Update !! on the 06 mk 5 auto gti engine that seized driving down motorway

[Rhyso]

cheers guys there is only 80,000 genuine miles on the car so it should not fail .
ill try vw and see what happens

Don't let them fob you off either    Just be firm and polite 

If need be get Trading Standards involved.  They should be able to put you in touch with a specialist who will write you a report on the cause of the engine failure giving you hard facts as to why and how it failed and if they believe its down to a defect etc etc

For reference my work has just had a complete replacement engine for one of our Nissan Primastar vans.  Although out of warranty due to being over mileage we got a complete engine but had to pay around 50% of the labour costs to fit it.  All we had in terms of history was the fact we bought genuine parts as we serviced them ourselves.  We service diesel engines day in day out albeit a bit bigger 

Good luck

[aquasurfer]

well no closer to identifying the cause as it is not obvious . we were put in touch with a verry credible and knowlegable vw specialist who is stumped as to the cause but he stripped it down and thinks it could be due to low oil presure.
Anyway we sourced a second hand engine and have had it replaced and it is running as smooth as a silk worms fart it is amazing . The car was in show room condition before this incident happened and we were reluctant to have to go down the road of replacing the engine with a second hand one but i am verry impressed with what our mechanic has done fantastic job.
Now we are getting an engineers report done and we will go after VW and see wot happens