Some of you have probably read my saga with my one week old Passat Wagon FSI 3.6 4 Motion MY12.5 wagon... the problems with my local dealer, VW Customer Care and my car being off the road for four weeks and then end result being a blown fuse....found by a dealer in Port macquarie after the car was flat bedded there.

Well, before this happened, I had two instances of the Steering Light coming on red and having no power steering..after restarting the car, it went away. I have had three weeks of enjoyable driving and just started to forget my problems with VAG and then on Friday night I had two instances of the power steering issue. After turning the ignition off and back on, the issue went away. Until today (Sunday) when I started it and the power steering issue came back.... and now it won't go away.

So tomorrow I have to take it back to the dealer who could not fix it last time (the nearest dealer aside from them is 300km away)... to see how long this one takes.

To add to this the lane assist has not worked since new as the option to turn it on is not there, (apparently a coding issue) so this needs to be activated.

Have I just got a lemon or is a great car failing due to incompetence? I have no faith in VAG or the local dealer. Beautiful car, just no after sales support. I wish they would give a toss.

maybe I should go and get trained in repairing the car and do it myself.