As unfortunate as your experience is, it is highly unlikely that every '09+ TDI will experience a fuel pump failure. There are many '09s out there now that have had no such failure. The statistics that we've seen indicate that less than 1% of '09+ TDI sales in the US have had a failure.I have only seen the ULSD sticker on pumps around here, I know the safeway on the westside of Olympia has B5. But other than that I think they are all straight diesel. We had only used the fuel from when the dealer filled it up, I threw $30 in it one day, then filled it. Both at two different 76 stations.
I wasn't asking the dealership for an extended warranty. That is us asking VWofA for something in lieu of total replacement. At this point I feel certain that every TDI '09 and up is going to go through this at some point or another, so I feel the repaired car might in fact be better than a new one.
I strongly urge everyone who has an issue, even if it is small with your fuel system to register the problem with www.safecar.gov This is the only way that we will get a recall developed.
I don't know about you, but I can't afford a $9,000 repair after the warranty is up. Let's force VW to make a product that is going to last like we all thought we put our hard earned money out for.
Sorry for the HPFP issue on your brand-new '11.
We were hoping that the latest HPFP redesign had addressed the failure issues once and for all, but that appears not to be the case.
If the car were filled/topped off with gasoline by the dealer, it's highly unlikely that the OP would have gotten 1,300+ miles before having trouble.Some of the young punks these dealers hire to clean and do basic tasks such as fill sold cars full of fuel are likely to blame in more cases than we will ever know. They're even less likely than the owner to be cognizant of the fact the car doesn't run on gasoline. This past winter these kids were clearing snow around the new vehicles on the lot. I was in utter disbelief watching them... First they pulled open the doors, tugging the doors through deep snow, then they would plow the front end of the car through the deep snow berms.. In several cases they made a couple runs at the berm to plow through! Finally they'd go to their business running a little tractor to clear away the snow... This process probably took 20-30 minutes, but here's the icing on the cake - They left the cars to idle that whole time in sub-freezing temps.
I just received a phone message from the service writer. They seem to think that the fuel sending unit has gone bad. This was making the car think that it had less fuel than it actually did?! But wait! there was fuel in the car, so why the F did it shut down! at 65mph none the less. F this car...I am patiently awaiting his return call.[/QOTE]
It will be interesting to see what the dealer comes up with. The reading of the fuel level has nothing to do with the fuel sending unit pump. It pumps fuel regardless of fuel level. It will keep running even with an empty fuel tank.So,it doesn't mater "what the car thinks''
But if the fuel sending unit pump went bad the car would act as though it ran out of fuel even with a full tank of fuel.
Express your safety concerns about your wife and child to VW Customer Care and I'm sure they will work with you on a resolution.
File a complaint immediately with NHTSA, state that it's a safety hazard to your wife and your new unborn 3 month old fetus. State it is also your second HPFP failure on your car in your report.Well here we are less than a year later. 18k more miles, just at over 20k andI received a frantic phone call from my now 3 month pregnant wife.
By her accord the "curly que" light was flashing on the dash. This afternoon on her way home from work. I was working at the time, and she just informed me that she lost all power on the freeway and barely made it from the fast lane to the nearest freeway exit.
I told her to call roadside assistance and within 40 minutes the tow truck was there and once again for the 2nd time in less than a year our car was out of commission. The dealership looked up our previous service history and all the service writer could say is wow, this car has had a lot of work done.
So here we go again, down this lonely road I've been before..Has anybody ever had 2 hpfp failures!? or are we just lucky?
Has anyone ever had luck with VWoA buying cars back? not looking for people to tell me that's dumb, or good luck. I am however worried about the mother of my unborn child who commutes 100 miles a day being in a safe car. I just feel like we got rid of one POS for another..![]()
I suspect these owners continue to fuel up at the same station(s) where they got their crappy fuel which took out their first HPFP, setting the stage for another HPFP failure.It seems like there are a fair number of people reporting multiple HPFP failures, almost to the point where it seems if you have one, you are more likely to have another. I wounder why that is.
Why has the government not stepped in yet for a forced recall?!?
"It is essential that the lubricity of the fuel as measured by the HFRR test specified in ISO 12156-1 meets the requirement of a wear scar diameter not greater than 460 microns. In addition, it is recommended by the Diesel FIE manufacturers, that “first fill” of the fuel tank should be with fuel with good lubricity characteristics (HFRR < 400 μm) in order to guarantee good “run-in” of the injection system components. The US diesel specification (ASTM D 975-09) includes a lubricity value of 520 μm maximum (according to ASTM D 6079). It is expected that the useful operating lifetime of any mechanical component will be adversely affected by fuel with a lubricity exceeding 460 microns."