The dealer wanted to replace my subframe to. They said it was most likely cracked. That was before they realized the steering rack was the real issue. Luckily, I was under the car a couple days prior to bringing it in trying to diagnose the issues myself so I knew there was no issue with the subframe. Long story short, I discouraged the replacement of the subframe because I knew it was not the issue. Glad I did because there was nothing wrong with the subframe and there was a 8 week lead time that they would have had my car for.Same here. I had mine replaced back in October. My symptom was a loud clicking/knocking sound whenever making tight turns at low speeds (i.e. parking, etc). No clue what caused it, but originally they replaced my subframe, however that fix did not work. So far so good w/ the new rack. FWIW VW extended my bumper to bumper warranty for a year because it took them multiple attempts to diagnose and fix the issue. It also took about 8 weeks to get new steering rack parts.
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