barshnik
Veteran Member
I got a letter from the District Court, Massachusetts indicating that VW had settled the long-standing issue of sludge / coking related damage to the 2001 - 2004 Passats with that engine.
My 2001 Passat died at 61k miles due to oil sludge build-up, all oil changes were either done at the dealer or myself with the proper oil. The dealer wanted 5k for the repair, and both them and VW denied any financial help. I had the engine rebuilt at a local independant for about 2.2k.
A little over 2 years ago I traded the Passat for my current JSW TDi and a boatload of cash. Of course, after getting hosed by VW on the Passat I swore I'd never buy another VW but repeated the error with the TDI, although it has been OK through 40k miles.
I threw out the paperwork for the repair as well as my correspondense trying to get VW to help with the cost of the rebuilt after giving the car away to the dealer as trade in. Damn.
I'll spend a little time on the web site to see if there is any way I might be able to recoup some cost for the rebuild.
The website is:
vwoilsludgesettlement.com
if anyone is interested. Any comments or help are welcome. How did VW manage to put this settlement off so long that most all who owned this piece 'o crap have long since unloaded it?
John F
My 2001 Passat died at 61k miles due to oil sludge build-up, all oil changes were either done at the dealer or myself with the proper oil. The dealer wanted 5k for the repair, and both them and VW denied any financial help. I had the engine rebuilt at a local independant for about 2.2k.
A little over 2 years ago I traded the Passat for my current JSW TDi and a boatload of cash. Of course, after getting hosed by VW on the Passat I swore I'd never buy another VW but repeated the error with the TDI, although it has been OK through 40k miles.
I threw out the paperwork for the repair as well as my correspondense trying to get VW to help with the cost of the rebuilt after giving the car away to the dealer as trade in. Damn.
I'll spend a little time on the web site to see if there is any way I might be able to recoup some cost for the rebuild.
The website is:
vwoilsludgesettlement.com
if anyone is interested. Any comments or help are welcome. How did VW manage to put this settlement off so long that most all who owned this piece 'o crap have long since unloaded it?
John F