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Craig Faison > wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Darren Dunham wrote: > Let us know what they tell you... we didn't have any running issues when > the switch failed on our Jetta. Well, I don't think I understand the entire issue, but yes, the brake switch failed and it can confuse the computer to the point that it affects performance. > Needless to say, I wasn't very pleased to find out that my wife & kid had > been driving around w/no brake lights for who knows how long. My wife > never uses the cruise, and I rarely do, so we really have no idea how long > it had been that way. My wife really noticed the power difference almost instantly. Without that, it would have been a while because she doesn't use the cruise either. Yeah, I'd like to think you could detect the failure and turn on a dash light. The printout of the work says that the computer code shows a brake switch failure... -- Darren Dunham Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/ Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. > |
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Darren Dunham wrote:
> Well, I don't think I understand the entire issue, but yes, the brake > switch failed and it can confuse the computer to the point that it > affects performance. Interesting; we definitely didn't have running issues. IIRC, your vehicle is a Passat... I wonder if the computers are different enough for the Passat to be affected and the Jetta not... > My wife really noticed the power difference almost instantly. Without > that, it would have been a while because she doesn't use the cruise > either. It's a safety feature! ;-) Craig |
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