ByKeithBrown
Member
Hi.
I have a 2012 Jetta Sportwagen. After getting a dreaded check engine light, I found I needed an EGR valve and a DPF filter. I had the EGR replaced by a local mechanic, because at the time I was ignorant of the extended warranty on the car I've only had for just shy of four years. I subsequently learned, after a terrible experience with that clearly unscrupulous mechanic, that my car still had a couple thousand miles left on the extended warranty and that EGR would have been free. My mistake. Costly, but mine. I get that now.
But I still got the check engine light. I learned about the warranty, checked my VIN on the VW Dieselgate website and sure enough, I had just more than 2k left on the extended. I took it to a dealer near me, who replaced the DPF and a couple other minor things with the exhaust and viola! no more check engine light. Also, Klaus, my car, has more balls than he's ever had. Car runs great. The bill, however, for the work was $3,700. I didn't have to pay, thankfully, but holy cats that's a tough bill had I not caught it in time.
The dealer also said that I should look to get rid of the car when my warranty runs out, which is just 2,000 miles from now because, he said, there are going to be more problems with the exhaust, based on his experience with these cars. Given the exorbitant prices of used cars these days, I'm unable to buy anything anywhere close to comparable and I'm in no position to absorb a car payment. Plus, damn this car is nice. Especially now.
Does anyone keep these cars after the extended warranty runs out? I mean, how long before this DPF craps out again? Or something else expensive goes wrong? My plan was to drive this beast until it left me on the side of a road somewhere. But that dealer's words are ringing in my head. Anyone else have this experience?
Thanks in advance,
Keith.
I have a 2012 Jetta Sportwagen. After getting a dreaded check engine light, I found I needed an EGR valve and a DPF filter. I had the EGR replaced by a local mechanic, because at the time I was ignorant of the extended warranty on the car I've only had for just shy of four years. I subsequently learned, after a terrible experience with that clearly unscrupulous mechanic, that my car still had a couple thousand miles left on the extended warranty and that EGR would have been free. My mistake. Costly, but mine. I get that now.
But I still got the check engine light. I learned about the warranty, checked my VIN on the VW Dieselgate website and sure enough, I had just more than 2k left on the extended. I took it to a dealer near me, who replaced the DPF and a couple other minor things with the exhaust and viola! no more check engine light. Also, Klaus, my car, has more balls than he's ever had. Car runs great. The bill, however, for the work was $3,700. I didn't have to pay, thankfully, but holy cats that's a tough bill had I not caught it in time.
The dealer also said that I should look to get rid of the car when my warranty runs out, which is just 2,000 miles from now because, he said, there are going to be more problems with the exhaust, based on his experience with these cars. Given the exorbitant prices of used cars these days, I'm unable to buy anything anywhere close to comparable and I'm in no position to absorb a car payment. Plus, damn this car is nice. Especially now.
Does anyone keep these cars after the extended warranty runs out? I mean, how long before this DPF craps out again? Or something else expensive goes wrong? My plan was to drive this beast until it left me on the side of a road somewhere. But that dealer's words are ringing in my head. Anyone else have this experience?
Thanks in advance,
Keith.
