Hi,
My golf has just suffered the piston damage and loss of compression problem that has been reported on the internet. Mine was 19 months old and 34K miles when I noticed the symptoms. I got it straight into the dealer so did not get the bore damage that others have suffered.
This leads to my dilema, because unlike the others I did not get a new engine. First thing to say is that the dealership were great and supplied me a loan car throughout. However, they were following the VW fault diagnosis proceedure (which is fair enough as VW were paying) but did take rather a long time to fix the problem as they changed the cylinder head first.
"You don't want to believe what you read on the internet Sir" ..........
The second thing to say is that the vehicle is a lease car so will go back at the end of 36 months with approx 60K miles.
The fix was to replace number 2 piston and rings. I regard this as a sub-standard repair. Mixing new and old pistons is just not done in my book. How is it going to bed in properly? and what about the temperature differentials in the engine?
I appreciate that VW have repaired the vehicle so have fulfilled the conditions of the warranty.
Can i reject the car, either via VW or the lease company or do I have to run it until it either goes wrong again, or goes back?
It seems a bit unafir on the next owner that they will potentially get a timebomb. I certainly won't be buying the car after the lease ends which is what I was considering.
Cheers
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