No one? I thought there were lots of them done?

 

Common issue with early -04 V8, havent heard about it among V10s.
And 40hrs for repair time is b....hit!

 

I had that problem in my 2003 V8.
It had just passed the intial 3 year warranty - and luckily I had taken out the 2 year extension.

The car was off the road for 2 weeks - as they had to fly the part in to Adelaide from Singapore.

Warranty pays for a hire car while your car is off the road - but this is capped at $300 - which will get you a rollerskate for 14 days.

I did write to VW Australia - and they eventually agreed to meet the cost of car hire for the period - I had pointed out that this was a failure of supply chain logistics, that I was being punished for.

So I swapped my VW for a rent-a-bomb for two weeks.

Problem has not returned.

 

We had this problem on our '04 V8. They replaced the alternator harness the first time the car went dead. And they replaced the battery this last time... knock on wood it was just a battery issue, and I won't wake up to a dead car this winter again...

 

Had the alternator replaced, and batteries twice all with warranty and the battery wiring TSB. The battery never went dead but had some electrical glitches

 

I had the alternator cable replaced. I have an 04 VIN in the 28k range. I am now back in the shop for the third time in 5 months with a dead car though, see the other thread related to claimed dead battery, steering column replacement, etc.

Labor I believe was 8 or 12 hours. I seem to recall another consideration was that the car had to be off for 12 hours prior to starting the job because the catalytic converter gets VERY hot (>1000°F) and the technicians won't work near something that hot until it cools.

 

I had the cable replace on my 04 V8. Vin is early ~8500. They did not need to pull the motor to do it. The TSB for this repair only applied to V8s. I attached the TSB. I'm sure it would be much harder with the V10 in the way and may require dropping it.

Once the cable was replace (couple of years ago) it has been rock solid ever since.

J-