dweisel
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Wife's 09 Jetta sedan tdi with 11,000 miles. She reluctantly took it to the dealership for the warranty oil change on Monday. Friday she starts having trouble. Blinking glow plug light and lack of power under load.Called the service manager at the local dealership and he said it was probably the brake switch. Which at first I didn't think possible. Checked here with the forum and a couple members said they had the same or similar problem.I test drove it after I got home and when I started it the check engine light was on,but not the blinking glow plug light. I drove it out the road and it seemed to run okay. I put the cruise control on and it functioned as it should. Then the glow plug light started to blink and there was a chime. I then tried the cruise control.............it wouldn't work. So, I'm thinking its the brake switch just as the service manager said. Wife takes it into the dealership Monday to get it worked on. While she is waiting to it to be worked on the manager comes out and ask if she has someone that can pick her up.There are codes on it that they have no idea what they are and need to call VW Tech and it will be awhile. They give her a loaner to drive home. She calls me and explains the situation. This isn't good. At 2pm they call and say we got contaminated fuel and there is metal throughout the fuel system and $6,500 damage. I'm really not buying this and go to the dealership and talk to the service manager. He says that there was metal in the fuel tank and metal in the fuel filter and shows me some fuel in a one gallon container with some very fine metal particles in it and a Mountain Dew bottle full of fuel that they will send to VW because VW will want a fuel sample. If it wasn't for the seriousness of the whole thing, thats laughable. They also said that they drained approximately 12 gallons from the fuel tank that was also contaminated with lots of metal. I leave the dealership and go talk to my regular diesel mechanic. He is quite skeptical,wondering how metal could get though the whole fuel system even if it was in the tank. I then call a towing company with a rolloff and meet them at the dealership. I then tell the dealership to box up any loose parts and I'm taking my car home. For some reason the mechanic seems to want me to leave the service bay and go tell the service manager what I'm going to do. I tell him I'm staying here with the car and my wife is taking care of the bill. $338.00. What do you guys think? Oh.........one other thing. The car was purchased at VW of Langhorne from Chris Farnham. What a mistake it was to take it to the VW dealership here in Wheeling,WV. What a nightmare this is turning out to be.
Here is a list of parts needed for replacement or repair from the dealership:
Diesel fuel filter remove & replace 90
Fuel cooler remove & reinstall 110
Fuel gauge sender remove & reinstall 90
Electric fuel pump remove & reinstall 130
Fuel tank remove & reinstall 470
Electric fuel pump remove & reinstall 70
4 injectors remove & reinstall 290
Technical check 500
Distibution rail remove & reinstall 130
Supply line remove & reinstall 200
Return line remove & reinstall 200
Toothed belt remove & reinstall 220
High pressure pump remove & reinstall 250
Mr & Mrs Unhappy Dweisel
Here is a list of parts needed for replacement or repair from the dealership:
Diesel fuel filter remove & replace 90
Fuel cooler remove & reinstall 110
Fuel gauge sender remove & reinstall 90
Electric fuel pump remove & reinstall 130
Fuel tank remove & reinstall 470
Electric fuel pump remove & reinstall 70
4 injectors remove & reinstall 290
Technical check 500
Distibution rail remove & reinstall 130
Supply line remove & reinstall 200
Return line remove & reinstall 200
Toothed belt remove & reinstall 220
High pressure pump remove & reinstall 250
Mr & Mrs Unhappy Dweisel
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