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Article #758Re: Jetta brakes in the wet
From: Steve Roddy
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1986 17:57
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1986 17:57
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> The next question for all you wolfsburg commandos is... > > how come the brakes (1986 Jetta GLI) are so sensitive to > moisture? After 5 or 6 miles in a moderate rain, speed ~60 to 85, > I have to ride the brake pedal for about 5 seconds to get much > stopping power. At 80 per, you cover alot of ground in 5 seconds, > and it makes me nervous. > > John Rosberg > ihuxi!rosberg I drive an end-of-the-model-year 1985 Jetta GLI and have never experienced the problem you described above. I don't know what the differences are between the '85 and '86 model brakes but if I were experiencing that problem I'd have it checked before I drove in the rain again!!
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!roddy From: roddy@bmcg.UUCP (Steve Roddy) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Jetta brakes in the wet Message-ID: <2061@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 12:57:57 EST Article-I.D.: bmcg.2061 Posted: Wed Mar 5 12:57:57 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 07:58:40 EST References: <1327@ihuxi.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 15