10 metres away from my home, after a night shift, my VRS stopped. It will engage gears fine, but at the biting point all I get is a scary grinding-clunking noise with no movement. Because I still have shifts to do, I got the VRS recovered to a garage nearby which offered a courtesy car. But it isn't my usual garage (Unit 18 in MK), so I just want to make sure I'm prepared and not being fleeced when they call me tomorrow with their diagnosis and quote.

 

I know I'm not giving you much to go on, but I'm hoping maybe someone here has more of an idea than I do...

 

TIA

Also, given that it is now in a garage, shall I ask them to investigate why it doesn't feel as gutsy anymore? The diesel VW Passat they gave me pulls much stronger between 2k and 3k rpm which has made me wonder. I do understand the perception of torque/speed is all relative and maybe I have gotten used to the VRS, but the comparison with the Passat was a bit annoying. There was once a fault code about checking the turbo pipes to see if they are loose (I dont remember the code), but upon clearing it never came back up.

 

Or I'll take the cheap route and try the Mr Muscle cleaning thing posted here?

 

FWIW, I regularly service it with new filters all round, branded diesel only, every 4 fills I stick in the Shell Nitro stuff.

My novice guess is DMF?

DMF won't result in no drive.

Probably a driveshaft popped out or snapped, not expensive to sort

or it could be that the clutch has worn out???

If it was the clutch it would have been slipping badly for months before drive was lost

Sounds like what happened to me when my driveshaft came out just under £500 later, when the new engine was fitted in my car three of the 5/6 bolts had come out and sheared the end cap of resulting in new drive shaft

Thanks for all the posts, guys. Got a call from the garage....it was the wheel bearings and CV joint on one side. But £375! I know their hourly rate is something like £80, but geez.

 

Ack, my fault for being desperate and not shopping around.

Edited 25 September, 201510 yr by fsa

Wheel bearing wont stop it from moving but they may need doing I guess

 

I had a CV boot replaced - which is nearly the same amount of work as replacing the joint but its a £10 part rather than a £50 part - for £100

 

Saying that, a bearing is £50-£100 so you've got £200+ in parts depending on how many bearings need replaced. £375 doesn't sound like a tragic amount to get a car back on the road

Didnt realise bearings were that expensive!