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From: roddy@bmcg.UUCP (Steve Roddy)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Jetta brakes in the wet
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 12:57:57 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 12:57:57 1986
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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!!