My point is, most, if not all 16v's already had the newer style, upgraded heater core already installed.
The fact that this heater core fails after 12+ years is due to age and wear and tear, NOT a defect. Come on, do you expect everything in the car to work perfectly forever? -josh --- Fli GLi <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the part wasn't defective, why recall it then? > Overall, the design of > the part was inferior for it's application. VW > experienced heavy failing of > the part due to this poor design. It recalled the > part. To me, this would > classify the part as defective? They aren't > replacing with exactly the same > heater cores, are they? > > The fact that my particular heater core made it as > long as it did, provided > it's the original, is strictly statistical. > Normally, in any production > operation putting out good parts, there were be > statistically allowable > number of defective parts. The supplier of heater > cores at that time was > running the reverse scenario, providing bad parts > with the odd good one > getting through. Overall, the parts were defective. > > My .02, > > Renard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf > Of DocWyte > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] Re: Heater Core > Replacement? > > > > I bought my '91 GTI 16v new. VW recalled ALL the > heater cores at that time and replaced them. > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
