All PD Piezo Injector Failure Register.

[ouchgtsport]

State/City: Brisbane
Make: MKV Golf
Model: GT Sport TDi
Engine code: BMN
Build date: Dec 2007
Odometer: 55527
Date when failed/broken down: 1/10/2011
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: Austral - Newstead
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? Yes
Cost to you: $0
Date when failed second time:

More details(optional).
Factory Warranty expired 29/01/2011 - Second owner, VW repaired as goodwill gesture for free Oct 2011.
Car returned 1 week after breakdown
Replacement part numbers were VW03G130073TX (injector) VW03G971033M (harness).

[max55]

State/City: NSW Blackheath
Make: VW
Model: 2008 Golf GT Sport TDI
Engine code: BMN
Build date: Jan 08
Odometer: 76028
Date when failed/broken down: 03/10/2011
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: Penrith Volkswagen
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? Yes
Cost to you: Nil
Date when failed second time:

More details(optional).
Factory warranty expired about March 2011, second owner, VW repaired as goodwill gesture 11/10/11.

[dubrav]

State/City: NSW
Make: VW
Model: 2007 MY08 Passat 125kw TDI
Engine code: BMR
Build date: Oct 07
Odometer: 133265
Date when failed/broken down: 10/10/2011
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: Denlo Volkswagen
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? Yes
Cost to you: Nil
Date when failed second time:
More details(optional).
Factory warranty expired about January 2011, second owner, VW covered it under warranty (not under goodwill) as per invoice.
Car broke down on Monday morning and got picked up on Wednesday repaired , very impressed with turnaround time.

[Lindsay]

State/City: TAS/Devonport
Make: VW
Model: 2008 Passat 125TDI MY08
Engine code: BMR
Build date: Nov 07
Odometer: 115000
Date when failed/broken down: 24/11/11
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: Gowans Volkswagen
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? Yes
Cost to you: Nil
Date when failed second time:

More details(optional).
Warranty expired 03/11, I am the second owner. According to service manager, VW insisted all four injectors were replaced (even though only one was faulty) and the wiring loom. They covered it "under warranty"
Only real gripe was that it took three weeks to be fixed, a result of slow shipment of parts to this remote part of the world...

[auskier]

State/City: Richmond Vic
Make:Golf
Model:GT Sport TDI
Engine code:TDI
Build date:2008
Odometer: exact km's at the time of failure 29021
Date when failed/broken down: day/month/year of failure 19/12/2011
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: J&F Motors Pty Ltd
How many injectors were replaced? one but mechanic recommended all 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? not required
Cost to you:$1,7380.95
Date when failed second time:not applicable

More details(optional). Care regularly serviced, never in accident, not thrashed and only 6 months over warranty. Demand letter for costs of repairs sent to VW with request VW change the other three injectors. Have referred VW to Competition & Consumer Act and have pointed out that the offending parts are not fit for purpose, not of merchantable quality and not of acceptable quality. If I do not get a response my lawyer is instructed to report the matter to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and amongst other thing order a product recall.

[vdubbed]

State/City: Perth WA
Make: VW
Model: Passat
Engine code: 2.0 TDI
Build date:2007
Odometer: exact km's at the time of failure 54,000
Date when failed/broken down: day/month/year of failure 11/9/2011
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: DVG VW Melville
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? yes
Cost to you:$5,400
Date when failed second time: not yet.

VW claim my vehicle is "not included in a service campaign". I'm busy preparing a challenge with the relevant authorities so if anyone has any advice I'm all ears.

[Greg Roles]

If you check the facebook page = Fix the Siemens 125 injector failure - it seems the VAG group over there has just announced an actual letter out type of recall to owners of 2006-2007 cars, would be very worth your while to look into that!!!

If anyone else has problems, PLEASE don't pay VW Australia prices, I hear injectors are 200 pounds each in the UK now if you know where to look - posted on the facebook page.

[vanDub]

State/City: QLD, townsville
Make: Passat
Model:125 TDI
Engine code:BMR
Build date:07/02/2008
Odometer: exact km's at the time of failure: 50430
Date when failed/broken down: day/month/year of failure:27/02/2012
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: Pickerings
How many injectors were replaced? All 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? Yes
Cost to you:Nil - all covered under warranty
Date when failed second time:N/A

No hassle from dealer, after checking out reason for engine failure, they did all the running with issue as per TPI now out and rang me with cause of failure and advised that they would be doing all replacement work FOC under upgraded 7 year warranty on Injectors / harness.

[richdave]

State/City: Melbourne
Make: VW
Model: MY08 TDI 125kw
Engine code:
Build date: 11/07
Odometer: exact km's at the time of failure 63000
Date when failed/broken down: day/month/year of failure 5/12/10
Dealership name who carried out the repairs:Berwin VW
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? yes
Cost to you: Nil apart from 3 days car hire.

