GLI in signature (its the other half daily driver) the car suddenly started having issues on a commute home last Tuesday. Clutch not engaging until very top of pedal and shifting into gear was impossible and this was after a short drive on the freeway. Finally had the car towed to VW dealer today and they called to report failed clutch and failed slave cylinder - none of it covered under CPO warranty (I totally understand clutch is never a warrantable item) but I find it odd the slave cylinder failed and feel like that caused the clutch failure. The car was not exhibiting any type of worn clutch symptoms at any point prior to the failure happening and the clutch just magically wore out over the course of about 4-5 miles on the freeway in 6th gear.
Should I fight with VW on this? I firmly believe the slave cylinder failure caused the clutch failure and they are using the clutch as an easy out for covering any part of the repair (slave cylinder itself should be a CPO covered item). I am considering opening a case with VWoA regarding this.
Dealer quote for the slave cylinder and clutch replacement is $3300 - I about drove my ID.4 off the freeway when other half read that off to me. Slave cylinder is only ~$400 of that total. We are working on getting other quotes and will have it towed elsewhere (we have secondary towing coverage that is not through VW CPO) but before we do that wanted to see if we should pursue the slave cylinder failure causing the clutch failure.
Should I fight with VW on this? I firmly believe the slave cylinder failure caused the clutch failure and they are using the clutch as an easy out for covering any part of the repair (slave cylinder itself should be a CPO covered item). I am considering opening a case with VWoA regarding this.
Dealer quote for the slave cylinder and clutch replacement is $3300 - I about drove my ID.4 off the freeway when other half read that off to me. Slave cylinder is only ~$400 of that total. We are working on getting other quotes and will have it towed elsewhere (we have secondary towing coverage that is not through VW CPO) but before we do that wanted to see if we should pursue the slave cylinder failure causing the clutch failure.