Fsonicsmith
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I have done a search and am surprised that is not addressed somewhere. I have a 2015 "re-commissioned" Golf TDI with a leaking rear hatch. I am pretty sure that the rear hatch seal is bad. My VW dealer says that the vehicle is out of warranty on the basis that it first went into service in August of 2014 and that the bumper to bumper warranty therefor expired in Augustg of 2017. Now that the 2015 Mk7's have been on the market through the auction houses, does VW have a specific position as to warranty? I ask because most of the 2015's were originally sold in 2014 meaning that the the three year/36,000 whichever comes first warranty technically expired at some point in 2017 but we all know that for the better part of two years out of those three, the cars just sat at Pontiac MI waiting for the re-commission plan to be approved and performed.
Two months ago I bought my son a '15 Golf TDI from a small used car dealer that had just bought the newly recommissioned and released vehicle at auction for resale. It has 29,000 miles on it. The used car dealer sold it "as-is" but represented that the engine and drivetrain were still under factory warranty. I have no beef with the used car dealer but do with VW. As a lawyer, I think I can make an argument that while the car sat being stored by VW due to actions by VW, the bumper to bumper warranty ought to be "tolled" (as we lawyers call it-meaning the warranty time is no longer running for the time the vehicle just sat and was stored) for the time that the car sat. Before I do my sword rattling routine with VW, I thought it best to ask this group-has VW taken an official position on this yet? I know most of you hate lawyers so please go easy on me. Yes, I could have limited my purchase to Certified Used.
Two months ago I bought my son a '15 Golf TDI from a small used car dealer that had just bought the newly recommissioned and released vehicle at auction for resale. It has 29,000 miles on it. The used car dealer sold it "as-is" but represented that the engine and drivetrain were still under factory warranty. I have no beef with the used car dealer but do with VW. As a lawyer, I think I can make an argument that while the car sat being stored by VW due to actions by VW, the bumper to bumper warranty ought to be "tolled" (as we lawyers call it-meaning the warranty time is no longer running for the time the vehicle just sat and was stored) for the time that the car sat. Before I do my sword rattling routine with VW, I thought it best to ask this group-has VW taken an official position on this yet? I know most of you hate lawyers so please go easy on me. Yes, I could have limited my purchase to Certified Used.