b1jackson
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2005
- Location
- Prince Edward Island, Canada
- TDI
- 2012 Golf - Gone in BUYBACK. Replaced with 2015 Golf
Well I am glad you asked! I was cleaning out the car this afternoon and found the pile of repair receipts that I've been stuffing in the trunk since we bought our 99.5 TDI four and a half years ago. The car is a Jetta, 5spd. It had 113,000 km on it when we got it and it now has 280,000 on it. Just for fun, I brought in all of the receipts and sprawled them out on the table and starting adding things up.
A few things on the car I am able to fix myself but it is quite minimal. This car is on the road 5 days a week and I cannot afford downtime of fixing it myself and although this forum has been fantastic on informing me of many issues with my TDI, I lack a local guru to look over my shoulder and assist in repairs. That said, I have an excellent repair shop in Charlottetown where I take my car and they are very knowledgeable of VWs.
So here is my list. I left out common things like oil changes, tires, rust checks, headlights, bulbs, and the timing belt components that I did a few years back. I sort of added up the parts cost from the perspective of someone asking "just how reliable are those VWs?". I did not include labour. This represents straight out parts replacements when something squeaked, creaked, groaned or acted up in a way that made me say, "this thing better go to the garage for some lovin".
front strut bearing and retainer $42 Mar-06
pre-valve, ball joint $89 Apr-06
front rotors $93 May-06
(2) front struts $189 Sep-06
starter parts $6 Oct-06
rear axle bushings $86 Nov-06
(4) glow plugs $152 Nov-06
rear rotors, pads and 1 rear caliper $288 Apr-07
starter parts $20 Oct-07
brake caliper, e-brake cable $303 Feb-08
oil pan drain plug $15 Apr-08
exhaust union $44 Sep-08
sway bar bushings $45 Sep-08
wheel bearing (rear) $266 Sep-08
front and rear abs sensor $130 Dec-08
front rotors $180 Apr-09
(2) rear coil springs $220 May-09
starter parts $16 Aug-09
front stabilizer bushings $112 Oct-09
front strut bushing $37 Oct-09
turbo hose $90 Oct-09
wheel bearing (front) $90 Mar-10
TOTAL =$2,513
So do I love my TDI........hell ya! I welcome any comments or similar stories.
A few things on the car I am able to fix myself but it is quite minimal. This car is on the road 5 days a week and I cannot afford downtime of fixing it myself and although this forum has been fantastic on informing me of many issues with my TDI, I lack a local guru to look over my shoulder and assist in repairs. That said, I have an excellent repair shop in Charlottetown where I take my car and they are very knowledgeable of VWs.
So here is my list. I left out common things like oil changes, tires, rust checks, headlights, bulbs, and the timing belt components that I did a few years back. I sort of added up the parts cost from the perspective of someone asking "just how reliable are those VWs?". I did not include labour. This represents straight out parts replacements when something squeaked, creaked, groaned or acted up in a way that made me say, "this thing better go to the garage for some lovin".
front strut bearing and retainer $42 Mar-06
pre-valve, ball joint $89 Apr-06
front rotors $93 May-06
(2) front struts $189 Sep-06
starter parts $6 Oct-06
rear axle bushings $86 Nov-06
(4) glow plugs $152 Nov-06
rear rotors, pads and 1 rear caliper $288 Apr-07
starter parts $20 Oct-07
brake caliper, e-brake cable $303 Feb-08
oil pan drain plug $15 Apr-08
exhaust union $44 Sep-08
sway bar bushings $45 Sep-08
wheel bearing (rear) $266 Sep-08
front and rear abs sensor $130 Dec-08
front rotors $180 Apr-09
(2) rear coil springs $220 May-09
starter parts $16 Aug-09
front stabilizer bushings $112 Oct-09
front strut bushing $37 Oct-09
turbo hose $90 Oct-09
wheel bearing (front) $90 Mar-10
TOTAL =$2,513
So do I love my TDI........hell ya! I welcome any comments or similar stories.