I had the following problem with the heater on my '99 Passat (B5). The damper blade in the heat/aircon mixing plenum is fabricated from a piece of sheetmetal with large holes punched in it. The holes are covered with self-adhesive polyethylene foam about .5mm thick. After some years the foam becomes brittle and blows away. Really first rate automotive engineering.......I don't think so! Maybe VAG were so proud of this piece of junk that they decided to use it again on your later model. Before you ask, yes, the whole dashboard has to be removed to get to the damper. I have yet to find any aspect of this car which is easier to service than it's equivalent on a Japanese car. This may not be the same problem on your vehicle; if you are lucky maybe the heater circuit is just airlocked, the hoses connecting the heater are at the highest point in the cooling circuit.
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Tommy (born 02/02/37) and Dick (born 11/20/39) Smothers did retire from touring together. The announcement came on Sunday May 16, 2010. They did not retire due to any health problems. Tommy lives in California and Dick is in Florida.
I have a 02 Tahoe with 157,000 miles on it and have had no problems yet.... No major problems........ Just keep up with reg maintance, that's the KEY
I'm sure this is not typical but I currently have 267k miles on my 02 Sonata. I bought it brand new and have had only minor problems with it!
if you already know what you need then usually you can preorder the part to avoid extra charges, then bring it to any work shop to be fixed. the matiz is fairly simple to work on so their should be no problems with a local garage.
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