A friend just had an oil pump failure on his 01 1.8t at 52K miles. Car
has been maintained properly and has not been driven wildly either by
him, or his teenage kids. Audi has diagnosed the problem as a failed
oil pump and not abuse so it sounds like a defective pump. Has anyone
else experienced this, or know of other cases? Given the mileage, Audi
is claiming the problem is out of warranty.

Thanks

Henry Boyd

 

Never read it before but it really feels like Audi should cover at least 50%
of the repair. Shouldn't they cooperate, if it were me I would be terribly
disappointed and would never buy one again, but then again I would fight
with claws to get it sorted out by the dealer, after all we're supposed to
be buying German quality cars, so if they admit the pump was defective and
it's just a '01 baby, it's a matter of self-dignity for them.

My two cents,

JP Roberts

"Henry Boyd" <nntp@lhbco.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> A friend just had an oil pump failure on his 01 1.8t at 52K miles. Car
> has been maintained properly and has not been driven wildly either by
> him, or his teenage kids. Audi has diagnosed the problem as a failed
> oil pump and not abuse so it sounds like a defective pump. Has anyone
> else experienced this, or know of other cases? Given the mileage, Audi
> is claiming the problem is out of warranty.
>
> Thanks
>
> Henry Boyd

 

"JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Never read it before but it really feels like Audi should cover at least
50%
> of the repair. Shouldn't they cooperate, if it were me I would be terribly
> disappointed and would never buy one again, but then again I would fight
> with claws to get it sorted out by the dealer, after all we're supposed to
> be buying German quality cars, so if they admit the pump was defective and
> it's just a '01 baby, it's a matter of self-dignity for them.
>

Its usually a matter of money I'm afraid and dealers (certainly here in the
UK) are not generally renowned for doing much else other than taking lots of
it. That said a lot of them seem to be being bought out by VAG at the
moment.....

I.