I also had a problem getting my dealer to take a good look at the EV
so that they could decide if it had the piston slap problem.

Here's what I did: I wrote  a letter to the dealer, asking them to do
full diagnostics, and reply to me _in_writing_, that they had
found/had not found the piston slap problem.   This ensured that they
took a _serious_ look at it, as in removing the cylinder head and
checking the inside of the cylinders (in our case they ordered a new
engine block afterwards).

 guess asking them to put it writing nudged them enough to takew the
trouble and look inside...
Cetin

barwise@tuxedo.enet.dec.com writes:
 > K&C,
 > 
 > Well, I'm in the same boat as you.  I have 800 miles left on my EV's 50K
 > powertrain warranty, and I want(NEED!) a EV-competent VW dealer meachanic to 
 > verify that the engine does or does not suffer from piston slap.  I think it