Who has mega miles on a TDI

I just bought my 4th TDI('03 Jetta) a few weeks ago, it had around 418,500 when I picked it up, now have around 419,700 on it.....

375,000 now on my '03 ALH and 276,000 on the '06 BRM

405k here on my ALH still going strong on factory 5 speed and stage 4 Malone tune��

tdidieselbobny said:

I just bought my 4th TDI('03 Jetta) a few weeks ago, it had around 418,500 when I picked it up, now have around 419,700 on it.....

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How many miles are you planning on getting out of it? 500k I know these can go 600k?

my 2000 jetta had 453k km on her still running like a champ but the body gave out ! now tomorow im going to go look at a 05 jetta wagon with 318k km on her so lets see how much this one may last

Our 06 BRM has 246,000 and the 03. ALH has 375,000

Just did my Golf's 540k service this morning. Oil change, tire rotation, air filter, fuel filter, cabin filter, lubed the door hinges, checked the exterior lights, topped up the washer fluid bottle.... all good. Quite boring, actually.

When these cars are set up right and routine maintenance is done, they just go and go. We did the 360K service on my son's '02 Golf a couple weeks ago and aside from a slightly leaking EGR valve it's all good. Last month he jumped in the car with no prep and drove 2,200 miles to Wisconsin and back in 3 days. As is usually the case with these cars, it ran better after the trip.

I was real proud of hitting 266,666 on my 03 ALH. Coming up on needing a new timing belt, which is good because the T-Stat is slightly stuck open. Since everything is apart anyways might as well replace more wear and tear parts.

After 15 years in MN though, the rust is finally starting to get me. But for being in the midwest with snow and salt, I would say it's still super clean. Front fenders need to be replaced, but the pinchwelds on the unibody are still real clean, so not the end of the world.

315K so far with the last 100K on 26psi. she's still running strong!

captaintofuburger said:

I was real proud of hitting 266,666 on my 03 ALH. Coming up on needing a new timing belt, which is good because the T-Stat is slightly stuck open. Since everything is apart anyways might as well replace more wear and tear parts.

After 15 years in MN though, the rust is finally starting to get me. But for being in the midwest with snow and salt, I would say it's still super clean. Front fenders need to be replaced, but the pinchwelds on the unibody are still real clean, so not the end of the world.

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Amazon has replacement fenders for less than $50 each, plus there are many eBay sellers with them for about the same price. I'm in the process of replacing the ones on my indigo blue weekend car -- the original ones on my red DD are still rust-free.

2005 Jetta GLS TDI wagon, 5 MT. Bought new in 3/2005. Wife driven till 2015 @ 195k miles. I took it over and it now has 240k. Just did the oil change, new fuel filter and air filter yesterday.

The factory clutch went to 205k. The only 2 issues it ever had was a failed in-tank fuel pump at 180k, adn the alternator clutch pulley failed at 195k. Neither failure prevented me from getting home. The car has never left me stranded.

The only issue it has it its tendency to warp brake rotors. The ChinaZone rotors will warp in 1 year. I use Zimmerman rotors now and those hold up much better. 20k on the current set and no warping.

Koni Reds made the car ride and handle much better. The ones I installed in 2011 are now getting worn. Next repair is a new set of those and a new set of springs.

We just traded in a 2016 Kia Sorento (thank God) for a 2015 Golf Sportwagen TDI mk7.

After going from the Mk4 to the new one I can only say WOW. They really improved the power, ride, and handling over the Mk4.

The new one has a DSG. I'm not overly fond of its shift logic so I use it in manual mode. That damn trans is always lugging the crap out of the engine dropping it to 6th gear/1100 rpms in town. That's not good for the engine according the gurus.

I'm lining up a DSG tune ASAP.

Not TDI, but I have friend and customer who had 675,000 miles on an 81 Rabbit. He retired it last year and bought my car 05 Jetta BEW with only 300K on it. I only sold it to update myself into an 09 Jetta CR with only 180K.

I just hit 300,000 miles last night in my 02 jetta. Nothing but wear and tear items, brakes, a clutch, the turbo i replaced as more of a preventative maitenence thing before it blew. A few items for upgrades. Bushings, shocks, struts.

I just turned 400,000 miles on my 02 auto to manual golf yesterday.
Spent only 120,xxx as an auto..... the rest 280,xxx miles as a 5 speed ; )

221,00 on my 2005 Jetta BEW with a Triptronic. Have to do your own maintenance!

I just posted in the 500K club thread. Rolled over the half million mark a few days ago.
99.5 canyon red Jetta, gets an average of 56mpg, best tank of fuel was at 60mpg.
Stage 4 Malone tune, race pipe and all else is stock.

I am the original owner of a 2003 Golf GLS TDI. I have done all the maintenance since I purchased it. At 316,000 miles I rebuilt the engine and manual transmission. Currently the vehicle has 376,000 miles and gets 46 mpg w/o AC on and approximately 42 mpg with AC on. The VW diesel requires you be vigilant as to the maintenance. Stealerships do not know how to work on these cars! Local shops that really know these vehicles are rare. As I have experienced, made the mistake of having a independent VW shop do the timing belt only to have to sue them to replace the head and the pistons due to their not tightening the timing belt tensioner properly. The dirty little secret to longevity of the VW diesel is you gotta do the maintenance yourself to make sure it's done right.

Hey,
Now I'm up to 425,000 miles, and still get an average near 50mpg since I did all the mods in my signature.

I had a 2001 beetle tdi auto with 318,000 miles. The engine had a runaway and knocked two holes in the block. Even then I parted it got 95% of my money back.

Dan what was involved in the Ventectomy?

Dads cousin in romania ran his pd100 golf estate to over 1mil km and sold the car jist to buy another one he had aboit 4 golf estates. He was a taxi driver

300xxx miles

02 jetta stock just hit 300000 miles today. No check lights. Not mega but a milestone for the car.

My 03 hit 300k last week!

417xxx on 2003 1 turbo all else original as far as I can tell
318xxx on 2004 1 turbo 5 oil pans

mittzlepick said:

417xxx on 2003 1 turbo all else original as far as I can tell
318xxx on 2004 1 turbo 5 oil pans

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O.K., gotta ask, Five oil pans?

KCCats said:

Dan what was involved in the Ventectomy?

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https://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/fuel-vent-diy-for-mk4-vw-jetta-new-beetle-golf-and-passat-tdi/

And a video to give you a visual of the process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHWwjegT7h0


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295k mi 477k km on 2002 ALH standard ...

270k on an 04 BEW.

Just picked up my second 03 ALH Golf TDI heavily modded with 356k from original owner. Averaging 47mpg