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

["Sean & Tammy Ford" <seantammyford@netzero.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Cunningham [mailto:johnc@together.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:34 PM
> To: Sean & Tammy Ford
> Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Re: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 98V332000 (Audi V6 fuel injector
> recall)
>
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> 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!

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It's my understanding that the dealers are using a VIN range per model line
to determine the possibility of bad injectors. The unrealistic thing that I
have seen here is that the VIN range begins, using the 100's for example, at
a PN00..1 to a final SN.... VIN. I highly doubt that that the part was
changed at so convenient a VIN. It is possible, in my opinion, that they
statistically determined a date range of bad parts, mapped the date range to
a set of VIN's, and added a fudge factor to determine 99% to 100%+
probability of capturing all the parts, but what if they're wrong?

I will call Clair Audi to find out exactly what method they are using to
determine the recall and go from there. As it stands, I should still be
receiving the technical documentation from the NHTSA, but I imagine that
will take a while.


Sean, Tammy, & Seamus Ford
seantammyford@netzero.net
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5528
'92 Audi 100CS 5-spd 44k miles
'98 Honda CR-V EX auto 18k miles
'89 Suzuki Katana 600 red/gold 16k miles


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