[s-cars] Advice solicited on dealing with VW
Brian Armstead
barmstea at ibb.gov
Fri May 4 10:03:31 EDT 2007
Do you think your troubles may be due to blended gasoline? I know here
in Maryland, the amount of ethanol in the gas varies by seasons.
I've driven the GTI, and even pushing it very hard, I still got 21 mpg.
Just a thought,
Brian
Steve Marinello wrote:
>
> That's the path I'm taking. Just got back from picking it up and had an
> extended talk with the service manager. Got the number to call and his
> suggestion on how to pursue it. He brought up two points; if this one
> is doing it, there are probably others, or will be, and that approached
> the way I intend to (there are 2.0T's out there in Audi's and VW's
> getting much better mileage and this might just be a clean coding
> anomaly) they might just accommodate me rather than go through the
> hassle and alienate a customer(!!). We'll see. He's a relatively new
> service manager and my sales person (old motorcycle racer) says she had
> been impressed with him. I'll deal with VW directly, but keep him in
> the loop.
>
> The old service manager was a great guy, but couldn't deal with all the
> hassles, so he's back doing what he loves...wrenching and managing the shop.
>
> Don't know if Texas has a lemon law...
>
> By the way, in case you were wondering, when the new Passat dashes
> swallow that key fob/interlock, sometimes they don't come out...and
> sometimes the embedded immobilizer circuitry activates in the middle of
> evening rush hour and shuts everything down, too.
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Powers wrote:
>
>>Look at your lemon law if you have one. Then approach it from a "I'm
>>sure this is a highly unusual case that you'd like to take a look at
>>privately" standpoint. Work with your service manager and let them be
>>the go-between with VW (if you trust him).
>>
>>This approach netted us a brand-new ML500 when our ML430 turned out to
>>be bogus.
>>
>>Steve Powers
>>
>>On 5/2/07, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net> wrote:
>>
>>>This is semi-off topic, except for VW and Audi being one.
>>>
>>>As I noted in an earlier email, the new GTI has been getting lousy
>>>mileage. The stick is rated at 23/32 mpg and probably 98% of the 4500
>>>miles on it have been early morning/early afternoon commutes to avoid
>>>Houston traffic. I've only had to slow down on three occasions from a
>>>running in the 70 -75 mph range, I think, which may be right there in
>>>wrong spot for the 5th/6th transition being at 3000 to 3300 rpm...whihch
>>>it shouldn't be because the torque curve is essentially flat from
>>>1800-5000 rpm.
>>>
>>>In any case, a high of 24.8 mpg, usually around 23.4, and a most recent
>>>of 21.9 mpg. Oil still at max; dry black dust on the tailpipes, which
>>>VW says is what it should be. Dropped the car off this morning for the
>>>codes to be pulled to see if they can find a cause. No codes, oxygen
>>>sensor checks out, etc. The dealer, which I still rate highly, called
>>>in the factory tech rep who was across town today and brought him in for
>>>a discussion. Nothing he'll do...but then he hasn't met me yet.
>>>
>>>Considering the mileage other 2.0T's are getting in A4's , A3's and
>>>other GTI/GLI's, this is pretty ridiculous and I am about to start,
>>>nicely, having it out with VW about it. I have no qualms about getting
>>>ugly if they play it that way. The car is leased and I would consider
>>>getting an attorney with regard to addressing various options, but would
>>>rather not. I can be about as problematic as any attorney, particularly
>>>with the web. Any guidance would be appreciated with respect to similar
>>>occurrences or other thoughts on the subject. Considering I swapped the
>>>S6 sedan to get better mileage for the commute, this is especially
>>>aggravating, as it got better, or at least equivalent, mileage on the
>>>same drive with 165k+ and bad cats.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for any guidance, warnings, etc.
>>>
>>>By the way, except for the too stiff rear suspension and the shitty
>>>mileage, the car is nice...much more appealing to me than the A3.
>>>
>>>Steve
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>>
>>
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