I have a related story to the re-issue of the card. I had one of these dealer only VISA cards that expired in January. I called in May to ask if they could re-issue it or extend it and they said that they could not because the goodwill program ended in April. Had I called before 4/30 they would have done it.
A month or so later I received one of these VISA use at dealer only cards again, and also a VISA debit card that VW issued me for something else. I figured the dealer only card was part of that, but it had an exp date of 10/17.
So, yesterday, I went to the dealer to purchase some splash guards for my GSW and figured that I had $300 to spend so I had them installed as well.
I had not activated the card yet, so I called to do so (forgot to do that BEFORE committing to the installation). After activating, the message said I had a balance of $64.55.
Well, I was thinking I had $300 on that card. So, I ended up having to pay for the majority of that work on on a credit card.
I called to ask about this, and the card company said that they know nothing other than they sent a card loaded with that amount on 5/30. So I called VW and they told me that they must have re-issued the card to me from the original goodwill program.
I did not think that would happen as they told me months ago that it was impossible to extend or reissue the card since the program had ended.
My dumb ass should have called to activate the bloody card ahead of time, I know...but looking back it is kind of funny. I was out of town for the first part of June and July, so I missed the mail with this card until much later. Hmmph.