… you may be eligible for a cash settlement over the issue of (allegedly) defective water pumps.
A company as large as VW can’t find a reliable water pump supplier? Good Greif, Charlie Brown.
Apparently not… Our '14 Audi had an auxiliary electric water pump recall for the car when we bought it.
The pump could catch fire… so the interim fix was to disconnect the pump from the electrical supply until new pumps were available 5-6 months later.
On another note… MY '21 Mustang had a recall notice on it when I bought it in 2025 for potentially faulty fuel pumps… but no fix was available. The supplier to the supplier to the maker of the pumps had let some of the parts go to the edge of spec. Not out, to the edge. Now 13 months later, there is a software fix, but only a temporary software fix. 
Modern vehicles are basically junk. The company which I work for uses Ram ProMaster cargo vans, which look pretty, but man are they built out of cardboard. Several have had major engine and transmission problems, at relatively low mileage. My work truck had both cylinder heads replaced at about 80,000 miles due to rocker arm issues, and the transmission was replaced at about 96,000 miles because it would lose power and just slip. Three of our other trucks needed the transmission replaced, one had to be replaced twice, because the new transmission went out after a short time. All work was done at the dealer using official FCA parts, not cheap knockoff parts. Gone are the days when you could expect a vehicle to last for 200,000 miles with just normal maintenance.
@bcohen2010 If modern vehicles are junk, why are our fleet’s newer vehicles lasting longer before major repairs are needed?
If they’re junk, why do we have some modern vehicles with over 200K still on the factory steering and suspension because it’s still tight?
Ram Promaster = Fiat work van, last comparison test I saw had it dead last by a lot.
I couldn’t be happier with our ‘modern’ vehicles.
I fixed it for you. 