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Friend's new VW TDI nightmare
Just a word of warning that VW techs don't know how to fix these things.
A friend of mine who drives ALOT of miles a year bought a new TDI sportwag last summer, and has already racked up 20k miles. During our last cold snap the car had stalling issues and eventually quit. Towed into the local dealer. First phone call they told him they were replacing the fuel pump... he assumed they meant delivery pump, but turned out to be the Injection pump. Made no sense to replace that.
When that didn't fix the problem, they had no idea how to proceed. A specialist flew in and told them to replace the motor, said there's some TSB about condensation building up in the intercooler and hydrolocking the engine. Once again, made zero sense.
2 months and he still does not have his car back. Can you imagine if this car was out of warranty? Cars are getting so complicated, techs don't know where to begin without plugging in and a step by step computerized process. Rather than repairing, they can only replace things and hope.
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