I agree. To hell with the gift cards. Give me an extended warranty on powertrain and emissions (including the Ad Blue system), lifetime for original purchaser, and I'll burn the gift cards.
Really!? Can you agree this is SO much worse than airbags that explode, leaky fuel lines that may cause fires, the ignition switch scandal, steering racks that can break or come loose, etc. There are so many recalls out there for more severe and potentially DEADLY issues, and you think you deserve a refund of full original purchase price? If you think about, VW's lies actually saved consumers money with the potential fuel higher mileage their diesels provided, so if you net that against the damages caused to you personally by the excess NoX emissions, you'd probably still owe VW money. Just a thought.....
There is a link on this site showing the maintenance schedule. Start there.
No doubt because lawsuits will cost VW a lot of money. My point is that even though lawsuits are costly to whoever is sued the end result for those involved in class action suits that are not a part of the law firms is very little.
Just was at my local dealer this morning buying oil filters and asked about this. Parts guy confirms there is a 500 dollar gift card coming, the other 500 dollars is a VW Credit CARD with evidently 0 percent interest for 6 months or something, but from what he said its not another 500 free dollars. Article left out the card part of the credit offer.
I don't know what you're talking about. The whole $2000 loyalty incentive was a scam. I was trying to trade in my 11 Golf TDI for a new Mk7 Golf R just as the whole fiasco unfolded and as soon as I told them what my trade in was they said they WERE NOT ACCEPTING ANY TDI TRADE IN'S. The loyalty incentive was only for people that weren't affected by Dieselgate apparently. The deal was dead in the water. Only option is to hold until the dust settles now or plan on driving it into the ground.
I don't believe this will be the case.....
My comment was to give them for all VWs. I have one gasser and two TDIs, both super polluting common rails! ��
That's they way I read it too. In addition, VW could be fined for each day that everyone of these cars have been on the road prior to the discovery or admittance of cheating by VW. If the EPA had any punitive power over the consumer, then they could fine each owner per day once the fix is agreed to and the recall is announced. Don't worry, EPA has no power over the consumer.
That's a good idea (about the tune). I can easily ignore their "laundry list" of "needed" repairs. My thinking is that $500 will be a lifetime supply of oil filters, fuel filters, air filters, wiper blades, etc. The parts department is the only part of my dealership that I ever deal with.
I agree that all VW owners should get the cards. Even gasoline VWs resale values will probably decline.
Absolutely, it will be part of the agreement. Additionally, in CA one cannot affect the annual registration without
I think 98% of the people here would agree Henrick. The problem is the 2% of malcontents cry very loud and very often. No worries, they will crawl back under their rocks soon enough.
Lifetime? I dunno about that. I did oil/filter and fuel filter this past week. I sadly didn't plan ahead.......only place I could get the fuel filter was the VW dealer so I figured I'd just get it all there.
I think that last thing VW needs is for already frustrated TDI owners to be told there are strings attached to the TDI Goodwill Program.
What are the facts of this altercarion youve mentioned a couple times?
The wording states that all you need to get the cards activated is to visit your local dealer and present proof of ownership. I guess we'll find out Monday if this is the case.