At 4:01 PM -0400 8/21/00, Ron Mighton wrote:
>I am wondering if any of the Toronto area members have any comments on the
>capability of Salims repair service?

No, but here's a recent post from the VW-Audi-Diesels list (excerpted):

>From: jason.brown@molson.com
>Mailing-List: list Audi-VW-Diesels@egroups.com; contact
>Audi-VW-Diesels-owner@egroups.com
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:08:21 -0400
>Subject: [Audi-VW-Diesels] My Passat is fixed!!!!
>
>A little bit of history regarding my Passat problems to start with.
>
>I went to York Volkswagen in Toronto with a screwed up alarm system and a
>driver side power window that wouldn't go up any more.  While I had the car
>there I asked them to replace the tensioner pulley since it had a bad
>bearing.  They found the alarm problem was due to a broken wire and they
>told me the power window motor was shot.  $1000 later that day they also
>inform me that I need a new engine too, the crankshaft key way is worn and
>can not be fixed.  I told them to put it back together and I'll deal with it
>later.  One of my rear windows also needed a new motor, but I wasn't about
>to pay another $400 for that.  To make matters worse, my air bags were now
>broken too.  Take my advise and don't ever take your car to York VW!!!
>
>So finally a couple months later I goto a non-dealership VW mechanic and
>they said the crank problem is a known problem and they can fix it.  All
>they do is cut another key way and install a new crank pulley and the
>problem is solved.  I do not know if they cut a completely new key way or
>just enlarged the existing one, but it works!!!  And instead of spending
>$5-6000 for a new engine it only cost me $220!!!!  They also fixed the air
>bags (bad bulb and reset the computer) and my rear power window too.  The
>control box for the motor had a cold solder joint, they opened the box and
>solder it up, no problems.  The dealer would never do that for me!!!
>
>The next problem took some time.  When they'd push the button to make the
>rear window go up, it would go down, and push the button down, the window
>would go up.  The mechanic spent a couple hours figuring this one out.  Turn
>out the motors brushes had to be filed, after that everything was perfect.
>The best part out of all of this is that it only cost me $30!!!  He said he
>never seen anything like this before and he wasn't going to bill me for the
>time it took to diagnose!!!
>
>If anybody out there is in search of a good place to get your VW fixed in
>Toronto I highly recommend A.N.N. Service (416)398-5333 on Toro Rd just
>south of Keele and Finch.  These guys are true mechanics and not part
>swappers like at the dealer.
>
>Jason
>
>1995 Passat GLS

All usual disclaimers apply.

T.

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'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
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