Tale of woe, VW Amarok.

[PAT303]

Talked to my good mate still in Newman,his Rok has died and he's had enough.The vehicle was bought new 14 months ago and it started out well but at 9,000km's the engine had a melt down and was beyond repair,a new engine was fitted that then didn't run so back again,he has spent many trips from Newman to Perth and then the A/C died,the tranny was flashing high temps and his family was not happy without air in 46 degree temps.Anyway today he rang and the motor is running hot with oil in the coolant,the ARB canopy rear door has fallen off for the third time and one of the ABS sensors failed so VW wanted him to take it to Port Hedland to be repaired and for him to pick it up,he would have to fly to Perth then Hedland at his cost,$1000 so he said no so VW floated it but because of the cost have cancelled his 5 year warranty so he's taking it back and wants his money.The vehicle has only done 16,000km's and has spent more time not working than working,trouble is in Newman there is no vehicle support,Core Fleet have left so any issue's with any make or model means a 6hr drive for help. Pat

[Vern]

That sucks, ours has been flawless, love that car. Sounds like he got a bad one

[muddymech]

heard a few horror stories from vw owners, not what is expected from a so called quality car company

[Vern]

I think VW owners aren't like us landy owners, we expect things to stuff up:D

[Ferret]

... because of the cost have cancelled his 5 year warranty so he's taking it back and wants his money.

How do you cancel a warranty?

[Chucaro]

If the Amarok in Australia are the made in Argentina I would not touch them.
The worker's morale is very low and loyalty to the company it is -0
To get a good one is like win the lotto.

[p38arover]

I was talking to my local coffee roaster this morning. His Amarok has been at the dealer for a month with water in the engine. The Rok has 30,000km on it, is still under warranty, and has never been off-road.

He's not sure if it's a head gasket or EGR and the dealer won't even return his calls. His loaner vehicle is a HiLux.

It will be interesting to hear what Pat Callinan says when he gets back from WA because Pat is a regular at the coffee shop and Pat's driving an Amarok. When I spoke with Pat about them a couple of weeks back, he said he was very happy with the Rok.

[cripesamighty]

One of the girls at work bought a new Amarok dual cab about 6 months ago. So far it has been back to the dealers 11 times to get stuff fixed. Some is to do with the vehicle itself and some is from the crappy job the dealer did fitting accessories. Needless to say she is not a happy camper.... figuratively and literally!

[rangieman]

I was talking to my local coffee roaster this morning. His Amarok has been at the dealer for a month with water in the engine. The Rok has 30,000km on it, is still under warranty, and has never been off-road.

He's not sure if it's a head gasket or EGR and the dealer won't even return his calls. His loaner vehicle is a HiLux.

It will be interesting to hear what Pat Callinan says when he gets back from WA because Pat is a regular at the coffee shop and Pat's driving an Amarok. When I spoke with Pat about them a couple of weeks back, he said he was very happy with the Rok.

Honestly what would you think Pat would say:confused:. When Vw give him a free car and he gives them a free plug every show:eek:

[Vern]

Well ours has done 100kk, never missed a beat! Would trust it more than the beloved green oval! Remember when all those td5's etc..spent time back at the dealers.

[MR LR]

Well ours has done 100kk, never missed a beat! Would trust it more than the beloved green oval! Remember when all those td5's etc..spent time back at the dealers.
Mine has never left the dealer's :D

[Vern]

Your what?

[MR LR]

Your what?
Td5...

[Ean Austral]

How can a car company cancel a warranty because the vehicle they built and issued warranty with is having issues.

I would be stopping that in its tracks straight away.

Cheers Ean

[Homestar]

Honestly what would you think Pat would say:confused:. When Vw give him a free car and he gives them a free plug every show:eek:

Exactly. Work gave me a new Hilux and I tell everyone I love it even though Toyota have so far been unable to get the factory fitted hard lid to unlock from the central locking...:D

If I'd payed for it myself, the revues would be very different.

[DiscoMick]

How can a car company cancel a warranty because the vehicle they built and issued warranty with is having issues.

I would be stopping that in its tracks straight away.

Cheers Ean

Consumer Affairs would love that one.

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[Rextheute]

Naaaaaaaaah , I get a Mitsubishi FOC it's a free car , it was cheap to buy , cheap to run , and it's the meanest , most miserable car I have ever had ....

It's economical .
But it's rough , uncomfortable , no guts , and tows ok .

I'm not a fan .

But it's free in every way !

I actually drive my other car to work as it's better .....and it's a 1969 Valiant !

[p38arover]

If I'd payed for it myself, the revues would be very different.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/06/944.jpg

[Disco Muppet]

Bloke I work with, his.....BIL?....I think?....had an Amarok that was the sourest lemon ever made. He fought VW and they eventually purchased it back off him....
So he turned around and bought another one :D said when it was working it was the best car he'd ever had.

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[ramblingboy42]

Short memories guys.

Go into the defender threads and read about the problems defender owners have.

How about the complete fleet of defenders for the Port Moresby Police being completely unoperable after only a few weeks of owning them.

Just bringing things into perspective.

[vnx205]

The way I see it, PAT303's post was the one that brought things into perspective.

Most of us are aware that some Land Rovers have the occasional reliability problem. Many of us know that some of the general public think Land Rovers are so unreliable that it should be cause for wild celebrations when one of them makes it home after a trip to the local supermarket.

PAT303 just reminded us that other brands can have quite serious and expensive reliability problems too.

[ramblingboy42]

some Land Rovers have the occasional reliability problem

you are so correct.