Just had a call from the garage to say that as part of their free "safety check" they noticed a steering fluid leak on the underside of the engine shields and found a leak from one of the hoses. To fix would need replacement of 2 hoses - one of which is obsolete, and the other on back order parts will not be in for 5-7 days and would not advise use of vehicle.
I stated if VW have revised the part design there must have been an issue with the original and if it were serious enough it would have been part of a recall - if that's not the case then there would not be an issue with using the vehicle.
Garage phoned me back to confirm no related recall exists, but VW will honour 50% of the cost (?400) under "Goodwill" :!: - this will be the first one the garage have needed to replace.
Has anyone else encountered this?
I stated if VW have revised the part design there must have been an issue with the original and if it were serious enough it would have been part of a recall - if that's not the case then there would not be an issue with using the vehicle.
Garage phoned me back to confirm no related recall exists, but VW will honour 50% of the cost (?400) under "Goodwill" :!: - this will be the first one the garage have needed to replace.
Has anyone else encountered this?