glennrusan
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What special tools are required? who sells them? Is the procedure similar to the A3 or A4 even though my engine is not tranverse mounted?
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It differs for everyone as we each have a different situation. For me it's really not an issue as I have 53K at 4 years = relatively low mileage = even a straight up replacement would be every 8 years or so. If you rack up the mileage it would seem the permanent fix would be the only cost effective measure. Even @ 3K it's still far less than a car payment, any car payment.Kevinski said:So what is the bottom line? Listen for the "blender noise", wait till you hear the noise, wonder if what your hearing is the noise, replace everything at same time as the timing belt service, replace the shaft only, get the new VW kit, or just dump the vehicle?
Glenn, what engine are you talking about? The dealer said *who* changed the TB replacement interval?glennrusan said:My owners manual calls for the timing belt @ 160,000 kilometers, the dealer said that has been changed to 128,000 kilometers.
There is no dealer rumor, the updated number/mileage for timing belt replacement is in revised Maintenance Schedules. If the dealers are in fact pulling BHW schedules from VW's online databases, they will see that as of May 2008, the previous 100k miles belt change is now listed as 80K. I don't think this required any direct mailing to customers, as this is not a recall. My dealer told me it was 80k miles the last time I was at the service counter, and I asked them why the book said 100k. The answer was that it had been revised....Smokerr said:There seems to be a dealer rumor floating around that its now lower, but there has been no documentation or notification sent (and I got the notification for the brake light switch and have not moved since we bought the car).
The consensus is that you can use the 160k figure, though you are getting close at 150k you have.
The 128K figure would be in line with 80,000 US miles which was used with the older style timing belts, these are new and improved.
It is interesting that if you go online to vw.com and look up the maintenance schedule they still list replace at 100K and check at 80k.dhuddleson said:There is no dealer rumor, the updated number/mileage for timing belt replacement is in revised Maintenance Schedules. If the dealers are in fact pulling BHW schedules from VW's online databases, they will see that as of May 2008, the previous 100k miles belt change is now listed as 80K. I don't think this required any direct mailing to customers, as this is not a recall. My dealer told me it was 80k miles the last time I was at the service counter, and I asked them why the book said 100k. The answer was that it had been revised....
Now, it would be nice if they at least posted it on a notice board at the service counter, or handed us a dated printout on each visit.
Recall or not failure to notify owners would put VW on the hook - period. One would think VoA would have learned this lesson with the 1.8T debacle.dhuddleson said:There is no dealer rumor, the updated number/mileage for timing belt replacement is in revised Maintenance Schedules. If the dealers are in fact pulling BHW schedules from VW's online databases, they will see that as of May 2008, the previous 100k miles belt change is now listed as 80K. I don't think this required any direct mailing to customers, as this is not a recall. My dealer told me it was 80k miles the last time I was at the service counter, and I asked them why the book said 100k. The answer was that it had been revised....
A change in the timing belt interval WILL trigger a mailing from VW. I just got one last week for my EOS telling me the TB interval for the 2.0T was changed to 110,000 miles.dhuddleson said:There is no dealer rumor, the updated number/mileage for timing belt replacement is in revised Maintenance Schedules. If the dealers are in fact pulling BHW schedules from VW's online databases, they will see that as of May 2008, the previous 100k miles belt change is now listed as 80K. I don't think this required any direct mailing to customers, as this is not a recall. My dealer told me it was 80k miles the last time I was at the service counter, and I asked them why the book said 100k. The answer was that it had been revised....
Now, it would be nice if they at least posted it on a notice board at the service counter, or handed us a dated printout on each visit.
If VW made a good faith effort to notify the customer then the customer is SOL..............the issue here is if they do NOT notify anyone but the dealer network of a change in TB maintenance then VW is on the hook.senez said:So what happens then if failure occurs before 100k, but the customer never received the mailed notification?
You may want to read this thread regarding a letter from VW about the timing belt interval.glennrusan said:My owners manual calls for the timing belt @ 160,000 kilometers, the dealer said that has been changed to 128,000 kilometers.
Read it, opinion is the same - either a mistake was made or they're on the hook. History shows us VoA has a track record of issues due to conflicting/misleading maintenance schedules (1.8T).KALaBenne said:You may want to read this thread regarding a letter from VW about the timing belt interval.
Not me, original owner who hasn't changed location.senez said:OK, so in this case, has VW thus far made a good faith effort to contact buyers?
Thanks, saved that off.MOGolf said:See the second page of this: http://pics.tdiclub.com/data/3419/2005_BHW_maintenance.pdf
I'm no lawyer, but I know a few..........lack of communication is how you end up with an 8 year unlimited mileage warranty letter shown here:senez said:So long as my book and VW's website tell me my interval is 100k, that's what it is to me.