this is a very bad news for all of us who wanted to keep this car for long...i have a 2009 with 156K on it...was pretty confident until 2 years ago about keeping this car for a long time as i had seen cars covered with 180+ miles..but now...not anymore...as i am pretty sure VW will start denying coverage for all of those who are out of this extended warranty
For you in the US, I agree. VW has been replacing the HPFP under goodwill well over 120k miles.
Assuming this applies to Canadians as well, it's an improvement. I had my HPFP replaced at just over 90k km (55k miles) and since that was no longer in the bumper-to-bumper warranty, coverage was initially refused. However I negotiated a 66% reimbursement from VW (worked out to 50% as I insisted on new and not remanufactured). I'm hoping we Canadians get the same letter and it offers reimbursement for repairs already paid.
What this extended "warranty" really says is that VW has no clue about what is causing the failures, so the best they can do is extend the warranty and not offer a recall (makes no sense to recall and replace with the same defective design). They are doing the same thing with the exhaust flap.
They also did this to the HPFP cam followers on the original 2.0Ts (the HPFP on that engine runs off the camshaft).
It really boils down to "the accountants figured this was the cheapest solution for VW".
I hope it doesn't affect resale value as the car approaches 120k!
My take on VW, after this, the 2.0T cam followers, the exhaust flap, and the balance shaft drive on the BHW 2.0 TDIs, is that it's risky to own a VW beyond 120k miles (193k km). Our B5.5 has well over 270k km now, and my Golf is at 135k km. I am considering either trading it next spring, or shipping it out west where we have a secondary residence and go visit often; it would save us renting a car each time we go and we plan to spend winters there in a couple of years. That way it will last long in years, if not in mileage.
The B5.5 is used infrequently by my oldest son; when it dies, it's going to be parted out or junked.