anyone replace oil pans due to stripped nuts and bolts?
I just found out that I need to replace my oil pan, because when they went to do my oil change at the dealership, they said that it's stripped and they can't do the oil change without replacing the whole oil pan. With labor this is going to cost me $700. The mechanic said this is common in New Beetle oil pans, so much so that they changed the oil pan in the 2004 and later models. It's just par for the course--nothing I could have done to prevent it.
I can't find anything online to date regarding this, but it would help my argument with the people at VW and the dealership that they should be including this in the warranty (I bought a certified used Beetle with 2 year warranty). They claim that this isn't included in the warranty, but they won't show me a copy of my warranty. Something smell fishy to anyone else?
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