Turns out it's NOT free. Metro VW in Irving TX is denying warranty on this because it was a leased vehicle, We leased it as a new car, then bought the car at lease end. Technically, we are the 2nd owner, with the leasing company being first owner. Of course, that's just paper. The reality is it's been our car from Day 1. VW uses that to get out of doing the right thing. The regional VW rep backed them up. He said sometimes they honor the warranty in these cases, at their discretion, but this wasn't going to be one of them. He also said if we had leased the car directly through a dealership (we used D&M) then they would have covered it. What's ironic is that we put a deposit down to get on a waiting list for a NB Turbo. After SIX MONTHS with no car my wife said "To hell with this". Called D&M Leasing and had the car the very next day, apparently sourced from Metro! We were seriously considering trading the NB in on a Passat TDI or possibly a Toureg. We will never consider a VW product again. In fact, we are considering legal action, probably a class action suit. We would be interested in hearing from anyone who has run into this (warranty denial to leasees) on VW or any other make.
|> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:18:27 -0500, "Woodchuck" |> wrote: |>
|> |> What should I expect to pay to have this done? Probably won't take it |to |> |a |> |> dealer, but a good independent. |> |>
|> |> This is in Dallas area |> |>
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