Coilpack theft!!

[sixpot]

Some cheeky bugger has gone and used my reg/ car details to claim their 4 new coilpacks under the 28F5 recall!
Booked my car in for a service and enquired about the recall, and was told it had already been done, and by a dealer in Derby, which is miles from where I live. On further investigation they had even put the mileage down as 71000, my car has only done 56000!
VW UK are now involved in getting the situation sorted out, and hopefully I should have mine replaced. 

[Weston]

Oh they were yours! Cheers 

Only joking. That's a real p1ss take! Hope it gets sorted

[bacillus]

Strange! I thought that the car had to be booked and taken into the dealer for new coil packs to be issued.

[edd666999]

Vw preston and vw wrexham wouldn't just give me the coilpacks they both said they have to fit!

[Wardy]

How bizarre! You'd have thought they'd have done a VIN plate check, as a minimum.

I thought the same as well, that as part of the recall the revised ones were being *fitted* by a main dealer, not just given to the customer? I'd have thought most of the folks walking in the door wouldn't know one end of a coilpack from another, let alone how to swap them?

[Tfsi_Mike]

Thats well cheeky!

Out of curiosity whats was the revision?  Im guessing because if had coilpacks in last 12 months they will automatically be revised ones?

[sixpot]

They are the original 07k 905 715 coilpacks Mike. (date stamped week 23 2005) as you know the latest ones are rev F.

[gti_jim]

Some cheeky bugger has gone and used my reg/ car details to claim their 4 new coilpacks under the 28F5 recall!
Booked my car in for a service and enquired about the recall, and was told it had already been done, and by a dealer in Derby, which is miles from where I live. On further investigation they had even put the mileage down as 71000, my car has only done 56000!
VW UK are now involved in getting the situation sorted out, and hopefully I should have mine replaced. 

Couldn't be someone cloning your vehicle could it? If so - The con might have sold the clone to some mug who has gone into VW for the recall.

[sixpot]

It was done on the original reg number, not my private plate, so I doubt it's been cloned.

[56OctyVRS]

I would contact the DVLA as they may have re registered your reg plate by mistake to another vehicle.