looked at this string of posts and decided to call my local dealers (Kettering VW Northants) concerning the coil packs. Spoke to reception and stated that I have a 56 plate GTI and that I had seen that there was a recall on these items. After leaving me on hold for ages the receptionist came back and confirmed that there is a recall on the coil packs and promtley booked me in for an inspection next week. I'm not sure if they are going to replace them or not, but feel better that they are least going to look into it. Funny that without this forum I wouldn't have known about any so called "recall"...is this just a VW thing....?