Volkswagen Golf SE tsi 2013 - Rear brake discs

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Thu 29 Oct 2015 10:14
Volkswagen Golf SE tsi 2013 - Rear brake discs - John Reeve
I have a Golf bought brand new exactly two years ago.

Mileage is 15,000 and it is used daily.

Just had the car serviced and am told The car Ned's new rear discs and pads.

I looked at the damage and it looks like the pads have never been in contact with the parts of the disc which is damaged (Rusty).

The VW garage have quoted 315.00 pounds to repair.

I believe there is a latent defect which should be under warranty.

Has anyone seen similar damage and what did VW do about it?

John
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Thu 29 Oct 2015 11:26
Volkswagen Golf SE tsi 2013 - Rear brake discs - RobJP

7.5k miles a year is not much, and it's certainly possible that, if gently driven, the rear brakes would barely get used and would go rusty.

If you feel there is a fault, then your only real option is to get an independent engineer to inspect and do a report (at your expense) and IF they agree with you that it is due to a fault, you can then force the supplying dealer to fix and pay the report costs.

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Thu 29 Oct 2015 12:38
Volkswagen Golf SE tsi 2013 - Rear brake discs - gordonbennet

unswept by the brake pad parts of a disc will be as rusty as an old horseshoe unless you paint the affected parts as some of us more OCD members do.

contact area should be rust free after a short normal drive (but will rust again in a few hours when it gets wet) and a small wear ridge at the edge of contact area on a disc is normal, if the contact area itself is breaking up or severely pitted through rust that's quite another thing.

Some garages are very quick to condemn discs and pads, lucrative upselling that is often a bonus for the fitter, thisapplies to main dealers and fast fit avoid at all costs joints, if you are unsure pop into an indy workshops recommended by someone you trust and ask their opinion.

S'funny but if your car was on a makers repair and maintenance contract i can almost guarantee the same parts would be serviceable.

Is this an electric parking brake equipped car by the way, not as it matters just curious.

If its a normal handbrake and gentle application of the handbrake whilst moving removes the rust, but normal braking doesn't then there is something wrong.

Edited by gordonbennet on 29/10/2015 at 12:40

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Fri 30 Oct 2015 22:34
Volkswagen Golf SE tsi 2013 - Rear brake discs - Big John

When brakes are under utilised it doesn't take long for localised rust to form on the discs which will cause pitting that will then stop breaking effectiveness on that spot that then will make the pitting worse - thus starts a visious circle

Unfortunately it is unlikely that this would be classed as a manufacturing defect

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