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kgbzz1

Passed Driver's Ed
This actually raises a little concern here...When I bought my GTI there was a white 2-door that arrived on the same truck as one of their two "launch" cars. While waiting for my car I saw the white GTI on the rack. Started a conversation with the service manager and he said it was getting a new engine. He did not elaborate apart from the fact that the engine was making a unacceptable noise. I had a moment of pause considering my options, but went ahead with the purchase anyway.

Hope this is not one of those decisions that one regrets...

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kgbzz1

Passed Driver's Ed
As a suggestion to the moderators: It may be a good idea to "sticky" this post as there may additional helpful information to follow.
 
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kgbzz1

Passed Driver's Ed
I for one hope that you are both correct...I do find it a bit suspect that a new car needed the engine replaced as soon as it was driven off the delivery truck.
 
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snsr

New member
I guess there is a very limited range of VINs that may have a problem (VIN ranges are posted on the Vortex, but the forums are down at the moment.) It's also been reported that the problem would make itself obvious very quickly.

I wouldn't worry about it- dealers are testing affected vin ranges, and my launch model GTI is running just fine after 1100 miles.
 
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zee

Go Kart Champion
I was watching the thread, but didn't notice a VIN range was posted. Good to hear
 
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zee

Go Kart Champion
Just took a look at the VINs that may have a problem. My Canadian GTI VIN which was built last week of August falls right in the middle.:thumbdown:.

Oh well...

here is the info

"GTI 2010 CCTA
CBFA
All WVW_ _ _ AJ_AW047600 WVW_ _ _ AJ_AW137298
Jetta 2010 CCTA
CBFA
All 3VW_ _ _ AJ_AM013377 3VW_ _ _ AJ_AM037456
Eos 2010 CCTA
CBFA
All WVW_ _ _AH_AV008208 WVW_ _ _ AH_AV008443
these are the VIN ranges copied/pasted from the RVU Bulletin...keep in mind not every car in theses ranges has the 2.0T, and only a small percentage was even destined for the united states... FWIW I was told there are fewer than 5000 cars to be inspected and the failure rate is expected to be less than 1%. I performed 2 of these "enhanced road tests" today on GTI's in stock and had no problem. I would be interested to know what the specific concern is, all we know is we are looking for abnormal engine noise. "
 
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Q822

Q822

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Yeap, my canadian GTi is in there too...
BUT the dealershop doesn't have it yet....

Do you think they're gonna check it before giving me the car or I should keep an eye on it...?
How can I be sure that they have done the verification ...Is there a recall number or something like that??

thank you
 
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GlutenBoy

Passed Driver's Ed
That's how I see things: If it's a recall i'll be notified. If something happens the warranty will kick in (The powertrain warranty is 5 years/100000km).
 
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zee

Go Kart Champion
Q822 said:
Yeap, my canadian GTi is in there too...
BUT the dealershop doesn't have it yet....

Do you think they're gonna check it before giving me the car or I should keep an eye on it...?
How can I be sure that they have done the verification ...Is there a recall number or something like that??

thank you
Click to expand...

From what the original thread said, it is not a recall and not all cars are affected. All cars in the vin range have to be driven a certain way during the PDI (pre-delivery inspection) by the dealer for 20-30kms. Cars with the issue will have the problem show immediately.

A poster of the information said it was a RVU (Required Vehicle Update)...and someone defined the RVU as industry slang for something you don't tell the customers about unless they complain about an issue with their car.
 
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