"I was told..."
isn't the same as
"I have it in writing"
I asked to have it in writing, and they said "there will be a note in the system."
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TWO Blown turbo's with less than 13k miles!
- Thread starter Jamie007
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I asked to have it in writing, and they said "there will be a note in the system."
Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
I asked to have it in writing, and they said "there will be a note in the system."
None of the shit sticks at the dealership have any athority when it comes to VWs warranty.
Finance managers suck. The sleaziest people in the dealership. People fight for every inch at the sales desk, walk into the finance office, drop their pants and bend over. Finance Managers = legal rapists.
Juggar
Ready to race!
- Location
- Franklin, NC
And had your subarus turbo gone they would have told you "sorry". firewall welds are one thing but a tuned car blowing a turbo is entirely another.
Well, I just got my answer, they said they see a tune on their still, and they will not cover it. They said they saw a second tune, but couldn't tell me when it happened. I guess the JB4 is detectable... Have to pay to play, going to look into an IS38, but no way I'm going to buy a used one, as others have mentioned. After two failed IS20's, maybe I'll be safer? So if I go with an IS38, is there a "stock tune." That is, the same tune as the R, that hopefully is safe? Does it just drop in, or would I need the JB4 for it to be ok?
Juggar
Ready to race!
- Location
- Franklin, NC
Did you leave the JB4 installed?
Don't do IS38... Go with a different turbo option... Also did the dealer say it's just the turbo or do you need to replace the motor? When mine went I had to do both the turbo and the motor...
Tsi7
Ready to race!
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
So exactly as we all expected... Still can't understand why vw wasted their time and your time so I feel bad for you there, but otherwise you can fix your car properly, hopefully won't have any other issues and if you do you know it'll be on your dime because you don't have warranty anymore
Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
Hate to tell you, but IS38 offers no reliability advantage over IS20.
What turbo is reliable in this car? I just need a turbo.
imthanick_a
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Ohio
IS20
lol not in his experience
imthanick_a
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Ohio
1 out of thousands of tuned MK7 owners is an odd I would be willing to use to defend the IS20. I've been running a JB1 with +5 psi for over 2 years (and running it hard) without issues, knock on wood.
I'll reiterate my point from before - I think there is something else causing the turbos to grenade. If the turbo that was replaced was used, then that could very well be the cause. There should be no reason a brand new IS20 should fail that easily if everything else is working properly.
carchrism5
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- CT
- Car(s)
- GTI
Where is the car now? Let's see if people on here can help out. Maybe there is someone local to you that does great work and at reasonable rates. Whatever turbo you end up going with, you are going to want a proper tune on, but I think the bigger thing is finding out exactly what caused the second one to go. I hope you get a quick and not too expensive solution.