coils

[Jon Linkov]

So, everyone of the 100,000 1.8t engined cars show up to get 4 of the 1000
or so coils that are in the US? The article said they are cranking them out
as fast as they can. With your solution, you'll be on this list complaining
that Audi issued a recall but didn't have enough parts to fulfill it!

It's HOW the finish this (ie, replacing all coils) that is important. And,
as the quotes from Tony Fouldapour (sp?) and Jennifer Cortez stated, it
DOESN'T MATTER if you are past 50K/warranty up. Audi will fix the problem...

Jon

>
> Message: 9
> Subject: Re: Royal Ford of the Boston Globe bashes VW/Audi on ignition coils
> From: cobram at juno.com
>
> Not from what I read.  Audi is doing what it always does, puts a Band-Aid
> on the problem (replace the ONE bad coil), has NOT instituted a recall of
> any kind, and based on their past performance on such issues, will be
> replacing the coils one by one till the cars are out of warranty.
> Typical of what Audi (and other manufacturers) do almost all the time.
> It wouldn't surprise me if the new coils aren't exactly the same as the
> ones that are failing...just keep changing them with the same thing until
> the cars are out of warranty.
>
> If Audi had really changed it's stripes, it would have announced a
> complete recall to change all the coils, explaining the supply problems
> to owners and advising them that they would receive notices to bring
> their cars in for coil replacement as the supplies increase.  (GM did
> this with engine sensor problem on some of it's S10's a while back.)
> Someone who has gone out and bought a VAG product shouldn't have to learn
> about something like this from a tow truck driver or a newspaper article.
> Audi/VW probably knew about the bad coils when the cars were still on
> the production line, weighed their options, now customers and dealers
> have to deal with it.  Their biggest mistake was probably figuring the
> coils would make it past the warranty period before failure.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>
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