Recently purchased a 2010 Scirocco GT, its a manual with the 210bhp 2.0 TSI chain driven engine. Whilst reversing up an inclined driveway there was a howling noise, at first suspected brake pads but did some research and discovered a clutch release bearing problem with these cars at around 40k miles. This has been confirmed by my local specialist as the likely cause for the noise.

The car drives well, gears engage fine, my garage recommend ignoring it as they say they see it a lot and it's not likely to get significantly worse over the next 4-5 years and would be around £1000 to rectify.

I have a 12 month aftermarket warranty, if I pursue this i would do so using warranty, I'm told they're unlikely to support it as its not strictly failed. Would you recommend rectifying or ignoring? Maybe even trade the car.