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Why the need? Because you're doing a brake job and might have an air bubble causing an issue. A bleed at all brake services used to be common sense. I guess its not anymore. And, it rules out an air bubbles in any calipers as a possible cause of problem.
Originally, the 1st bleed for VW was 2 years. Since the free maintenance would've included it, VW updated the 1st bleed to 3 years, then every 2 years afterwards, so that they wouldn't have to pay for it during the free maintenance. Marketing is so great!
I've bled mine at year 2. All 4 bleeders had some air bubbles. I guess the country of location didn't do a good enough job.
You could have an air bubble up front that is leaning on the rear brakes. You could also have possibly a 2 foot driver(easy enough to verify) dragging the brakes.
So, clean, lube, bleed... and continue driving to see if its really a soft pad problem, air in the calipers, or a driving style issue. See what happens in the 'matter of months'.
Originally, the 1st bleed for VW was 2 years. Since the free maintenance would've included it, VW updated the 1st bleed to 3 years, then every 2 years afterwards, so that they wouldn't have to pay for it during the free maintenance. Marketing is so great!
I've bled mine at year 2. All 4 bleeders had some air bubbles. I guess the country of location didn't do a good enough job.
You could have an air bubble up front that is leaning on the rear brakes. You could also have possibly a 2 foot driver(easy enough to verify) dragging the brakes.
So, clean, lube, bleed... and continue driving to see if its really a soft pad problem, air in the calipers, or a driving style issue. See what happens in the 'matter of months'.