103kW/125kw TDI PD Piezo Siemens injector failure thread

[OilBurna]

vraptor was it at bayford vw epping?

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vraptor was it at bayford vw epping?

barloworld!

[rikkonings]

Just adding my story to this thread.
Bought a B6 passat 2.0 wagon last weekend and it had a bit of a rough start when we bought it.
It was bought from a dealer in sydney and we flew in from Hobart to drive it back so we agreed that the dealer would book it in for a service in Hobart to get the start checked out.
Car got booked in to get read out by VW and they told us it needs a new cam shaft sensor and that will fix the start.
VW also told us the injectors will be replaced free of charge when the sensor gets replaced.
After reading a lot about the injectors on this forum, I'm very happy VW is doing this no questions asked.

Hopefully early next week the car will start perfect again and have brand new injectors no cost to us.
Very happy so far.
Lets hope all goes well.

[manol]

Refer to this thread, there is now a campaign for this issue....
Campaign 23H9 - 103kW/125kw TDI PD Piezo Siemens Injector Failure

[TheEngineer]

My BKP 07 Passat died in an underground carpark a few months ago. Had to 4WD it out then tilt tray to dealer.
Austral VW replaced 4 injectors under warranty. (This engine has also had the cam shaft sensor fail, which is a huge pain to replace).
A couple of months later the engine starts making a huge racket when idling but is ok when accelerating or decelerating.
Back to Austral. Injector 2 is sticking so they replace all 4 injectors (paid by VAG Aus). They aso noted that the dual mass flywheel seems to be failing ($2735 quote from Austral even though the after market part is about $600).
Still a nice car to drive though.

[stickshift3000]

Tragic story here of how a lady died when her 2008 Golf allegedly slowed and was hit behind by a truck: Car's Speed Slumped Before Fatal Crash

Must admit that the first thing I thought of when reading the paper was whether it was a 125 kw diesel.

I've emailed the writer of the article details of the injector issue for his information.

[benough]

I guess we will never know.

IF, and it's a big if, the injectors failing caused the car to shut down, if she had it in manual and didn't put the clutch in when it shutdown, it would decelerate quickly, but otherwise, it would just roll along.

Being on the phone would create a delay as well I suspect.

Odd that a 31km/h crash caused a death though...

[stickshift3000]

Yes it's a big IF, but it's this type of accident which owner's of 125 kw engines knew could possibly occur when/if they failed.

31 km/h was the speed it hit the railing, it doesn't mention the speed differential at which the truck hit her.

[benough]

Makes sense, if she had slowed down a lot at the time of impact.

[Greg Roles]

Well the recall is happening, and I'm also told VW will reimburse people who have paid to have these affected injectors replaced in the past.