So, about a month ago I was driving along fat, dumb, and happy when I got the 200 mile AD Blue Countdown to no restart. Holy Crap! ..... I service my car myself and add DEF with every Oil change. This has worked perfectly for 70000+ miles. Now I had only put about 3000 miles on the car since filling the DEF Blue tank an so I knew this was some "NEW" B.S. light. Unfortunately for me I was on a road trip about half way between Houston and San Antonio. So I pull over do some searches and find out this is ANOTHER common issue with these cars and I'm not the first one to see this. Some have gotten it scanned to find out it was a bad Nox sensor. Well I called the closest VW dealer to go get it scanned and it was behind me back in Katy, Tx. I turn around and drive an hour back the wrong way, just before getting to the dealer the warning light goes out!!! I continue to the dealer and ask them about the scan an I'm told it will cost 156 bucks!! Now I'm pissed, I spent all of my goodwill money getting my DEF tank heater fixed because I was tired of looking at that CEL on my dash back in December. VW was no help with that, now they want to gouge me again to just scan it and tell me why I'm getting this light.
Long story short, the light has been on and off 3 times now in the past month and I really have no desire to put another nickel into this car before giving it back. Anyone deal with this issue? If so what was the fix? I have already bought the replacement car and can drive it and just let the Passat sit until I turn it in, but hate paying for insurance to just let it set around for the next several months. Any help from those who have been through this would be much appreciated.
Long story short, the light has been on and off 3 times now in the past month and I really have no desire to put another nickel into this car before giving it back. Anyone deal with this issue? If so what was the fix? I have already bought the replacement car and can drive it and just let the Passat sit until I turn it in, but hate paying for insurance to just let it set around for the next several months. Any help from those who have been through this would be much appreciated.