oil sludge recall for 1.8t's

[Brett Dikeman]

At 9:44 PM -0700 9/6/04, Ti Kan wrote:

>I wonder why did AOA not want us to use this feature?  Wouldn't the
>dynamic service interval reminder prevent a lot of these problems?

  AoA might have decided fallout from customers might be too great. 
Sadly, they might be right.

   People might be very suspicious of an oil-change reminder system 
that's dynamic, and more importantly, designed by the manufacturer. 
In fact, I bet my local TV stations with their pushy "consumer" 
"reporters" would have a field day with it.  All it would take would 
be one hysterically paranoid customer screaming about how their 'car 
told them it needed to have its oil changed at 3,500 miles- when all 
his/her friends cars and owners manuals said 5,000 miles per oil 
change!' , it's a ploy by the manufacturer to get extra maintenance 
fees, etc.

Sadly, industry's failure to treat customers fairly has turned around 
and bitten them on the ass; their customers don't trust them worth a 
damn.

Brett
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