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AT RESTMy mate recently forked over in excess of $50K for a VW Mulitivan last year. He called into a couple of VW dealers without his Multivan, He is trying to find the fuse box in the cabin so he can piggy back a fuse to power his GPS unit.
The owners manual is very vague on how to access the fuse boxes, in fact it doesn't even list fuse amp ratings. Reading the owners manual it makes an excuse that the booklet was rushed before the model release!.
So he goes to the dealers, they won't let him speak to the service dept, instead they have some guy that reckons he is trained in all there is to know about the brand. So my mate asks him to show him where the fuses are located, The guy points to the dash, My mate asks if he would be kind enough to show him how to gain access to the fuses. The guy refuses, comes up with the excuse that he wont on his demo in case he broke something.
The dealer rep won't demonstrate how
My mate is getting a bit frustrated and getting a bit peeved off. My mate asks this guy, well what happens if he is away and he blows a fuse? The VW rep says call road side assistance""
.He has been to a couple of VW dealerships and they are not very helpful, they take the money for the sale, but after sales service is lacking my mate is finding.
(Later From what my mate and I have ascertained the fuses are behind the drink cooler in the console, it has a flip done door, but the manual shows 2 arrows which if interpreted correctly by us says to pull forward, but there doesn't seem to be any clips to release, we don't want to break anything)
, Google shows nothing
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My experience of VW was the car was amazing but the dealers were the worst I have ever dealt with. Norris spare parts at kedron were the only bright spot in an otherwise appalling experience.
I ended up finding a very good independent at zillmere.
Only time I have ever wished a vehicle out of warranty period.
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AT RESTUpdate, my mate called in to our local VW dealer and actually got to speak to one of their mechanics, who then showed him how to access the fuse panels and their locations
He didn't buy his vehicle from them but they helped.
His analogies wear thin by about the 3rd paragraph...Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift
And delve into his former jobs - wasn't exactly the poster child for environmental sensitivity...
He's right - the emissions defeat was very bad. But his article is terrible...
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SubscriberI must say $50 is a pretty good price for a Multivan
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Hmm; interesting.
Googled "VW Multivan fuse box" and found about 20 images straight away.
And a YouTube video on how to pull the cover off....
Would have saved Old Mate a lot of frustration!
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After WWII Tatra took VW to court for infringement of copy right, I believe VW settled out of court.
I used to have a Tatra many years ago, like a road tester stated "They steered like an elephant with greasy back feet".
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Once you hop out of one, you spend the rest of your life trying to get back into one.
Even if it is heavy with the smell of truckstop diesel, and old cigarettes...
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