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Been wanting to take more interest in cars, and now seems to be the right time. Owner of a Passat that was purchased for safety and economy. Stumbled across this seemingly excellent forum as soon as I really started looking around for expert advice.
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Welcome to the new look VWWatercooled
After much work and little sleep there is a new version of the forums running on more powerful and recent hardware as well as an upgraded software platform.
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Things are mostly the same, but some things are a little different. We will be learning together, so please post questions (and answers if you've worked things out) in the help thread.
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"Getting interested in cars" is going to cost you.......Originally posted by Jeffster View Post
Welcome to the forum.
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Injector failed big time
My wife was driving our 2008 Passat 2.0TDI on the Hume with my son when the injector failed and car shut down. Horrifying experience and a very close call with trucks, etc. RACV took it to Myrtleford, where the problem was diagnosed. It is a year over warranty, and has done 66,000 kms. It will cost $700 minimum just to get it to Melbourne VW workshop! I've just been reading about the injector "campaign". What can I expect? We're feeling pretty despondent about this. Any advice anyone?Originally posted by Jeffster View PostComment
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VW offers 5 or 7 years of warranty on injectors, take it to a dealer and they will replace the injectors and injector harness under warranty for you.Originally posted by Jeffster View PostComment
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Play the "dangerous, family in the car" card really hard. And the fact you know it's not an isolated case, even if they claim they have never seen one.
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Exactly, these cases are seen on a day to day basis, but you will hardly find any dealership that is going to give you a hard time for these claims, abit hard for a dealer to reject a $4000+ injector claim when Volkswagen themselves will pay for the part and labour, more $$ in dealers pockets...Originally posted by h100vw View PostComment
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Thanks for the advice, volk. I'm now reading other people's posts about this going back to 2011. Seems like I should have been told about it before we had this foreseeable experience. I read the media pretty carefully and haven't seen any reports of a campaign. I wonder whether its a 'campaign' that VW want to win? Or what constitutes 'success' with the campaign? Our car is still $800 (300km) from the dealer. Will let you know what happens.Originally posted by The One View PostComment
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