lchris21
01-12-2006, 09:42 PM
Following the recent demise of my dual mass flywheel see this thread:
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3110&highlight=sick
I'm going to attempt to recoup some of my now estimated £1100 repair bill from VW.
The car is 3 years 8 months old and obviously outside of its 3 year industry standard warranty. It has been serviced regularly upto 95K with authorised VW dealers and the last two with VW specialist independents. Current mileage is 120K.
Agreed its not an inconsiderable amount of mileage, but by some inter-galactic standards you sometimes read about, not that much.
I spoke briefly with the dealer about the subject today, but don't hold out much hope of help from that area. >:( There was a lot of sharp intakes of breath, and shaking of heads going on. But undeterred, nothing ventured nothing gained ;)
The car has been following the longlife servicing regime, but the info on what that covers is a little sketchy ???
Whilst I accept the expense of replacing the clutch friction plate under normal wear & tear, I am increasingly becoming frustrated as to the prospect of shelling out for a component, which in my opinion should last the life of the engine.
So if anyone has any experience of getting VW to accept responsibility for failure of out of warranty components, I'd be glad for your input.
As a side, on a similar note just to prove miracles do happen. I once owned a Ducati 748 on which the engine lunched itself due to the failure of a timing belt tensioner failing. This was 2 months out of warranty at the time, but eventually after a long wait, Ducati footed the bill for the £5000 repair :D
Thanks
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3110&highlight=sick
I'm going to attempt to recoup some of my now estimated £1100 repair bill from VW.
The car is 3 years 8 months old and obviously outside of its 3 year industry standard warranty. It has been serviced regularly upto 95K with authorised VW dealers and the last two with VW specialist independents. Current mileage is 120K.
Agreed its not an inconsiderable amount of mileage, but by some inter-galactic standards you sometimes read about, not that much.
I spoke briefly with the dealer about the subject today, but don't hold out much hope of help from that area. >:( There was a lot of sharp intakes of breath, and shaking of heads going on. But undeterred, nothing ventured nothing gained ;)
The car has been following the longlife servicing regime, but the info on what that covers is a little sketchy ???
Whilst I accept the expense of replacing the clutch friction plate under normal wear & tear, I am increasingly becoming frustrated as to the prospect of shelling out for a component, which in my opinion should last the life of the engine.
So if anyone has any experience of getting VW to accept responsibility for failure of out of warranty components, I'd be glad for your input.
As a side, on a similar note just to prove miracles do happen. I once owned a Ducati 748 on which the engine lunched itself due to the failure of a timing belt tensioner failing. This was 2 months out of warranty at the time, but eventually after a long wait, Ducati footed the bill for the £5000 repair :D
Thanks