Patric Henry.
I owned a 1999.5 (A4) jetta with an the ALH engine. I drove it 114k miles in 4 years and AVERAGED 49.6 MPG but it was standard shift
My son owns it now and the intake has been cleaned twice. It now has a phase 2 and 3 (switchable) Rocket tune.My 1996 Passat wagon tdi bought new had 107k miles in 3 years and 1 week. It averaged just over 45 MPG
Wobbly
VW is very arrogant and they never make a mistake. Just ask them. There was a similar situation on Eurovans on a V6 or VR6, don’t remember what one, where the camshaft sprocket located on the rear of the engine was not hardened properly. VW’s attitude was they would fail under warranty so a recall was not needed. But there were a few that made it past the warranty and those owners were screwed.
Whenever possible I buy used cars to avoid the whole dealer/warranty game where things are always stacked against the customer.
I bought a new CRD because there were no used ones and the same for both my 96 Passat TDI and 1999.5 Jetta.
VW makes a pickup truck like a Honda Ridgeline. If they were smart enough to build those at their new plant in Tennesse and put a tdi in it I would buy a new of those too
