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NHTSA-- I don't think a mandatory recall is necessary except for demonstrated safety hazards,(as in people being killed or hurt with the defect actually proven to be at fault) and a rough-running engine or even a stall has never been shown to be dangerous, in terms of actual evidence or accident data. It's more of a fear than a fact that such a thing would be dangerous. It's really no more dangerous than running out of gas. So I agree that a government mandated recall is not appropriate for this type of fault as genuinely annoying and inconvient as it may be. |
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| As I write this, my 2002 Passat has been sitting at the dealership waiting for a coil pack for the past 5 days. The dealer will not replace all four of them, only the one that went bad. I of course asked that all four be replaced, but was told they can only replace the one that went bad because of the difficulty in getting them. To add insult to injury, they gave me a Toyota Echo to drive around while I'm waiting. | |
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| Yes, but you will get all of them replaced as soon as they have them, so hopefully your hassles will soon be over on that count. | |
| I love my Passat, don't get me wrong... But it has been 10 days since I took it in to the dealer for a coil pack. The dealer has no idea when they will get it in. This is becoming totally ridiculous. Maybe I should have bought that Honda Accord. | |
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My Passat was at the dealership for 28 days waiting for two coils. They refused to replace the other two. It is my wife's car and she only uses the car to drive the kids to school. She refuses to drive any distance fearing the other two will go bad and leave her stranded. I am still waiting for the letter from VW concerning the replacement of the other coils. This is our last VW. |
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| I had already scheduled a Providence to Montreal round-trip when I became aware of the coilpack problem via the news media (my 2002 Passat GLS 1.8 blew two coils back in October but I thought it was an isolated incident). I debated the merits of renting a car for the 700 mile trip or just risking it with the Passat. I finally decided to go the rental route and made the trip without incident in a Mazda 626. I returned home on Monday, backed the Passat out of the garage for a quick trip to the corner store and...the two remaining defective coils blew out. Talk about a close call. I took it to the nearest dealer (VW of North Attleboro, MA) and they had me back on the road in one day, as they had in October. So now I'm whole again, with four replacement J series coilpacks. But it'll take awhile before I really feel secure again with this car, if ever. | |
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| Oh you will, especially after you see other makes of cars broken down on the highway. A streak of bad luck with our own cars has a way of narrowing our vision, don't you think? | |
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"A streak of bad luck with our own cars has a way of narrowing our vision, don't you think?" It's not just his car that has these problems. I don't know if you could call it a "streak of bad luck" when every 1.8T made had bad coils. That's quite a streak of bad luck..... |
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| I have a 1.8T with the H coils, and haven't had one go bad. I think it's unfair to say that every 1.8T has had a bad coil. I'm not saying that this isn't a widespread problem, because it is, just that your statement is not correct. | |
| My 2001.5 Passat has not had any failures after nearly 21 months. The occurance is incredibly small considering the amount of cars with the 1.8T engine (and the others that used the coils). It's an unfortunate situation but it's being addressed now by VW, albeit a little late. | |
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