Stalling & brake noise

[Spike001]

Well the car went in for its service last week. I took it back to the dealer from whom I bought it (against the advice above) because they offered to give me a free service as I had only had the car a couple of months. The bloke says that the interval is not 10,000miles but 15,000km which is about 9400 miles, the warning started coming up around 8400 so it was definitely trying to tell me something. The car is set up for time and distance rather than long interval servicing and with the mileage I expect to do (10k or less a year), this does seem the best option.

Stalling - they found nothing unusual about the clutch adjustment or tick-over/programming, but I have not had the problem since, so I wonder if they have just lubricated some linkages or maybe did something without telling me what.

The brake noise - predictably they said that they could not find anything wrong. The bloke tells me that the brake pads are sintered (trying to blind me with science) and some noise is to be expected, equally on the rolling noise (which I called bearing noise) they could not find anything unusual.

I don't feel their response was entirely satisfactory and I started to feel like a hyperchondriac telling about problems they could not find. I have however got all my concerns down on their records, so if anything gets worse and needs attention I will be able to refer to this vist.

BUT they fixed the squeaky glove box!

[macrubicon]

That service interval is very short. I have mine since new ( 2005 ) and with 68,000km's on the clock it's only asked for 2 services - at 30k and 60k

I do a fair amount of "local" driving with a good sprinkling of motorway so I guess I'm fairly average.

As for the stalling, mine used to be a bit of a problem, mainly on the turbo kicking in and out at 1800rpm or so in first when you are just moving about in traffic. A software upgrade was done when it was in for some recall work and it's been a dream since. I do have the 2.0tdi though, so not sure about the 1.9.

[macrubicon]

Should mention that the SW Upgrade was done without me knowing about it! The car was in for some recall work (Heated Seats, Wiper Motor and fuel line ). Only found out about the software upgrade when I picked it up.

It did seem to fix most of the odd issues with the car "running on" when in traffic at the RPM's where the Turbo should kick in or out.