[VWgoty]

State/City:NSW/Sydney
Make: VW
Model: Passat TDI
Engine code: BMR
Build date: Jan 2008
Odometer: exact km's at the time of failure 61000
Date when failed/broken down: day/month/year of failure Feb 2012
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: McCarroll's Volkswagen Waitara NSW
How many injectors were replaced? 4
Was injectors wiring also replaced? yes
Cost to you: NIL. Covered all under warranty, even though car 3 years & 10 months old.
Date when failed second time: Hopefully never.

[Greygrom]

State/City: NSW/Central Coast
Make: Audi
Model: A3 2.0 TDI (125 kW), 8P Sportback S-Tronic Ambition 2008 Comfort Pack
Engine code: ???
Build date: October 2007
Odometer: 90k
Date when failed/broken down: 25/12/2011
How many injectors were replaced: 1 (#3)
Was injectors wiring also replaced: Yes
Cost to you: 13 days off the road during annual leave period. Received the car back the morning of my wedding.
More details: Failed the day after its 90k service in an Audi dealer workshop. Audi Customer Service refused to replace all four injectors and stated some such about it being a second hand car and not fully Audi serviced. The car was perfect and had been serviced every 15000kms both by Audi and twice (minor service) by a reputable local dealer. I bought it with 32k on the clock and it had run faultless until .... shut down !!!
Cost to me $2k parts and labour + $230 hire car cost.

Date when failed/ second time: 03/04/2012
Odometer: 97k
How many injectors were replaced: still at dealer
Was injectors wiring also replaced: still at dealer
Cost to you: 8 days and counting

More details: Audi Customer Service has indicated they will replace 1 failed injector (#2). It appears that the ECU may have also failed. The Audi Australia customer service guy stated he had not heard of this issue so I sent him a massive amount of information regarding the failure of the injectors so he would be better informed. Thank you forum\internet people.

Stay tuned. This was my first Audi. A really nice car by all standards, frugal, comfortable and perfect for my needs but .... the engine cutting out at 120km\hr in the fast lane (on an uphill stretch whilst overtaking) of a major freeway on Christmas day traffic, and again, stopping at night in a major intersection before Easter with a family holiday planned, the cost of the initial repair and the obfuscation of Audi Australia makes me a very unhappy consumer.

Stay tuned .....

Date when failed third time: TBA

[Greygrom]

After excellent representation from Central Coast Audi my failed injector issue has been resolved with the replacement of the remaining 3 injectors at Audi expense.

[VWgoty]

After excellent representation from Central Coast Audi my failed injector issue has been resolved with the replacement of the remaining 3 injectors at Audi expense.

So they should. Good to hear. All 4 injectors were replaced with our VW and we were told, the chance it happens again, is like 1 in a million. Lets hope they are right. VW injectors have 7 years warranty on them from car origin. Once that is over,we will think twice about keeping car. Its a pity.

[sporran]

State/City: Melbourne/Oz
Make: VW
Model: Passat Wagon 2.0 TDI (125 kw)
Engine code: BMR
Build date: Dec 07
Odometer: exact km's at the time of failure: 66138
Date when failed/broken down: day/month/year of failure: 9/5/12
Dealership name who carried out the repairs: Camberwell VW
How many injectors were replaced? All
Was injectors wiring also replaced? Yes
Cost to you: $0
Date when failed second time: Not Yet?

More details(optional). When the engine failed in busy traffic I knew the injectors would be the problem. The RACV guy agreed although he did minimal diagnostics. As I had a car load of tools and trailer on the back I got the car & trailer towed back home. The next day I paid ($14 for a tow to the dealership. Once there I expressed my concerns to the service guy who said that he would seek to get the job done as a gesture of goodwill by VWA, as i was several months outside warranty. He rang early the next day to say that VWA had come to the party and there would be no cost to me, in addition the job would be completed at close of business that day. All round a good outcome I would say.

[Greygrom]

Further information on my injector experience...

Still no car. It has been in the shop since the 3rd April.

It would appear that when Alto Pennant Hills fixed the first failed injector (#1) in January they somehow damaged the #1 piston and\or valves or they where damaged during the injector failure and subsequent total engine shutdown at 120km hr in the fast lane. For this "fix" Alto charged me $2000 of which I am yet to see a refund based on the FACT that the injector failure was due to a know faulty design.

Central Coast Audi replaced the other 3 injectors, put the whole lot back together and discovered a "strange noise" in the engine. Since then they have replaced valves and roller bearings, had the head and sump off and put the engine back a couple of times but the noise persisted. They tracked it down to .... #1 cylinder and are now waiting for a new piston and rings to arrive.

Audi Australia is yet to call me back or acknowledge the problem with these injectors and continues to bluff their way forward using the term "goodwill". GOODWILL .... I think that expired long ago.

Audi Central Coast has provided a loan car and continues to work towards a fix.

IMHO .... the term "good outcome" should not be attributed to the VAG policy of waiting until the injector fails and putting drivers in danger and then replacing these injectors. Nor should it be attributed to the FACT that the car owner has to go through the inconvenience of the break down, tow and service policy.

These injectors should be subject to a recall based on the safety factor alone.

Stay tuned this saga is far from over.