[aigel]

I studied the forums some more. Looks like VW is repairing these failures under the powertrain warranty (60k/5years) but does not advertise this. They apparently do this on a case by case basis. I could not find a case where an owner was stuck with the bill at >36k and <60k miles.

While it is stupid to have a pump lubricated by the fuel, which makes its survival depend on the fuel quality, I am really wondering how many failures go back to a family member, girlfriend, boyfriend etc. putting gas in it, then going "oops", noting is only half a gallon, and proceeding to swap over to the diesel hose. This was perfectly fine in the old days

The math of bad fueling is not too crazy. Say 1 out of 100 cars have a HPFP problem. Every car gets filled up at least 30 times a year. That means in 3 years 1 out of 10000 fill ups would have to have an "oops" to end up killing 1% of the pumps. I think that's not unlikely. What do you think?

I always fill up at the cheapest diesel station in the area or on the side of the interstate, so at least I know I am not pumping somewhere where there isn't a lot of throughput. Maybe this helps (along with being the only person pumping fuel) to greatly reduce the likelihood of failure!

We'll find out! So far so good (30k miles around the corner)!

G