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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1."
No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some Volkswagen vehicles." Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make any mention of it in the cover letter. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent.
Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, replace it "Bert Hyman" > wrote in message ... > Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1." > > No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some > Volkswagen vehicles." > > Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already > suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer > Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make > any mention of it in the cover letter. > > -- > Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
In "LG" > wrote:
> So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent. > Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, > replace it Hidden away on the reimbursement form is reference to http://www.vwcoils.com. If you click "Is My Vehicle Affected" on the left menu, you'll be able to enter the year, model and engine of your car (which will show up only if it's actually affected) and you'll see a range of dates over which you should expect to get the letter. For my '02 Passat 1.8T, the range is from Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010, so they're giving themselves a lot of elbow room. > > "Bert Hyman" > wrote in message > ... >> Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1." >> >> No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some >> Volkswagen vehicles." >> >> Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already >> suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer >> Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make >> any mention of it in the cover letter. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
LG wrote:
> So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent. > Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, replace > it Reading through Volkswagen forums on www.vwvortex.com, someone posted the following URL: http://www.vwcoils.com That's a site that Volkswagen created for information about the ignition coil recall. There's an option on the left that says "Is My Vehicle Affected?", and for models with the 2.5L engine, it lists the notification date as March 2010 - August 2010. For cars that have a potentially significant problem, that seems like a long wait for a notification letter and fix. VW has said that there is a shortage of new ignition coils; however, since VW has known about this problem for quite a while, I'd think they would be more prepared for it. I'd think that a car company would want to fix serious issues like this quickly, but 2001-2007 is quite a while - That implies that VW has sold quite a few cars that might have this ignition coil issue. I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've had a problem like this for so long. Eric |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
Wow, so this isn't a flashback to 2002!
nate Bert Hyman wrote: > In "LG" > wrote: > >> So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent. >> Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, >> replace it > > Hidden away on the reimbursement form is reference to > http://www.vwcoils.com. > > If you click "Is My Vehicle Affected" on the left menu, you'll be able > to enter the year, model and engine of your car (which will show up only > if it's actually affected) and you'll see a range of dates over which > you should expect to get the letter. > > For my '02 Passat 1.8T, the range is from Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010, so > they're giving themselves a lot of elbow room. > >> "Bert Hyman" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1." >>> >>> No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some >>> Volkswagen vehicles." >>> >>> Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already >>> suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer >>> Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make >>> any mention of it in the cover letter. > -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
> I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a
> VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've > had a problem like this for so long. When / where did you use to hear THAT? : ) |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
The mailings will be done in batches and so far the ones released seem to be
only for the 1.8T "Eric O." > wrote in message ... > LG wrote: >> So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent. >> Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, >> replace it > > Reading through Volkswagen forums on www.vwvortex.com, someone posted the > following URL: > http://www.vwcoils.com > That's a site that Volkswagen created for information about the ignition > coil recall. There's an option on the left that says "Is My Vehicle > Affected?", and for models with the 2.5L engine, it lists the notification > date as March 2010 - August 2010. > > For cars that have a potentially significant problem, that seems like a > long wait for a notification letter and fix. VW has said that there is a > shortage of new ignition coils; however, since VW has known about this > problem for quite a while, I'd think they would be more prepared for it. > > I'd think that a car company would want to fix serious issues like this > quickly, but 2001-2007 is quite a while - That implies that VW has sold > quite a few cars that might have this ignition coil issue. > > I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a VW > myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've had a > problem like this for so long. > > Eric |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
In2hoppn wrote:
>> I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a >> VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've >> had a problem like this for so long. > > When / where did you use to hear THAT? > : ) From many different people, including people who owned VWs, in the 80s through mid 90s or so. |
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
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Got the ignition coil recall notice ...
Nah, the 80's weren't any good either. I only got 18 years and 314,000 miles
on my '83 GTI before I sold it (with the original engine) ... and bought my '01 Jetta TDI which now has 200,000 miles on it. :-) "Eric O." > wrote in message ... > In2hoppn wrote: >>> I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a >>> VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've >>> had a problem like this for so long. >> >> When / where did you use to hear THAT? >> : ) > > From many different people, including people who owned VWs, in the 80s > through mid 90s or so. |
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