I had recently had the oil changed in April 2020. it seemed to be fine, no issues. I was aware of the seal on the oil pan (I think) was leaking oil and had made an appointment at a local repair shop to be looked at. I was gong to the grocery store and afterwards came out and it started up okay but, when I put it in drive, it started to hesitate and skip but, when it got going that stopped and it ran ok but, continued to do the same as I was driving around, I stopped to check the oil and it was down a quart then added more oil to it. before I could make it home or to the repair shop, it started to stall and finally died and needed to call for a tow to bring to repair shop who could not fix it as it had many codes that came up when they diagnosed it. It was finally towed to the volkswagon dealer to find the problem. I was told that I needed a new engine and it would cost approx. 10,000 dollars to replace. I don't believe that could happen with just oil leak and oil was replaced. they said something about the pistons being melted or warped which seized the engine(not sure). I think that it was also on a recall for something like that but, the dealer told me it wasn't . I am not sure how to proceed now. The dealer still has it and I need help with what to do with it . I think that the dealer just thought it was too old and that they didn't want to spend the time or money with fixing it which most likely was something volkswagon knew it was a problem and don't want to spend the money to fix.

The car consumes a large amount of oil. This started with the mileage between 46,500 and 47,000. Then the car died on the side of the road. Took it to a dealer who did a fuel injector recall again?? The dealer states that the seal is bad and there are two other issues that need repairing. I took the car to an independent (very reliable shop) who tells me that the piston rings are shot and the engine needs to be replaced. They didn't recommend any repair due to cost and age of vehicle?

How could a vehicle with 47,000 miles have an engine that need to be replaced or rebuilt?? Why would a dealer give me a list of repairs that does not include piston rings? Would they do these repairs and later tell me that the car needs additional work that they discovered and then I would be forced to complete a larger repair??

Sounds like a scam. what do yo think?? VW is trying wash their hands of this issue because of the age of the vehicle.

10 weeks out of warranty our nightmare started. After a one hour highway drive to my parent's house with two small children I discovered a significant oil leak in their driveway as I was leaving. We immediately checked the oil and found it was bone dry! This was a $2,600 repair, but VW covered the 11 hours of labor to replace the rear main seal. I had to cover the parts which totaled $400.

After reading about other people's trouble, and speaking to other knowledgeable mechanics, I asked the dealer to also check the PCV Valve, which turned out to be bad and was the likely cause of the Rear Main Seal failure. Had I not done my homework I am very confident the dealer would not have replaced the valve. Unfortunately I think significant damage was done to my engine during this ordeal. This was only the beginning of our nightmare.....