I am definitely going to study my warranty document and will also inquire at the stealership at the next service.
How about the DIY on a fuel pump / fuel system replacement? Is it so expensive because of labor or parts or both?
It is concerning that there are 200 documented cases of failure on just that one forum. All of them couldn't have pumped gasoline. (Maybe the repeat failures!?
) If only 10% report on that forum, that means 2000 cars would be affected in North America. What are the sales numbers?
VW sales up 22.4%, best October since 1972
Looks like VW may sell about 300k cars a year. If 1/3 of them are TDI, that's 100k / year. 300k total. This means we are dealing with about a one percent (or on that order) of failure. It could be a lot more, as we do not know how many people would report on that fourm. Not super-alarming, but with the large $$$ at stake it isn't comforting either. Also consider the few miles accumulated as many of these cars are <3 years old.
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