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Offline ILoveTuna

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Re: Warranty and Import help advice
« Reply #10 on: 15 April 2008, 16:28 »
Update!!

Not good news i am afraid!!  :cry: :cry: :cry:

Just called VW, they can check the date the car was first sold which it was to a German Dealer in September 05.

This means my warranty expired in September 07 5 months before I brought the car!! So I will have to pay for my headlight washer repair. This does not worry me too much as it shouldnt cost me more that a 100 quid.

The two things that do bother me are,

A. What if something major goes wrong!!  :cry: :cry:
B. What the hell was my car doing between September 05 and May 07 when it came into the UK????  :shocked: :shocked:

Still I suppose thats the chance you take with imports and why you pay 4K extra for UK sourced cars!!
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Offline Hurdy

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Re: Warranty and Import help advice
« Reply #11 on: 15 April 2008, 16:36 »
Some cars will literally sit in a paddock awaiting someone to buy them. I have seen imports with terrible corrosion inside the engine bay that are being sold as new imports, but have been sitting at dockside for 18 months. :sick:
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Offline ILoveTuna

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Re: Warranty and Import help advice
« Reply #12 on: 15 April 2008, 17:53 »
Quote from: Hurdy on 15 April 2008, 16:36
Some cars will literally sit in a paddock awaiting someone to buy them. I have seen imports with terrible corrosion inside the engine bay that are being sold as new imports, but have been sitting at dockside for 18 months. :sick:

Yeah thats what worries me!! Joy . :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Offline JonnyG

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Re: Warranty and Import help advice
« Reply #13 on: 15 April 2008, 18:19 »
Quote from: farina on 15 April 2008, 16:20
Imports are warranted from the date the ordering dealer (i.e. the foreign dealer) gets the car - basically the PDI date at the supplying foreign dealer.  If it's been sat on a UK importer's forecourt for 12 months since the foreign dealer got it then it will in effect have 12 months warranty left. 

That's my understanding of it too. 

and, if for any reason this date is not clear / recorded / no PDI stamp etc.  ... then & only then will VW use the manufacturing date.

I think the lesson learnt for anyone considering an import is to check the PDI stamp and date very carefully, and if buying 2nd hand, confirm details with VW UK.
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Offline orca

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Re: Warranty and Import help advice
« Reply #14 on: 15 April 2008, 19:29 »
Out of interest, where did you buy the car from?

My GTI is an import but I got it new (it was built to order) and I've only got 2 years warranty.  No major problems with the buying process.  I'd be wary of buying a used import though.

That reminds me,  I still need to get mine registered with VWUK.  My local dealers said that you don't have to register imports anymore but I don't trust them (are they trying to con me out of my VW assistance?).
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Offline ILoveTuna

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Re: Warranty and Import help advice
« Reply #15 on: 15 April 2008, 19:46 »
Didnt buy it from new. Brought it used. So i guess i should have checked out the warranty situation. But i just assumed i would get 2 years from date of first registration.

Point to note for anyone on here looking for an import!!
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