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

[Greg Roles]

You can bet your left nut I'll be making some noise! The issue is about to be aired on UK TV on a watchdog program, will be interesting to see how that goes....

[jazd]

You can bet your left nut I'll be making some noise! The issue is about to be aired on UK TV on a watchdog program, will be interesting to see how that goes....

Really what's the name of the show?

[max55]

Bought my 2008 GT Sport TDI a few months ago and after reading this thread started to get nervous. Friday afternoon of this long weekend was heading up the mountains when the engine died. Luckily I was able to coast off the the side of the road enough not to be sideswiped by B-doubles etc. My car is now tucked up at my local workshop waiting to be diagnosed. Will re-post as the saga unfolds.

[vk]

Bought my 2008 GT Sport TDI a few months ago and after reading this thread started to get nervous. Friday afternoon of this long weekend was heading up the mountains when the engine died. Luckily I was able to coast off the the side of the road enough not to be sideswiped by B-doubles etc. My car is now tucked up at my local workshop waiting to be diagnosed. Will re-post as the saga unfolds.

this worries me as i just got one of these a month ago
were there any signs before it happened?

[Greg Roles]

Cars can stutter and misfire prior to failure, but the vast majority of people report it stopping "out of the blue".

Sorry to say it is a possible problem of these cars, but so too we "believe" the cars went to the better Siemens injector mid 2008, that is manufacture date, not delivery. Check the plate in your boot beside the spare, it will tell you when it was made. Sadly mine is Sept 2007.....

[vk]

Cars can stutter and misfire prior to failure, but the vast majority of people report it stopping "out of the blue".

Sorry to say it is a possible problem of these cars, but so too we "believe" the cars went to the better Siemens injector mid 2008, that is manufacture date, not delivery. Check the plate in your boot beside the spare, it will tell you when it was made. Sadly mine is Sept 2007.....

how does this look:

[Greg Roles]

how does this look:

Can't be 100% sure, but from what I know you *should* have the uprated oil seal on the injectors.

Be real nice if VW at LEAST gave us some information as no doubt they know....

[jazd]

The issue is about to be aired on UK TV on a watchdog program, will be interesting to see how that goes....

I saw on the FB page that you were asking people to write in to the BBC. So are they actually going to do an episode on it?

Sadly mine is Sept 2007.....

As is mine

[Greg Roles]

Have no idea, those posts are by the UK moderator on the facebook page, I was just asked to contribute...

[jazd]

Have no idea, those posts are by the UK moderator on the facebook page, I was just asked to contribute...

Ak ok, no worries.