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Just picked ours up from its service and apparantly everything is fine apart for needs a new sump tank as sump plug won'r tighten up properly, Brilliant just before we go away just what we need, have rung warranty people and shock horror its not covered. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Quote: Originally posted by gazmister123 on 19/7/2010

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Just picked ours up from its service and apparantly everything is fine apart for needs a new sump tank as sump plug won'r tighten up properly, Brilliant just before we go away just what we need, have rung warranty people and shock horror its not covered. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Hum.... sounds like the garage has overtightened it after draining the oil and have stripped the threads!!!

Hubby (used to be in motro trade) says you have them re threaded using a "helicoil insert". Thats assuming using a tap to clean up the threads first doesn't work!

I'd be talking to the garage that did the service!!!!

Good luck jonbob, hope it gets sorted quick for you,

DMF buggered

Clutch disintegrated into bell housing.

Warranty co wont pay as they said damage was there when car was bought,

Small claims court becons me thinks

wtf. why sell a warranty for a used vehicle if the get out is that easy.get it back to the dealer let him sort it. i bought an 04 transit dmf went after i covered a massive 11 miles dealer chuntered but he changed it.her indoors worked for trading standards and says he has no choice but to sort your problem.

atb. neil

I know,  CC legal helpline has helped, Unfortuately as the car broke down it was taken to my nearest repair centre and not the dealer 60 miles away, As the car is in bits (for the warranty co to inspect) there is no point  putting it back together only for the dealer to do the same. The labour cost has been incurred, the only difference would be installing the new components. I have another ace up my sleve in that I bought the car on my Credit card, so I should be covered there as well.

Have emailed the sales manager, will see what he says tomorrow.

Tell them to fit the solid flywheel and clutch conversion kit instead of a new DMF, its a quarter of the price and will last for nearly 150,000 taxi miles , thats what all the taxis are doing when the DMF goes

if you keep the car that long and the clutch goes all you will need to change is the clutch itself

VW are now fitting the old system to there new cars due to the big failure rates in DMFs

Dealer has agreed to pay, did contemplate the single mass flywheel, but seeing as it is under warranty, then OE spec parts have to be fitted. Next time round it will have a single mass flywheel. Valeo have produced one for the VW Tdi that has shock absorbtion on the clutch plate instead, so does the job of the DMF,

Jon