Got the ignition coil recall notice ...

#1

Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1."

No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some
Volkswagen vehicles."

Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already
suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer
Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make
any mention of it in the cover letter.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com

#2

So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent.
Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, replace
it

"Bert Hyman" <bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1."

No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some
Volkswagen vehicles."

Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already
suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer
Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make
any mention of it in the cover letter.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com

#3

In news:hc9lol$a7j$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org "LG" <a@b.com> wrote:

Quote:

So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent.
Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils,
replace it

Hidden away on the reimbursement form is reference to
http://www.vwcoils.com.

If you click "Is My Vehicle Affected" on the left menu, you'll be able
to enter the year, model and engine of your car (which will show up only
if it's actually affected) and you'll see a range of dates over which
you should expect to get the letter.

For my '02 Passat 1.8T, the range is from Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010, so
they're giving themselves a lot of elbow room.

Quote:

"Bert Hyman" <bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:Xns9CB262CB3FD66VeebleFetzer (AT) 216 (DOT) 250.184.7...
Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1."

No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some
Volkswagen vehicles."

Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already
suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer
Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make
any mention of it in the cover letter.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com

#4

LG wrote:

Quote:

So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent.
Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils, replace
it

Reading through Volkswagen forums on www.vwvortex.com, someone posted
the following URL:
http://www.vwcoils.com
That's a site that Volkswagen created for information about the ignition
coil recall. There's an option on the left that says "Is My Vehicle
Affected?", and for models with the 2.5L engine, it lists the
notification date as March 2010 - August 2010.

For cars that have a potentially significant problem, that seems like a
long wait for a notification letter and fix. VW has said that there is
a shortage of new ignition coils; however, since VW has known about this
problem for quite a while, I'd think they would be more prepared for it.

I'd think that a car company would want to fix serious issues like this
quickly, but 2001-2007 is quite a while - That implies that VW has sold
quite a few cars that might have this ignition coil issue.

I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a
VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've
had a problem like this for so long.

Eric

#5

Wow, so this isn't a flashback to 2002!

nate

Bert Hyman wrote:

Quote:

In news:hc9lol$a7j$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org "LG" <a@b.com> wrote:

So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent.
Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils,
replace it

Hidden away on the reimbursement form is reference to
http://www.vwcoils.com.

If you click "Is My Vehicle Affected" on the left menu, you'll be able
to enter the year, model and engine of your car (which will show up only
if it's actually affected) and you'll see a range of dates over which
you should expect to get the letter.

For my '02 Passat 1.8T, the range is from Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010, so
they're giving themselves a lot of elbow room.

"Bert Hyman" <bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:Xns9CB262CB3FD66VeebleFetzer (AT) 216 (DOT) 250.184.7...
Or more formally, "Voluntary Emissions Service Action 28F3/P1."

No specifics about what models or engines are covered, just "some
Volkswagen vehicles."

Someone asked earlier about reimbursement to people who had already
suffered coil failure and paid for replacement; there's a "Customer
Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included, although they don't make
any mention of it in the cover letter.

--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
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#6

Quote:

I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a
VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've
had a problem like this for so long.

When / where did you use to hear THAT?
: )

#7

The mailings will be done in batches and so far the ones released seem to be
only for the 1.8T

"Eric O." <eric.oulashin (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

LG wrote:
So far it seems only the 1.8T coils have had the letter sent.
Check the coil and if it is not one of a certain group of OK coils,
replace it

Reading through Volkswagen forums on www.vwvortex.com, someone posted the
following URL:
http://www.vwcoils.com
That's a site that Volkswagen created for information about the ignition
coil recall. There's an option on the left that says "Is My Vehicle
Affected?", and for models with the 2.5L engine, it lists the notification
date as March 2010 - August 2010.

For cars that have a potentially significant problem, that seems like a
long wait for a notification letter and fix. VW has said that there is a
shortage of new ignition coils; however, since VW has known about this
problem for quite a while, I'd think they would be more prepared for it.

I'd think that a car company would want to fix serious issues like this
quickly, but 2001-2007 is quite a while - That implies that VW has sold
quite a few cars that might have this ignition coil issue.

I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a VW
myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've had a
problem like this for so long.

Eric

#8

In2hoppn wrote:

Quote:

I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a
VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've
had a problem like this for so long.

When / where did you use to hear THAT?
: )

From many different people, including people who owned VWs, in the 80s
through mid 90s or so.

#9

In news:Xns9CB262CB3FD66VeebleFetzer (AT) 216 (DOT) 250.184.7 Bert Hyman
<bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

there's a "Customer Campaign Reimbursement Claim Form" included,
although they don't make any mention of it in the cover letter.

Umm... well... it's on the back.

The front looked rather complete, so I never bothered to turn it over.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert (AT) iphouse (DOT) com

#10

Nah, the 80's weren't any good either. I only got 18 years and 314,000 miles
on my '83 GTI before I sold it (with the original engine) ... and bought my
'01 Jetta TDI which now has 200,000 miles on it. :-)

"Eric O." <eric.oulashin (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

In2hoppn wrote:
I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a
VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've
had a problem like this for so long.

When / where did you use to hear THAT?
: )

From many different people, including people who owned VWs, in the 80s
through mid 90s or so.