ROB2014TDI
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Hi all,
I'd like to start by mentioning that I have read through the "Gen 1 post fix impressions" thread. If this post belongs within that thread I apologize ahead of time.
My wife and I owned a 2014 Jetta TDI DSG which we regretfully sold back to VW pretty early on in the scandal. At the time we thought it would be a wise decision to join the ranks of the boring, sensible side of society and purchase a Japanese sedan. Well, we've missed the TDI every day since. Fast forward and the GEN 1 vehicles are "fixed" and back into the market for half the price that VW gave us for them.
We are very seriously contemplating going back to a TDI, but based on the aforementioned thread, I'm concerned about longevity. It appears based on the posts here that there are countless emission system and related component failures post "fix". Of course, the additional warranty is nice, but will the failures just continue beyond the warranty?
My question is, what is the overall consensus here? Is anybody out there that has actually put a decent amount of miles on a "fixed" gen 1? Are the failures a result of forcing this engine to conform to standards it wasn't designed for? or are the failures happening to higher mileage vehicles, that might have had these problems anyway?
Thanks for any input,
Rob
I'd like to start by mentioning that I have read through the "Gen 1 post fix impressions" thread. If this post belongs within that thread I apologize ahead of time.
My wife and I owned a 2014 Jetta TDI DSG which we regretfully sold back to VW pretty early on in the scandal. At the time we thought it would be a wise decision to join the ranks of the boring, sensible side of society and purchase a Japanese sedan. Well, we've missed the TDI every day since. Fast forward and the GEN 1 vehicles are "fixed" and back into the market for half the price that VW gave us for them.
We are very seriously contemplating going back to a TDI, but based on the aforementioned thread, I'm concerned about longevity. It appears based on the posts here that there are countless emission system and related component failures post "fix". Of course, the additional warranty is nice, but will the failures just continue beyond the warranty?
My question is, what is the overall consensus here? Is anybody out there that has actually put a decent amount of miles on a "fixed" gen 1? Are the failures a result of forcing this engine to conform to standards it wasn't designed for? or are the failures happening to higher mileage vehicles, that might have had these problems anyway?
Thanks for any input,
Rob