Yes! I had a new valve fail on my Jetta swap.
I wondered about that part. Come to think of it,
with the weather change, I've been using that front valve a lot more these days.
Hmm....  maybe there's coolant pooling in the spare tire or clam shell?
We'll see.

On 4/28/15, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Same thing happened to me, and both the rear heater core and front heater
> control valve (above the spare tire) were leaking.  Check those first, and
> pull the rear heater core to be sure.  Drop the spare to check the front
> heater valve.
>
> Don't get a cheap valve, I did and it failed in a month.

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