Dealers have no say in what is covered under warranty. They try to discourage warrantied repairs because they can't gouge you for the work.
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MK7 "Random / "Stupid" Questions Thread"
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cb1111
Newbie
- Location
- Virginia, USA
That's one of those old wives' tales. Dealers like to keep the customer happy by doing warranty work because that way they'll get the customer to come back for other stuff.
What dealers don't want is for VW to charge back warranty work because VW determined that the damage was most likely caused by a mod. Some dealers have been burned by approving warranty work, VW determined that the problem was caused by a mod and VW charged back the dealer. Those dealers will often deny claims because they go to great lengths to connect mods to a failure.
Dealers do have the first "say" about what is covered under warranty. If an educated customer disagrees, then they can call VW and argue their case.
That is why it is important for customers to get educated about all of the possible pitfalls of a mod - including those that are nearly impossible - but theoretically possible.
I had a BMW dealer try to tell me once that my driveline warranty was "void" because I had aftermarket wheels. I did, but they had the identical offset, size and weight of the OE wheel and the manufacturer was an OEM and made some BMW wheels. The dealer said "any aftermarket wheels will void your warranty". I asked to use his phone to call BMWUSA and we got that straightened out pretty quickly, but how many other customers would have bought that - hook, line and sinker?
toothofwar
Autocross Champion
- Location
- KY
- Car(s)
- 2018 Golf R
Since wwarrantyIs the topic, I am going through an ordeal right now. My drivers side mirror delamenated and the glass fell off. Went to the deal and had them look at my headlights while i was there. Dealer looked at both and took pictures. Today i finally got a call back. Dealer states the mirror would be covered no problem, but the headlights was denied by VOA. The headlights are spiderwebed and cracking on the inside of the lens. Dealer states VOA claims external causes is why they are cracked. The outside is smooth. First time ever with warranty work, so I have no idea what to do next.
What exactly makes headlights spiderweb and crack on the inside? UV? If it’s uv damage I can see why they’d say that. Sadly.
toothofwar
Autocross Champion
- Location
- KY
- Car(s)
- 2018 Golf R
Have no idea. Looking for a way to contact VOA to file a dispute.
DrFunkalupicus
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Topeka
- Car(s)
- 2016 VW GTI S
Speaking of warranty stuff (I may have posted this elsewhere): I had my clock spring go out a few weekends ago and I am out of warranty by a few month. After some research, determined that certain VINs have an extended warranty on the clock spring itself. I called up my local dealer and they told me that my clock spring was covered until 2027/120,000 miles. Set up an appointment, took it in, got lucky because they had the part in stock, took it in and had it fixed and the trim replaced under the recall as well.
shovelhd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Western MA
Acetone can do a good job of this, depending on the type of plastic.
So u spill acetone on the outside and then it starts looking like that from the inside?!? That’s a terrible thing to know
dtfd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 GTI
I think if you're doing a FSB you may as well do the dead set kit as well. The subframe needs to be dropped so thats the time to do everything at once since it's got to get realigned.
I've never heard of anyone doing all three mods, but just one at a time. That would be thr only person who could tell us the real impact of the dead set kit on its own.
shovelhd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Western MA
So u spill acetone on the outside and then it starts looking like that from the inside?!? That’s a terrible thing to know
It's true. Acetone can attack certain plastics at the molecular level. It will crack it completely through from outside to inside.
So I'm probably just going to do the FSB. If I get any weird clicking or popping pre-alignment then I'll do the deadset kit.
Dameon
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Los Angeles
Has anyone ever had a tire valve fall out or did someone fuck with my tire?
Anthony3o55
Autocross Champion
- Location
- South FL
Almost crashed my car again. 4 way stop. Car on the right goes first. Then the one in front and then I was up. Had my turn signal to make a left, I proceed to make the left once the car in front of me went and as I'm already making the left the car that was next couldn't wait or was retarded and ran the stop sign like if I wasn't making a turn. Had to swerve hard asf, honked at him. My friend flicked his ass off since he was in the passenger. Stupid driver's in South FL (aa Hialeah). Close call, glad he didn't hit me.
Anyways, I got an inspection message coming up on my dash. How do you reset this? Car is creeping up at 70k. OBD 11 I can't manage to find a reset for the inspection.
Anyways, I got an inspection message coming up on my dash. How do you reset this? Car is creeping up at 70k. OBD 11 I can't manage to find a reset for the inspection.