Re: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 98V332000 (Audi V6 fuel injector recall)

[John Cunningham <johnc@together.net>]

not that you might not be right Sean, but often warranty issues are with rev numbers or lot numbers, neither which shows up under major parts listings.  if the mfr. knows that the supplier is making a change, then they (Audi in this case) can change their part number to delineate it.  however, if the part
supplier makes a minor change in material or method that isn't either communicated to the auto mfr. or isn't perceived _at_the_time_ as being significant, then the part number won't change.

a rev or lot number may be stamped or printed on the part however, and this might be how they determine whether the injectors are OK.  manufacturing control systems in the factory should also show what lots were used with what mfr. dates and serial nums (or at least get it close).  my bet is that it is one of
these methods that dealers are using to determine whether you need them or not.  my co. just had to go through a recall on Kawasaki valve springs by engine serial number, try to correlate it to our serial numbers, etc. etc.  no part number change, they just had a bad batch of them for a while (although in
Audi's case, 'for a while' seems to be quite a few years).

BTW, i would be as skeptical as you are, if i was in your shoes, and would try to ferret out what evaluation the dealers are using for yay/nay and do it myself to confirm the answer!

JC

Sean & Tammy Ford wrote:

> the '92's taking the brunt of it. It seems unlikely to me that the injectors were changed in 1992, sometime between when my was built and yours was built, but retained the same part number.