BlueThunderBunny
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I took my 2010 manual TDI Cup Jetta to my dealership today for the emissions modification after finalizing and having all the paperwork approved.
Just a few minutes after I signed all the dealership paperwork, my service advisor gets a call from the parts guy advising that I have a one-piece catalytic converter and DPF assembly, which they say is rare on 2010s but typical on 2009s. Apparently a few 2010s were built with some 2009 parts and vise-versa and are sometimes called "split-year" cars. Because of this they do cannot yet modify these cars, despite being able to modify both normal 2009 and normal 2010 cars.
The car has never been modified nor had repairs to the DPF or cat.
I called VW's settlement line and another dealership and got the same story. Nobody has any idea whatsoever when or if they'll get a fix approved for this small subset of cars. My dealer said they'd seen 5 ever, the other dealer said they'd seen 2.
I have no interest in a buy-back.
Has anybody had the same experience? Anybody know anything more about this issue or VW's progress fixing it? I'm concerned the repair option will simply be dropped as it was for 2012 Passat manuals.
Just a few minutes after I signed all the dealership paperwork, my service advisor gets a call from the parts guy advising that I have a one-piece catalytic converter and DPF assembly, which they say is rare on 2010s but typical on 2009s. Apparently a few 2010s were built with some 2009 parts and vise-versa and are sometimes called "split-year" cars. Because of this they do cannot yet modify these cars, despite being able to modify both normal 2009 and normal 2010 cars.
The car has never been modified nor had repairs to the DPF or cat.
I called VW's settlement line and another dealership and got the same story. Nobody has any idea whatsoever when or if they'll get a fix approved for this small subset of cars. My dealer said they'd seen 5 ever, the other dealer said they'd seen 2.
I have no interest in a buy-back.
Has anybody had the same experience? Anybody know anything more about this issue or VW's progress fixing it? I'm concerned the repair option will simply be dropped as it was for 2012 Passat manuals.