Fuel pump problem on 2012 Jetta TDI's & warranty

I'm not savvy with car maintenance in general, hence my question.

Let's say I buy a 2012 Jetta TDI (a BB that's back on the market) and I get the extended warranty of 54,000 miles (or 4yrs 6mos). I know that the 2012's have problems with the fuel pump failing/going bad as it gets closer to 90K miles (maybe sooner?) and VW is aware of this because this problem was fixed in 2013-2015 cars. Fwiw, the fuel system is covered under this extended warranty.

Knowing my driving habits, it's likely that the extended warranty would expire before this problem were to pop up. With this in mind, could I get the dealer to fix this "problem" on my 2012 Jetta before it goes bad and before the warranty expires? (I'm not aware of any official recalls regarding this but since VW is aware of this "problem", wouldn't they be inclined to fix it?)

If not, any idea what the cost of repair would be for such a job? I hear it's pretty high but I have no idea how much.

Warranty only covers a failed part, it is not preemptive. The tdi earranty should be the greater of 10years/120k or 4.5years/54k.... i am assuming you are purchasing from a vw dealer not a private party.

The HPFP probably was definitely not fixed on the 2013 TDI. I know from personal experience. The HPFP grenaded in my 2013 TDI at 117,000 miles. VW refused to warranty the issue, because the 2013 did not get the 120,000 extended warranty for some reason. I paid $5000 to get the car back on the road.

OK, thank you both for that information!

sriracha said:

The HPFP probably was definitely not fixed on the 2013 TDI. I know from personal experience. The HPFP grenaded in my 2013 TDI at 117,000 miles. VW refused to warranty the issue, because the 2013 did not get the 120,000 extended warranty for some reason. I paid $5000 to get the car back on the road.

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Isn't the HPFP included in the extended emission warranty? I thought it's in writing in the court approved documents.

It is, but that poster's incident may have happened prior to the "fix".

It's probably something like 5 out of 100 vehicles that have a hpfp failure within 300k miles. Not very reassuring if you're one of the five, but not exactly russian roulette.