Had my Jetta in at Woodstock on Wednesday, to be diagnosed by a distinguished diesel technician. It goes back this coming Wednesday, getting a new turbo, done under warrantee. There was a comment made that this dealer has seen a number of failures recently, specifically with non-chipped PD's. I was just being curious with my orginal post.Toronto_Vento said:There used to be a lot of turbo failures when people started chipping their cars. The tuners didn't realize that the spikes in boost could screw up the turbos big time. That's why a lot of people went to the investment of a dawes device or similar. After these measures were taken, and things were more understood, the rate of turbo failures decreased.
There still are some turbos which fail...but generally if a VW dealer does the work, and tells a customer to replace the turbo, it's often a mis-diagnosis.
Not yet...this one is VW's dime. Next one though, without a doubt.Vik F said:upgrading???
I assume you mean the Woodstock VW dealer? I am curious why you took it to Woodstock - you mentioned the tech?OhMagoo said:Had my Jetta in at Woodstock on Wednesday, to be diagnosed by a distinguished diesel technician. It goes back this coming Wednesday, getting a new turbo, done under warrantee. There was a comment made that this dealer has seen a number of failures recently, specifically with non-chipped PD's. I was just being curious with my orginal post.
That is not limp mode.upi said:Had to stomp on the gas and get it over 2500 rpm, before the power kicked in, otherwise it stayed in limp mode.
If you go to Woodstock VW, there is a tech there called Gerry. He's known as Diesel Dazzler here. He is an excellent person to talk to in general, and is very knowledgable about diesels. He knows his TDIs inside and out. If you take your car there, try and request that he works on your car specifically.upi said:I assume you mean the Woodstock VW dealer? I am curious why you took it to Woodstock - you mentioned the tech?
Had a 03 TDI that I traded in this summer and it was having turbo problems, no mods or chips on it. Had to stomp on the gas and get it over 2500 rpm, before the power kicked in, otherwise it stayed in limp mode.