Hello,
I had a 2010 Jetta TDI until VW purchased it back. I believe I was a TDI club member before. It was a great car and miss it but the VW offer was hard to refuse plus didnt want to deal with the fix.
With the money I purchased a 2012 MB E350 AWD. Great car no issues but want to get away from the payments and future maintenance bills. I knew this when I purchased it but got the car anyway.
Now I am looking into getting either an older Jetta TDI 2005-2006 or newer used 2011-2015 that has gone thru the fix.
There is a 2005 Jetta TDI automatic with 46k mi for $10k. I think the price is high. I get different opinions on if the price is high when I ask a few VW mechanics. From the carfax report it appears the car sat for the last 3 years????
A few questions:
1. Were there issues with the 2005-2006 automatic DSG transmissions where the rivets break off into the transmission. Automatic only? I was told there should be no issue as long as you do the 40k transmission maintenance.
2. Are there issues with the VW fix from dieselgate? I heard only certain years 2009-2011. Newer years no change in performance. A lot of complaints online from comments about people cant even drive there vehicles anymore.
My local dealer has pretty affordable used TDI's for sale around the $13k - $15k.
Not sure which route to take. Any feedback would really help. Thank you in advance.
I had a 2010 Jetta TDI until VW purchased it back. I believe I was a TDI club member before. It was a great car and miss it but the VW offer was hard to refuse plus didnt want to deal with the fix.
With the money I purchased a 2012 MB E350 AWD. Great car no issues but want to get away from the payments and future maintenance bills. I knew this when I purchased it but got the car anyway.
Now I am looking into getting either an older Jetta TDI 2005-2006 or newer used 2011-2015 that has gone thru the fix.
There is a 2005 Jetta TDI automatic with 46k mi for $10k. I think the price is high. I get different opinions on if the price is high when I ask a few VW mechanics. From the carfax report it appears the car sat for the last 3 years????
A few questions:
1. Were there issues with the 2005-2006 automatic DSG transmissions where the rivets break off into the transmission. Automatic only? I was told there should be no issue as long as you do the 40k transmission maintenance.
2. Are there issues with the VW fix from dieselgate? I heard only certain years 2009-2011. Newer years no change in performance. A lot of complaints online from comments about people cant even drive there vehicles anymore.
My local dealer has pretty affordable used TDI's for sale around the $13k - $15k.
Not sure which route to take. Any feedback would really help. Thank you in advance.