Audi Barrie

In the last 4 years, I have spent over $20,000 at this dealer on service work to my 2001 Jetta TDI. Every time we've taken the car in, the diagnosis seems to be far more grave than we'd anticipated. Bu dealer on service work to my 2001 Jetta TDI. Every time we've taken the car in, the diagnosis seems to be far more grave than we'd anticipated. But we've always gone ahead on their advice. The latest problem occurred when the car experienced reduced engine power just 3 days after spending $1500 on a new front end struts and springs. We had simply gone into get the muffler replaced but we were told the front end was in terrible shape and we shouldn't even drive it, In any case, when we went back to have the engine power reduction diagnosed, we were told we needed to replace the entire turbochareger at a cost of over $2400. We simply didn't have that money. We asked on at least 3 occasions if there could possibly be a less costly fix even for what might be a shorter time. The car has 300,000 Km. We were told there simply was nothing else that could be done. In a last ditch measure, we took the car to a small garage (not a VW dealer) The car was repaired in about an hour. The entire bill was $90.81. And it runs like a top. Apparently the waste gate was seized and needed to be freed up. Today I visited Autohaus Barrie and referring back to their written estimate which said the waste gate was seized, I again asked if it might be possible to fix the problem without replacing the entire turbocharger. I received the same answer. "It's an integrated unit and the only way to fix it is to replace the entire turbocharger." I then told them the car had been repaired and I also told them the dealership must be either very dishonest or very incompetent. I suspect the former. I'm left wondering how much of the previous $20,000 of work done at this dealership, was equally unnecessary. I'll not visit the dealership again. For that I'm sure they are grateful. But I shall pass this story on to everyone who may even be considering doing business there. Before we moved to Barrie, we dealt with Autohaus Orangeville, where we originally purchased the car. All our experiences there were extremely positive. I'm not sure how many people will see this note but I hope I've prevented at least one customer from falling into the same situation we've experienced. More