dequardo
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- America’s Dairyland
- Car(s)
- ‘21 GLI Autobahn GLI
The...transparency law...of cars and stuff?
Since there have been thousands of words from the OP I suggest it’s time for at least some piece of paperwork posted to ensure this isn’t a catfish-like scenario.?
Especially not the type of smell the OP is indicating.Who told you to call the dealer? Most people would never even consider the dealer for a random smell in their car. That's what everyone here is so confused about. A smell in your car that's not caused by the engine or fluids has nothing to do with VW or the dealership at all in any way so it makes zero sense to make the dealer responsible for finding it. Part out the car and start from scratch with a toyota. Change your cabin air filter and move on with your life, theres more important things to worry about
Who told you to call the dealer? Most people would never even consider the dealer for a random smell in their car. That's what everyone here is so confused about. A smell in your car that's not caused by the engine or fluids has nothing to do with VW or the dealership at all in any way so it makes zero sense to make the dealer responsible for finding it. Part out the car and start from scratch with a toyota. Change your cabin air filter and move on with your life, theres more important things to worry about
Let's just all hope that the smell doesn't turn from sweet to sour; rotting fruit is what I'm thinking at this point. Maybe something got into the ductwork and didn't quite make it to the cabin filter, and has been ripening while lodged.
The Iraq and such.
Hey, man. I'm just responding to comments and quotes... And I've got to correct about half of them in a thorough manner for people who can't seem to read.
I'd rather not type the same thing over and over again, but that seems to be what's required.
Well, the dealer and I are fine. Spent quite a bit of time bullshitting with them, and making sure VW wasn't giving them a hard time or anything, talked about potentially trading it in if it happened again, and so on. I believe they've changed dramatically over time, and that their reputation is now undeserved. Given the fact that the reputation exists and VW was passing bad information, my suspicion was wrongly directed there. They just got thrown under a bus after VW care misinterpreted their report. They tried to correct, but VW had already assumed the wrong thing and passed it to me.
Apparently, once something is on that book, it's largely permanent. Pretty good to know in relation to potential modifications, actually.
They've got a suspicion something was cooking off from the factory, but as long as it's gone I don't care, and it is indeed gone. When I say gone, I mean absolutely no trace whatsoever. That's pretty amazing.
What the VW rep did was wrong. The issue was stupid; just a smell, but that doesn't change the fact that she did the absolute wrong thing. You must understand that just because an issue isn't particularly severe, that doesn't mean people can't make severe mistakes in the process of handling it. She gave me inaccurate information, and had everyone thinking there was some massive warranty issue, when all I wanted was a smell investigated before finding out how much I'd need to pay to get rid of it.
Why? Obviously no one is reading what you posted before.
So what the hell was the smell?