"How would they know what;s correct?"
Yeah, and would I really want to buy a car that's been sitting for 3 years? It's hard on cars to sit.
Fixes/changes require EPA cert, or at the very least, approval/notification. No cert, no release, so the EPA should be a central point for that data, since they gate it. In TX, at least, test station gear comes from the state, so one source for that and it's support . . . a one to one relationship would not seem to be that difficult to maintain . . . product family should have a list of emission legal flashes, so other than model. VIN is largely irrelevant . . . (or so it would seem). Pretty trivial in technology, an albatross (likely) in bereaucracy . . .
From what I recall, people were saying there wouldn't be a fix without increasing fuel consumption and/or reducing power.
There were also plenty of people who were absolutely insistent that no fix of any kind would ever be approved for the gen 1 cars. I think they just wanted to see them all crushed.
I think a lot of that was based on the fact that 85% of owners chose the buyback. People were skeptical that VW would invest the resources to fix the remaining 15% of cars for people who wanted the fix.
In all fairness, how many people actually thought that VW would be required to facilitate such an aggressive buyback campaign?
I dont think there was/is anything wrong with having an opinion on something that is unknown...such as the fix for Gen1 a month ago for example. But there were some folks on here who insisted...heavily...without a doubt...that there will not be a fix at all and stuck their nose in every possible thread to let others know what they thought was the only true opinion and attacked others.
No, not at all. But to express certainty about an unknown is, well, silly. Even more so when that certainty is based on assumptions that are provably false (to cite one example that was repeated here a few times, "There will never be a fix for Gen1 cars because they won't be able to add a DEF system" when it's already known, due to the agreements, that they won't be adding a DEF system).
I just got off the phone with mine, and they won't make appointments yet....until the 11th. I think I will call on tue to try again. She says they haven't been given any information yet from VW on how to proceed with the Gen 1 cars. All she says she has recieved is a memo this morning to tell customers they screwed up in telling us we could schedule immediately and that we'll be getting an apology email from VW soon. LOL
Interesting. The service scheduler said she had just been given information on how to proceed and that there was already a list of people who had called in to get on the schedule for a gen 1 fix. She joked and said "It seems like all of you knew about this even before me!" This was the second dealer I called in San Antonio (luckily 3 to choose from in that city). The first said they would pass my information onto the service scheduling dept. This one was very quick and willing to get me in as soon as they could. I verified the Aug 11 date of parts arriving at their dealership and she knew about that as well. If you have he ability call around to a few local area dealers. Best of luck!
From the conversations I just had with the dealer, upon drop off for the modification and first call over the phone, yes MK6 would probably be responsible for the cost of a replacement DPF if cracked. Thankfully on those it is a two piece and not a $3,200 part. I have a MK5 that walked in with a p0401 today. Service Manager called and says the fault is relating to the EGR cooler (I'm guess EGR Valve 2 being restricted) and is included in the emissions modification. I'm not sure if the DPF is also a cause and it just so happens to be in the modification as well, he didn't say anything about that though.
Funny, I like some of the clanging noises. But I have to agree I don't like all the regens, large and small. It seems like it's almost constant, with the surging accompanied by increased EGT temperatures and decreased mpg. That said, in general, the car goes down the road just fine. I also don't regret getting the $5100 and I don't regret getting the extended warranty! I got a new exhaust manifold!
The good thing is the warranty was there for you. The bad thing is the DPF life is much longer normally than 3,000 miles - did the dealer indicate what the cause of the premature failure was, or did they fix the cause of the premature failure? If not, I would worry about it failing again 3,000 miles from now.
