dqman01
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engine light went on,dealer says its a engine harness?how much would that cost,is it something someone not mechanically can tackle?
2011 jetta tdi engine harness
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TDIx2
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Seems odd to me that the whole harness needs to be replaced and you only have the check engine light come on. Maybe you need a second opinion befor you start replacing wiring.
RedBug
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Check for recalls and or TSB.
An engine harness is not something that should need replacement in a 2011 car.
An engine harness is not something that should need replacement in a 2011 car.
cm12tdi
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Could a rodent have possibly gotten into the engine compartment & chewed wires?
Does not a MIL equate to a "code" and if so why did the dealer not read it?
Why does it need a whole engine harness just because a light went on? Some details are missing.
TDIx2
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Yup there sure is.
dqman01
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he mentioned that glow plug 2 and 4 were not firing properly and the technician recomended to swap all 4 glow plugs and swap.
Ol'Rattler
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Not much to go on.................
Black_Smoke
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What codes were in the system?
If there are codes regarding cyl 2 and 4, you could move the glow plugs to different cylinders and see if you get the similar codes on different cylinders. If that is the case, the glow plugs are bad and the harness is fine.
If the codes stay on the cylinders, the problem is not with the glow plugs.
Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but, I'm pretty sure the glow plugs need to be coded to the cylinders in the ECM, it requires a bit of effort to swap them around to test. Maybe that's what your tech is avoiding.
I would definitley NOT change the engine harness based on the information you have provided.
vwincalgary
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My 2011 Jetta just had its wiring harness replaced 2 weeks ago at the dealer. I was getting the 'check engine' light accompanied by a significant loss of power and stalling at low speeds.
$600 for the part and 5 hrs labour ($125/hr) plus $140 for diagnostics....just over $1400.
Dealership said the harness was rubbing on engine block and wore through some wires.
Now...if i can just get starting issues fixed.
$600 for the part and 5 hrs labour ($125/hr) plus $140 for diagnostics....just over $1400.
Dealership said the harness was rubbing on engine block and wore through some wires.
Now...if i can just get starting issues fixed.
Black_Smoke
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Yikes, you can fix a lot of wires in 5 hours without having to buy a new harness.
TDIx2
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Yup they sure could of!
True, but when it is on warranty, I'd want a new harness and make sure it does not happen again.
TDIx2
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Just over 1400 bucks is not sounding like warranty work to me. If they could of fixed the wires proper without replacing all of it might be better even if under warranty. Potential issues with replacing that much harness seems excessive in my opinion.
vwincalgary
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Nope. Definately wasnt under warranty. I paid $1400 out of pocket...i also didnt mention i paid $1000 3 days prior for the same issue that they thought it 'might' be a fuel pump.
So...in actuality i paid 2400. It amazes me that these dealers just think i have this kind of money laying around. 1400 bucks was made to seem like i was getting a bargain.
...sighs...
So...in actuality i paid 2400. It amazes me that these dealers just think i have this kind of money laying around. 1400 bucks was made to seem like i was getting a bargain.
...sighs...
TDIx2
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Maybe call VW customer care and ask them for some help. The dealer should be responsible in some capacity for charging you for work that was unessary.
Does it not have a 4 year warranty or was he over the mileage?
Well since that wasn't the issue, demand to get your $1000 back on that job.
I do not pay people to "guess" when the hourly rate is what it is.
bennybmn
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It seems to me like dealers tend to diagnose by trying parts to see what fixes it rather than actual diagnostics, other than an hour labor to check your codes 
Bingo which is why I call most of them parts replacers.
Throw a few electrons into the mix and most of them are lost.
bennybmn
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You may have heard me mention this before, but the wipers on my wife's Hyundai started acting weird. She brought it in (under warranty still), they said come back saturday, we have to order a wiper transmission assembly. OK fine. She brings it in, they say it still doesn't work, they have to wait 2 hours for Hyundai central in CA to open for tech support, turns out to be a relay. If that wasn't covered under warranty, and they tried to make her pay for it, I would have been livid.
The engine wiring harnesses on the 2009-2011 (12?) Are too short and rub near the oil filter housing causing all kinds of issues. My replacement harness ($300) is longer and fits much better. Took me 12 hours to replace.
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torrimac
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So, They have a faulty part from the get-go, and are going to charge me $1400 to replace it when it fails?
If the new one and the old one are not Exactly alike then I would think those that have this work done would have some kind of ground to stand on for getting VWOA to pay for it since it is their fault and not something that we could prevent or predict.
LarBear
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To me, dumb as I am, if the part that was installed at the factory was faulty and took over the warranty period to crap out it still needs to be covered by the warranty. If they didn't diagnose the problem correctly and billed me $1k for their shoddy work I'd be having a "come to Jesus" meeting with someone.
We had plumbers out to replace a septic pump last week, and the first guys got the pump replaced while the second set of guys came out to fix a "problem". The second set of guys charged nothing because as the lead told my wife we're fixing their screwup, which is nice at $97/hrX2 for three hours each. Car dealers need to operate on the same system IMHO.
We had plumbers out to replace a septic pump last week, and the first guys got the pump replaced while the second set of guys came out to fix a "problem". The second set of guys charged nothing because as the lead told my wife we're fixing their screwup, which is nice at $97/hrX2 for three hours each. Car dealers need to operate on the same system IMHO.
The new harness is longer now and has a new pn. Just in case you haven't figured it out yet: VW after sale service is non existent. If you want a reliable car with warranty and customer service, trade the VW at the nearest Toyota/Honda dealer.
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TDIx2
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My dealer sells honda too! Lol they also sell audi.... Now amagine paying another 10 to 50 thousand or more for your Audi and having those very same VW/Audi service experts working on both brands in the same garage. Making the same bone head mistakes
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Curious about which part number is the new one. I have a really nasty wiring harness on my 2009 wagon and I'm about to start working on it. Would love to know what you used.