NHTSA Complaint #761418 — 2000 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (MLI) CAME ON. CHECKED ENGINE OIL AND FOUND TO BE NEARLY TWO QUARTS LOW. REFILLED AND CALLED DEALERSHIP. DELAERSHIP REPLACED O2 SENSOR - INDICATED THAT OIL CONSUMPTION OF THIS AMOUNT WAS UNUSUAL AND SHOULD BE TRACKED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CHECKED OIL AND WAS NEARLY TWO QUARTS LOW. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, TWEAKED ECM SETTINGS AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. NEW SERICE MANAGER CLAIMS THAT HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION IS TYPICAL WITH THIS ENGINE (NOTICE - VERY DIFFERENT RESPONSE FROM FIRST ENCOUNTER). TWO DAYS LATER, WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I HAVE AN APPPOINMENT WITH DEALER ON FRIDAY. CAR IS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY (2 YEARS) AND HAS ONLY 15K MILES ON IT.*JB