1.8T sludge poll

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

If I am not mistaken, the warranty is good up to 100K miles for all 1.8T's made up to 02 or 03?


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:54 am
Subject: Re: 1.8T  sludge poll

> --- David <duandcc_forums at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > This could have a lot of power behind it. I bought a 1988 90 
> auto in
> > late 1993. Car never got the recall done. It was finally done in
> > 1994...3 or 4 months later the tranie failed. Audi stepped up to the
> > plate and paid for a new tranie, including labor. All I had to 
> pay for
> > was new hoses, and they gave me the option of reusing the old 
> hoses, but
> > that didn't make good sence since the labor was going to be free 
> to put
> > the new hoses in. So, I got a new tranie for something like 
> $300. That
> > new tranie worked fine for many years until  the car got smushed 
> by a
> > careless driver in 1997...
> 
> Guess I'm not sure of the point, since VAG has already extended the
> powertrain warranty on 1.8T-equipped cars from (I believe) '99 and 
> on...
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
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