mfusco
Member
What is the official status of VW for the '96 TDI exhaust resonance problem? At 40k, my car was in the dealer for a week because they couldn't find that source of the resonance problem. The flex bellows exiting the turbo was removed and cleaned and "bent" to not resonate. According to the dealer, this was the VWOA fix. The new TDI's (Jetta) have been corrected and no longer have this problem. I'm now at 60k and have what appears to be a cracked flex bellows which is distributing exhaust soot all over the bottom of my car. It must be a small exhaust leak becuase it isn't very noisy. I'm wondering if this is going to be an ongoing problem with this car. At 40k, I asked if I'm going to have to go through this every 40k and was told that It'll never happen again. We'll guess what.
I would like to know if there is a permanent fix rather than the recommended "bend the pipe to a different angle". I was lucky the first time because the dealer never encountered the problem and worked with VW for the week to fix the problem. The turbo was removed, too. I had to pay $150 for everything, which seemed cheap with relation to all of the work that was done. I'm afraid I'm going to have to pay through the nose this time and want to receive a permanent fix instead of an "adjustment".
I read the past archives looking for this problem and didn't see any real solutions. I love this car and don't need a reason to sour my love for the beast.
I would like to know if there is a permanent fix rather than the recommended "bend the pipe to a different angle". I was lucky the first time because the dealer never encountered the problem and worked with VW for the week to fix the problem. The turbo was removed, too. I had to pay $150 for everything, which seemed cheap with relation to all of the work that was done. I'm afraid I'm going to have to pay through the nose this time and want to receive a permanent fix instead of an "adjustment".
I read the past archives looking for this problem and didn't see any real solutions. I love this car and don't need a reason to sour my love for the beast.