She said she would speak to Murrays & see what they said, however their Technical Dept wouldn't want to speculate on what's wrong with the van (well what are they for then?) and that, failing Murrays identifying the problem, we should take the van to another VW dealer (how do we get it there?, having already been towed from Taunton to Plymouth?). Ggggrrrr!!!! I haven't exhausted that avenue tho. I'm going to write a very nice letter to Head Office telling them of our problems & see where that goes.
 
As for the dowel pins, that ties in with something a friend discussed with my husband last week. This is all adding up, guys, & is starting to (hopefully) make sense & this is what I need, so I know what I'm talking about when I take on the Manager of Murrays (no point dealing with the Service Manageress, she hasn't a clue).
 
Thank you all so much, Amanda Smile
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let us know how this eventually ends up (we're a nosy lot on here LOL) hopefully with a new clutch and flywheel carefully and correctly fitted FOC , and you being reimbursed for all costs incurred other than the original clutch and flywheel job, as it would appear that the problem stems from that first job not being done/diagnosed correctly, and it might be worth going for an amount towards your time and trouble and loss of earnings by your husband while the van was off the road for 'an excessive' amount of time if it looks like it's going your way, go get 'em girl, and good luck.
                               regards, Jack.
 
P.S. remember while you're dealing with some of these idiots (e.g. service manageress) the more you lose your temper the more likely you are to lose the argument, so stay calm and "Brreeaaaathe"


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Originally posted by BeJay BeJay wrote:

let us know how this eventually ends up (we're a nosy lot on here LOL) hopefully with a new clutch and flywheel carefully and correctly fitted FOC , and you being reimbursed for all costs incurred other than the original clutch and flywheel job, as it would appear that the problem stems from that first job not being done/diagnosed correctly, and it might be worth going for an amount towards your time and trouble and loss of earnings by your husband while the van was off the road for 'an excessive' amount of time if it looks like it's going your way, go get 'em girl, and good luck.
                               regards, Jack.
 
P.S. remember while you're dealing with some of these idiots (e.g. service manageress) the more you lose your temper the more likely you are to lose the argument, so stay calm and "Brreeaaaathe"
 
You got it in a nutshell, Jack. That's what I want as an outcome & of course I'll post the outcome on here after all the help I've had.... I had been musing how much to claim for our time etc this morning so I agree with you there too! As for not losing my cool, point taken!!!! LOL Smile
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A quick update - have just had a call from a VERY nice chap at VW Customer Service Centre letting me know they're involving themselves in our van scenario & are communicating with Murrays for us. All sounded very helpful & positive so I'll say no more 'til we know how things pan out. Fingers crossed! Approve
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Big smile 

I'm not saying that T'Brick-Yard is responsible for the intervention of VW (UK), but, those of us that have been on here for a while, know that VW (UK) are canny enough to drop in on us from time to time.
 
It makes perfect sense and it benefits us and them (especially as we are The Premier T5 Forum on T'Internet...)
 
 


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Originally posted by orangina orangina wrote:

Big smile 

I'm not saying that T'Brick-Yard is responsible for the intervention of VW (UK), but, those of us that have been on here for a while, know that VW (UK) are canny enough to drop in on us from time to time.
 
It makes perfect sense and it benefits us and them (especially as we are The Premier T5 Forum on T'Internet...)
 
 
 
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Any progress with your woes?
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Amanda, reading this is making my blood boil so God knows what it's doing for you and Gary.  However, it restores my faith in humankind (or is that T5mankind?) to hear the unfolding tale and the unselfish help from all the nice chaps of the brick-yard, like they've helped me in the past (although not as serious a woe as yours I must add).

It sounds like you have a good basis for a positive outcome and I really hope this is what happens.  I hope you get a full apology to for the ill-informed and ludicrous accusation that Gary suddenly became a crazy wheelspinning driver.
 
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Hope you havn't had to sign a secrecy clause.
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Originally posted by CLONKY CLONKY wrote:

Hope you havn't had to sign a secrecy clause.
 
You mean the dealer accidently lifted a "Join MI6" form instead of a "Repair Clutch" form?LOL
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Originally posted by CLONKY CLONKY wrote:

Hope you havn't had to sign a secrecy clause.
 
I`m starting to think this might be accurate.....
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Anyone heard anything of Amanda and Gary? - They've not been online since 9th Aug.
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Originally posted by CLONKY CLONKY wrote:

Anyone heard anything of Amanda and Gary? - They've not been online since 9th Aug.
Do you guys think VW have sent the boys roundOuchOuchDead
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Originally posted by mick g mick g wrote:

Originally posted by CLONKY CLONKY wrote:

Anyone heard anything of Amanda and Gary? - They've not been online since 9th Aug.
Do you guys think VW have sent the boys roundOuchOuchDead
 
They had a visit from their "VW customer service rep" (hit man) and can now be found near the bottom of their local lake sporting broken T5 clutches as armbandsLOL
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I have read somewhere that when a flywheel fails it has been known to damage the transmission thus meaning when putting a new one (flywheel) fails again and again.I am no expert so this could be completely wrong. 
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Spoke to Gary at work this morning and he has been real busy but will update everyone soon as he can.
 
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Hello , i am new here and i am speaking dutch, so sorry for any mistyping text here.
 
I have read this problem here because i also have the same whith my T5 '05.
 
 
For the moment i have a new clutch but it is not mounted on the car  and mayby i will wait a bit more to see a solution here.
Last thing i want to experience is a lot of replacements of the clutch.
 
Thx for anyone who can help me with tips.
 
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Welcome Hobbyist, do you know if your clutch is the original one?

(I'd be happy if my Dutch was as good as your English by the way)  Smile 

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The clutch was replaced (completely) by the pre owner with a original one from the brand LUK.
I have only done about 3500 miles with that clutch and dont have anything special heard on the car or overloaded or pull something heavy (max 750kg once for mayby 30 miles).

The clutch is still not mounted , i want to find / see a reason why this is happening.
So i can let the clutch mounted by a specialist whith the nessecary epuipment.

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Have a look and see if any dowl pins are in place where the engine joins the gearbox.  They should be fitted to the engine.  If they are missing and they are the solid type you might see a small 'blind' hole where each should be.  Or maybe you can post a picture of the engine?  
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