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Cars in Remembrance
I miss my VW's
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<blockquote data-quote="Icecap" data-source="post: 185395" data-attributes="member: 4911"><p>I've been driving since I got my license in 1965 and have had British, German, Japanese and American cars. I've owned 4 VW's, 2 beetles, a diesel rabbit and still currently have a Mk5 Jetta TDI that I bought in 2007 since I had a brutal 8 hour weekly commute that was killing me with fuel costs to run my pickup truck. I still daily drive the TDI but that car has soured me on VW as a result of a warranty issue they wouldn't honour costing me a wasted $2,600 for their extended warranty. At the time I joined a VW club and forum where I found out that my TDI had a rash of camshaft failures due to a poor metallurgy and and engineering issue. Since I had the heads up about the camshaft issue I started to do scientific used oil analysis on a regular basis and starting in my second year of ownership started to have elevated iron content in the motor oil. My analysis reports all indicated abnormal and excessive wear. I took it up with the dealer and VW and they were deaf to my plight. The reading became progressively worse until in my final year of warranty I received what was to be my last UOA report with the print all in red advising me that I had a major engine failure in progress and to not drive the car until remedial action had been taken. VW's response was that they don't recognize used oil analysis even though it is an industrial standard used in many industries as a preventative measure to catch issues before they become expensive repairs or a danger as in the shipping or aviation industry. The week after my warranty expired I fixed it myself for 1/2 the cost of what I spent for their useless extended warranty. From my experience VW is just as scummy as the worst of the car manufacturers. The older unsophisticated VW cars were solid, reliable and fun to drive but I can't say that for the newer stuff as I have a friend that bought one of the new EOS's with the convertible hard top and has had nothing but engine problems and roof leaks in our rainy climate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Icecap, post: 185395, member: 4911"] I've been driving since I got my license in 1965 and have had British, German, Japanese and American cars. I've owned 4 VW's, 2 beetles, a diesel rabbit and still currently have a Mk5 Jetta TDI that I bought in 2007 since I had a brutal 8 hour weekly commute that was killing me with fuel costs to run my pickup truck. I still daily drive the TDI but that car has soured me on VW as a result of a warranty issue they wouldn't honour costing me a wasted $2,600 for their extended warranty. At the time I joined a VW club and forum where I found out that my TDI had a rash of camshaft failures due to a poor metallurgy and and engineering issue. Since I had the heads up about the camshaft issue I started to do scientific used oil analysis on a regular basis and starting in my second year of ownership started to have elevated iron content in the motor oil. My analysis reports all indicated abnormal and excessive wear. I took it up with the dealer and VW and they were deaf to my plight. The reading became progressively worse until in my final year of warranty I received what was to be my last UOA report with the print all in red advising me that I had a major engine failure in progress and to not drive the car until remedial action had been taken. VW's response was that they don't recognize used oil analysis even though it is an industrial standard used in many industries as a preventative measure to catch issues before they become expensive repairs or a danger as in the shipping or aviation industry. The week after my warranty expired I fixed it myself for 1/2 the cost of what I spent for their useless extended warranty. From my experience VW is just as scummy as the worst of the car manufacturers. The older unsophisticated VW cars were solid, reliable and fun to drive but I can't say that for the newer stuff as I have a friend that bought one of the new EOS's with the convertible hard top and has had nothing but engine problems and roof leaks in our rainy climate. [/QUOTE]
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