'14 coolant leak & A/C stopped working

[rmilchman]

Woke up the other day to what appears to be coolant on my driveway. The overflow reservoir was empty. I checked it the prior week and it was full. I brought it back up to full and drove around the block. So far it's still full. The same time it went empty my A/C stopped blowing cold. Coincident?

I really like the car, but after new injectors a month ago (warranty) and a possible coolant leak. I'm wondering if I should consider selling it before my warranty expires at 124K miles, currently I have 94K.

 

[06bluebeetletdi]

Coolant leak could be a water pump. Not sure on the ac issue.

 

[rmilchman]

I guess I'll wait for them to diagnose it tomorrow. If it's a water pump, hopefully covered by warranty.

 

[DivineChaos]

your a/c. the most common thing is for the solenoid on the pump to stop working right. its a 20 buck part.

 

[rmilchman]

A/C seems to be working this morning, coolant is the water pump. There goes $1100 including timing belt kit.

 

[DivineChaos]

A/C seems to be working this morning, coolant is the water pump. There goes $1100 including timing belt kit.

yeah, as you drive slower around town the ac stops working. but when you go down the highway it works again. do the tb kit. and 1100 for it to be done is fairly cheap. also you might be able to have voa cover part of the waterpump because they are supposed to last 120k before replacement.

 

[rmilchman]

Time to decide if I should keep it or not. I like the car, but am a little worried. Just had 4 injectors replaced (warranty), water pump. I have heard some say that after the "fix" that was done it's harder on parts and the life span of the engine is less, others have said the fix had no impact.

 

[06bluebeetletdi]

Here’s my experience: my car was a company car, it was parked for 18 months (only 4,000 miles in that time frame as opposed to 20,000 a year). Purchased 9/17 at 50k, 10/17 52k - heater core, 10 days later puddle in the parking lot - failed water pump, coolant contaminated timing and serpentine belts. At 59k - oil leak around injectors. All covered under warranty extension / powertrain. Im at 84,600 miles 2.5 years. All good for the last 25,000 miles, just maintenance.

 

[rmilchman]

Here’s my experience: my car was a company car, it was parked for 18 months (only 4,000 miles in that time frame as opposed to 20,000 a year). Purchased 9/17 at 50k, 10/17 52k - heater core, 10 days later puddle in the parking lot - failed water pump, coolant contaminated timing and serpentine belts. At 59k - oil leak around injectors. All covered under warranty extension / powertrain. Im at 84,600 miles 2.5 years. All good for the last 25,000 miles, just maintenance.

Thanks, decided to keep it. Just not the time for me to make a big purchase.

 

[otep858]

If it's any consolation I had a water pump fail (leaking) at 75k on my 15 and vwoa refused to cover it under warranty. Even tho it spells it out fairly clearly in the extended emissions warranty. I went rounds and rounds with them. Vwoa customer service is non existent after the emissions settlement.. I just ended up doing the TB service myself

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