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    Volkswagen Volkswagen Advice Volkswagen Transporter Volkswagen Transporter Advice Volkswagen Transporter 2010
    You recently had a report about a VW T5 auto being burnt and the dealer saying the ?box needed to be replaced, well, I too have had the same problem. My dealer wanted $10,000 plus labour and GST to replace my gearbox with a reconditioned one. I had extended warranty and they wanted me to remove the ?box, send it to Melbourne from Brisbane, pay to have it assessed, then repaired and sent back to be reinstalled. They had predetermined that they weren?t liable for the ?box. I chose to have a local repairer do the work at a cost of $10,200, and sent a letter to my extended warranty company explaining there were two failed parts. I did get 40 per cent of the cost back. It might be too late for others, but anybody with a T5 auto should get an independent evaluation of their gearbox before the warranty expires. But be warned, VW will notice any signs of work on the box and will not cover it under warranty, so inform them prior so they can give you options.
    Answered by CarsGuide
    13 July 2010
    Graham Smith

    You didn’t tell us how many kays your T5 had done prior to the rebuild, but because you used the extended warranty I can assume the factory warranty had expired. VW, like all carmakers, will refuse to cover any car that has been worked on outside the dealer network, which is understandable given they have no control over the quality of that work or the competence of the person doing it. It’s perhaps also worth considering having the auto serviced once it’s clocked up 100,000 km-plus; a change of oil can work wonders for the life of an auto trans.

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