Update -
VW now installing fuel necks that don't allow the gas nozzle in the diesel car. I am going to get mine soon. If nothing else, this really will help if the pump goes and VW claims it was misfueled.
Volkswagen TDI diesel to get modifications to prevent gasoline misfueling - Autoweek
From that article:
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started an investigation into several diesel-fueled VW models in February 2011 after receiving dozens of complaints about cars that stalled, often at highway speeds.
These complaints were typically linked to a failed fuel pump. VW told NHTSA investigators that 90 percent of the fuel samples from vehicles involved in the complaints had substantial amounts of gasoline in their tanks.
To date, NHTSA has received 160 complaints and field reports, many of them submitted by VW, according to the agency's official log of the investigation.
Read more: Volkswagen TDI diesel to get modifications to prevent gasoline misfueling - Autoweek
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