J.G.R.
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Bought a brand new, 115 miles, Jetta TDI last night. Drove off the lot late, 10:20pm. Here is what happened;
My finance was driving the Jetta in front of me to my house, about 10 miles away. About 1 mile from home she calls me and says there is a light blinking on the dash but everything sounds and feels fine. We got to my house and looked it up in the manual, it was the glow plug light, but when blinking it means "engine component failure, get to service center immediately".
We restarted the car and the light was off and everything seemed fine. I started to drive her home, about 3 miles, and about 1 mile from her house the blinking light came back on and the check engine light came on too.
We got out of the car and could hear a decently loud humming/buzzing noise.
The dealership is sending a tow truck out now and I stopped payment on the $7,500 check that was the down payment.
What should I do? Tell them to take it back and I want a new one? Wait to hear what the problem is and if it sounds like a small little thing just take the car back and hope it doesn’t happen again?
This sucks, but how can I make this work for me? I still love the new TDI, I just want one that’s not a lemon.
My finance was driving the Jetta in front of me to my house, about 10 miles away. About 1 mile from home she calls me and says there is a light blinking on the dash but everything sounds and feels fine. We got to my house and looked it up in the manual, it was the glow plug light, but when blinking it means "engine component failure, get to service center immediately".
We restarted the car and the light was off and everything seemed fine. I started to drive her home, about 3 miles, and about 1 mile from her house the blinking light came back on and the check engine light came on too.
We got out of the car and could hear a decently loud humming/buzzing noise.
The dealership is sending a tow truck out now and I stopped payment on the $7,500 check that was the down payment.
What should I do? Tell them to take it back and I want a new one? Wait to hear what the problem is and if it sounds like a small little thing just take the car back and hope it doesn’t happen again?
This sucks, but how can I make this work for me? I still love the new TDI, I just want one that’s not a lemon.