Originally Posted By: lugNutz
To each their own I guess. I didn't choose these pads, unfortunately, the dealership did. I wouldn't have chosen the Bosch QuietCasts (Confirmed by part number) as I had noise issues with them on a previous car as well. However my main concern is the safety aspect. I drive the wife to her daily commute every morning, and people are always crossing the street in front of me between cars- ie, I have to hit the hooks. I could be doing 10-15 MPH and the pads fade and the car keeps on creeping. Almost rear-ended someone once too when they decided to not make a turn at the last second. Point being, if I slam on the brakes at that low of a speed, the car should stop [censored] near in it's tracks, not keep moving with no air between the floor board and the pedal.
Does that mean it's only the pads, no, but the rotors look good to my experienced eye. Could they have gotten glazed in the bed-in process, maybe, but unlikely. Never had that issue before either though.
I called out Bosch as the culprit as anyone would if they had more than one bad experience with a brand. Nature of the beast, not brand shaming for fanboy purposes. There are so many choices of pads it can be overwhelming, so I was curious if anyone had luck with something in particular on the Passat. When I do the rears on the Jeep this weekend, it will be getting the Wagner OEXs. It's too bad NAPA doesn't have the Adaptive One's that I love for the Passat.
Was this a VW dealership? If it was and it was a CPO, I'd be complaining to VWoA about it, since they should be using VW maintenance parts which are not Bosch aftermarket parts.
