Do you have any more information on this additional warranty?
I will see what I can find, and ask where to get documentation when I go to pick the car up. I felt like I won the lottery when he told me.
Do you have any more information on this additional warranty?
Do you happen to have the tsb number or pdf document?I have posted this in a few EPC related threads....
FYI: I just ran into the EPC light / waste gate actuator failure on my 2016 NA MK7 GTI @62K Miles. After reading up on it I was pretty bummed that I was looking at a turbo replacement outside of my 5yr/60k power train warranty. So, I spent some time on a Saturday trying to free up the actuator, re-adjust and run the adaption. Looked like I had it all set in my garage. All tests were running well. Then I took it for a drive and in about 15mins it stuck again.
I was all set to bite the bullet and do the turbo replacement myself, still bummed at the cost of the parts, not to mention the time. Then I decided to call the dealer, just to see if there was a TSB on it. He told me that the turbo was covered by a 15yr/150K extended warranty for PZEV built cars. It also seems to make a difference based on where the car is registered. So, before you get bummed, call the dealer and check, I am glad I did as mine fit the criteria.
My service history on this car...
62K - Turbo replacement
~40K - Water pump and cleaning carbon build-up
7K - Replaced whole car (Lemonade out of a lemon)
And a few oil changes of course.
Not yet. I didn't want to rock the boat yet. I will be picking the car up on Monday and will ask for the info regarding the warranty. I did a bunch of searches before and after calling and come up dry. Felt like I won the lottery when he told me. The fact that he asked where the car was registered seems interesting and that it must be a PZEV build. I am guessing that defines the turbo and waste gate differently and they get wrapped up in the emissions bucket. I have a 2015 TDI Wagen that also has a similar warranty, but that is due to the emissions scandal stuff.Do you happen to have the tsb number or pdf document?
Thanks for info and bringing this up. I rarely read through the entire booklet of emission warranty. My car is registered in NYS and it’s also a PZEV vehicle so it falls under the 15yrs/150k emission warranty.Did a bit more research and it boils down to what has been discussed in another thread regarding PZEV warranty. I wouldn't have thought to look for that specifically as in my head I wouldn't expect that the turbo would normally fall into that category nor was I really thinking my GTI was a PZEV car. I suppose because the waste gate is essential to the operation of the system to achieve PZEV status and it is not a separate part for VW, the full turbo assembly is replaced under the PZEV warranty (check your state and VW build for compliance).
Here is link to the previous thread VWVortex thread...
https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?8894561-Questions-on-PZEV-warranty
Link to the Cali site regarding PZEV program (the Cali program is typically the baseline that other states adopt)...
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/california-vehicle-and-emissions-warranty-periods
New York language...
ftp://ftp.dec.ny.gov/dar/library/ris218.pdf
Sorry, if I am not aware, but is there a forum/thread dedicated to warranty? I think it would be helpful, as there are always lots of questions regarding what is covered and what isn't, keep it scoped to VW and gov mandated warranties only.
Hopefully this will help some folks with the EPC issue that have a PZEV car and are in a state which complies. Otherwise some folks may want to move temporarily to save some $![]()
Thanks for info and bringing this up. I rarely read through the entire booklet of emission warranty. My car is registered in NYS and it’s also a PZEV vehicle so it falls under the 15yrs/150k emission warranty.
Wow..major stuff. I'm assuming all services, to include the water pump/ carbon clean, were done at the dealership??I have posted this in a few EPC related threads....
FYI: I just ran into the EPC light / waste gate actuator failure on my 2016 NA MK7 GTI @62K Miles. After reading up on it I was pretty bummed that I was looking at a turbo replacement outside of my 5yr/60k power train warranty. So, I spent some time on a Saturday trying to free up the actuator, re-adjust and run the adaption. Looked like I had it all set in my garage. All tests were running well. Then I took it for a drive and in about 15mins it stuck again.
I was all set to bite the bullet and do the turbo replacement myself, still bummed at the cost of the parts, not to mention the time. Then I decided to call the dealer, just to see if there was a TSB on it. He told me that the turbo was covered by a 15yr/150K extended warranty for PZEV built cars. It also seems to make a difference based on where the car is registered. So, before you get bummed, call the dealer and check, I am glad I did as mine fit the criteria.
My service history on this car...
62K - Turbo replacement
~40K - Water pump and cleaning carbon build-up
7K - Replaced whole car (Lemonade out of a lemon)
And a few oil changes of course.
Wow..major stuff. I'm assuming all services, to include the water pump/ carbon clean, were done at the dealership??
All was done under warranty, except for the carbon cleaning. I had them go ahead and do it when they had the car apart for the water pump (reduced the labor cost).
As for the car replacement, I had originally bought a 15 S with PP and lighting. At 7k it started leaking oil between trans and engine. At first I thought I had a bad rear main seal and so did VW. They replaced it and it was still leaking. Turns out it was an out of spec main bearing. Remedy was to replace the engine. I wasn't happy as it was a new car. While I was working out extending my warranty with VW corporate the dealer was trying to fix the car. First engine was lost in shipping, that's what they told me. After getting the second they swapped it, on my way to pick it up they called me to say there was a knocking noise (later docs indicate something was dropped into the intake, ended up as loose metal in the cylinder). I had enough at that point, they had three attempts to fix and more that 30 days which is the NY lemon law. So, I got to order a new one which would take four months to get the build I wanted. I was able to drive my original with the third engine swap attempt. It ran great after that and made a nice beaterFour months went by. Went to pick up the new car. It was built with the wrong transmission. So I ordered another and waited four more months. Drove the original just under 30K (I commute 150 miles a day). Then picked up the new one.
The new one had the water pump go at 40K and now the turbo at 62K. Why do I still love my VW? I have to say although there have been plenty of issues VW has been good about taking care of them.
Oh, and my wife's car during all of that was a 2010 TDI Wagon Manual. So that was bought back and I replaced it with a 15 TDI Wagon Manual.
Good luck...my GTI had an intermittent EPC (on all the time now/ no boost), but the long period of little/ no use did in the actuator, I am guessing. I am in in NH and it is a PZEV, but am thinking VW won't honor warranty here. I am at 84k and stock.You may have just saved me a fortune. 2016 mk7, 61k miles. Have not driven it anywhere in a while due to COVID and WFH. Went to go into the office Friday, EPC light within 1/4 mile down the road. Pulled codes, only one of consequence was the 15202, stuck actuator module for the turbo. Confirmed that I have a PZEV GTI, in MA
I had called the dealer the other day and he mentioned they had a lot of EPC lights lately for turbo issues, and thought the warranty was 70k for the turbo. Either way, potentially good news. Thanks for posting all of this info. Wish me luck.
Have you had yours looked at? I have an appointment Friday, will report back. Internet seems to suggest that MA enforces the PZEV emissions system warranty, so I'm optimistic.Good luck...my GTI had an intermittent EPC (on all the time now/ no boost), but the long period of little/ no use did in the actuator, I am guessing. I am in in NH and it is a PZEV, but am thinking VW won't honor warranty here. I am at 84k and stock.
I haven't taken it in yet but will soon on the off chance that it will be covered.Have you had yours looked at? I have an appointment Friday, will report back. Internet seems to suggest that MA enforces the PZEV emissions system warranty, so I'm optimistic.
Are you driving yours regularly with the issue? Is there any risk driving it in limp mode?