I suppose it is possible that only post are made when things go wrong. Sur there could have been 1000 1.6tdi's sold since they came to Briton and these 5 or so are the only ones!!
Yes I agree with that, I thought that the 1.6 petrol engine was "an old dog" so well tried and tested - I wish that VW had had that engine in the original "new" Polo in 2002, some of use still like that size of engine (in that size of car) with good drivability over the 1.4's with exciting newer technology - like FSI.