A Volkswagen Atlas owner came into our service bay the Monday after a WVU home game weekend after his vehicle had overheated in the stop-and-go traffic on Monongalia Avenue approaching the stadium parking areas. He had been idling in game day traffic for nearly two hours with the air conditioning running at full capacity and…
A Volkswagen Jetta owner came into our service bay last month after hitting a particularly aggressive pothole on Beechurst Avenue near the WVU campus during the height of Morgantown’s spring road deterioration season. She had felt a significant impact but the car seemed to drive normally afterward, so she continued her commute on US-19 without…
A Volkswagen Tiguan owner came into our service bay last month after a frightening experience descending the Morgantown hill on I-79 southbound toward Fairmont. She had pressed the brake pedal firmly and felt it go soft beneath her foot, requiring significantly more pressure than usual to slow the vehicle. She had been driving on pads…
Last month, a Volkswagen Golf GTI came in from Elkins after its owner had noticed a gradual reduction in the confident pull he remembered from his first year of ownership on the grades of US-219 between Elkins and Morgantown. He had attributed the power reduction to normal engine aging and hadn’t connected it to a…
Three weeks ago, a 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan arrived at our Mary Jane Wood Circle service center with premature tire wear after the owner left winter tires on through an entire West Virginia summer. The aggressive tread pattern and soft rubber compound designed for snow had worn down 50% faster than all-season tires would have, requiring…
