Anyone affected by this recall will receive an official notice in the mail. In addition VWoA will have an official listing of the specific VIN number range online soon. NHTS will also typically have a copy of this info. listed online as well as all VW dealers having the recall info.
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KevinC
Autocross Champion
- Car(s)
- '19 Golf R, '21 M2c
What I find incredible is that this "manufacturing defect" lasted over a period of FIVE years.. how the hell does that happen?
It depends on what the true cause is. It could be a heat treat issue or improper raw material that was mixed in with proper material or some other issue.
Jedimk7
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- Cali Red Triangle
X1, I'm looking at Emmanuel springs just to avoid the dealership, can't stand taking it there....[emoji848][emoji106]
Sent from my Gavin Belson black box signature edition
It's not exactly difficult to change the rear springs...
Jedimk7
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- Cali Red Triangle
Not exactly hard to wash a car, but I don't want them doing that either...[emoji106]
Sent from my Gavin Belson black box signature edition
KevinC
Autocross Champion
- Car(s)
- '19 Golf R, '21 M2c
Still ridiculous that they could crank them out for 5 years and only now be figuring out that there's a problem. Yet another cheeseball low-bid supplier. VW seems to be very talented at finding crap like this.
GTI_Guy13
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Smyrna, GA
SPOT ON!!!
GTI_Guy13
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Smyrna, GA
Also, just checked and 2015 Golf R w/ DCC is clear.
Sometimes it takes 5 years of road wear/stress for a problem to actually come up. Again mentioning my wife's Nissan Versa problem - they did not put some rust resistant coating on the front springs. It took 4 years of Illinois winters with salt for them to get rusty enough to break.
Winter
New member
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
- Car(s)
- 2017 Golf TSI
Unfortunately, my car was in this small pool of VW’s with this issue. I received the letter and the dealer did the replacement. Suddenly, driving was fun and pain-free again! Yay. Fast forward to today, nearly a year later, and my Golf is suddenly exhibiting similar issues I was having prior to the recall. Not sure if these new ones are beginning to fail too or if it’s something completely different going on. Frustrating.
moebius
New member
- Location
- Rhode Island
hmm.. I didn't get a letter - but at 47k miles on my '15 Golf TSI.. and one of my rear springs just broke. ...
Golfs everyday
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- USA
I've not received a letter either.. but I suppose if it breaks time for some lowering springs! My Golf-R has like 9k miles..garage kept never driven in snow..