Hi all,
New member here, had my 59 plate GTi (28000 miles)for 4 weeks when the timing belt went last Tues
Car wouldn't start at all so VW assist recovered it to my local dealer in Basingstoke who quoted me £500 in labour just to investigate the fault with the car and no guarantees it would be covered by warranty. This set off alarm bells as I'd only had the car 4 weeks.
I contacted the dealer I bought the car from (Lookers, Battersea) and they recovered the car back to themselves. They confirmed on Friday that it is the timing chain issue and they are offering to do all the work for free and add an extra years warranty on the car, I have also been offered an exchange of the car as it went wrong in the first 30 days of owning it. (Really impressed with Lookers customer service as a new VW owner.)
I'm thinking of just getting the car fixed as everything else was great with it but thought I'd ask if there is anything I need to be wary of and any reason I should maybe consider exchanging the car instead, thanks for any tips.