My dream of one day owning a VW Golf has quickly turned in to a nightmare. My 2010 Golf TS118 developed had a shudder early in the piece, which I thought was the way I was driving the car, but in July 2012 it became apparent there were big problems brewing with lots of warning lights - catalytic converter, engine missing, more shuddering, and lack of power! ? In August, at? 21,943 km VW replaced the pistons, injectors and associated parts under warranty. I was told by the dealership that despite the engine problem Volkswagen would not replace car, just in case I was thinking on those lines. ? Last month I took the car back after I'd experienced some shuddering over the last couple of months. The engine was tested and deemed safe and I could continue to drive it, but soon after wards it lost power and was missing at high speed. By the time I got the car to the dealer the problem had disappeared. I left it there for further investigation. I intend to lodge a complaint with Volkswagen, and ??I will write a letter to the CEO of the dealership and try and do a deal with the dealership to get out of this into another that is model not having the same problems for the least possible money? ??What else do you recommend?
Lodging your complaints with the dealer and with VW is the logical starting point. While you are driving the car keep a comprehensive log of any incident that happens, recording date, place, time, what happened, odometer reading etc. That way you would have something to discuss with the dealer and the carmaker when trying to negotiate a way out of the car. VW has a responsibility under its statutory warranty laws to sell you a car that is fit for purpose, and your car might not be. It would be worth consulting an expert in consumer law.
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