[JAKraig]

Yeah, but can you go over 500 miles on a tank of fuel cruising at 80MPH?
My 2005 Passat can. If I got the recall notice, the last thing I would do is get it “fixed”.

[CodeJockey]

My 2005 Passat can. If I got the recall notice, the last thing I would do is get it “fixed”.

This issue only pertains to the "Clean Diesel" first introduced in 2009. VW's last diesel that could burn just about anything was the 2006.5 models.

There were no model year 2007 or 2008 Tdi's for sale in the USA because the current pumpe duse engine could not meet the new EPA standards. I guess the common rail Tdi introduced in 2009 could not either, so they came up with a "software fix".