VW badge theft in ED - advice on next steps

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Hi all, 

We recently had the front badge stolen from our VW Golf, the car sensor is kept behind the badge and was also stolen. This was two weeks ago and since then have noticed other VWs around ED had also had the same issue, a badge and sensor stolen. 

We've been quoted over £1000 from our local VW garage to replace these.

 I am aware this has been going on for some time in South London generally (https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/04/vw-cars-parts-theft-cruise-control-sensors-insurance-golf-passat), which leads me to think...

a.) It's VWs issue for this terrible design fault so why should we pay

b.) If we do get a new sensor and badge the same thing will surely happen again, thus leading to further costs down the line

I wonder if anyone else who had this issue is on the group? And how they dealt with VW? They are being very unhelpful and in our most recent correspondence said we 'should have kept the car in a garage' 🫠