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Grelims are not that bad, really. With some cars, you have gremlins waiting for you. Luckily, that is not the case with VWs. And Grelim's faulty coil packs are replaced under warranty. - D |
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This gremlin will leave us stranded. Squeaks and rattles are one thing. Even an MFA that doesn't work all the time. But a coil pack? This is a KNOWN issue by VW (they admitted to it in AutoWeek). There is a 3-5 week backorder on these things in certain areas of the country. This is also a safety issue: on the highway with an 18 wheeler closely following, and bang. Coil pack dead. What happens next I dare not say. This should be a recall. Plain and simple. VW had a good coil pack design from 98 through 01. Then they went with a different supplier to save a few bucks. Now 1.8Ts are blowing coil packs left and right. VW saw this, and went back to the original (or yet another) supplier. -Craig |
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it took VW two years to track it down, acknowlidge the problem and fix it! It took Chrysler over TEN years to even admit their tranny problems in their minivans! Did the supplier of the bad coil packs supply VW with most of their Jetta parts as well? |
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Hi, I have a 2002 1.8t Passat Wagon, I have been reading a lot about the coils problems, although mine haven't failed yet, should I ask my dealer to replace them? would they be covered under the warranty? thanks a lot! |
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| Dealers will not do what you state unless there is a offiical recall. The Warranty will only cover when things go wrong not in anticipation of a problem happening. | |
| Perhaps not all Passats used the offending supplier or lots of the problem coils anyway. | |
| There is much information on this thread over at http://clubb5.zeroforum.com | |
| so i havea 2002 passat, and have had the same problem, started it one morning, smelled rotten eggs, the car shook abnormally, and would hardly go over 30mph. took it to the dealership and they've had it for 2 1/2 weeks now. they've been waiting for the part - the coil patch they called it. so we contacted vw of america talked to people at corporate headquartersand eventually got a free rental car, taxes paid by vw and all...turns out i get it back thursday! i'm happy as hell, i miss driving my european turbo tank...nore so than this 2001 dodge stratus rental. if there is such a probloem with this one part, it should be recalled...if it were a ford car, it would have been recalled a year ago. (that could be taken as a knock to ford or a compliment) | |
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| Just wondering if any of you have been charged for the repairs that have been made on the coil packs? | |
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