Ownership Cost for 2008 Volkswagen Eos VR6
Estimated: $42381 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2606 | $1251 | $1095 | $990 | $886 | $6828 |
| Insurance | $1705 | $1765 | $1826 | $1890 | $1956 | $9142 |
| Fuel | $1733 | $1785 | $1848 | $1922 | $2008 | $9296 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1996 | $1155 | $1187 | $2291 | $9392 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $854 | $854 | $854 | $854 | $854 | $1264 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10638 | $8032 | $7346 | $7485 | $8879 | $42381 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2008 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | PURCHASED 2008 VW EOX ON 09/11/2009. CAR WOULD BRIEFLY STALL-OUT AND POP INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. 02/12/08 - DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIND ERROR CODES. 12/16/08 - CAR HAS BECOME WORSE, STALLS MORE OFTEN, ROLLS BACKWARDS, BANGS - DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIND ERROR CODES. 03/18/09 - AFTER ALMOST HAVING AN ACCIDENT FROM THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, DEALER SCANS AND FOUND NO FAILURE RECORDS - UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. 07/07/09 - DEALER WAS ABLE TO VERIFY PROBLEM BY TEST DRIVING - 07/31/09 - DEALER REPLACED MECHATRONICS UNIT. THE CAR DROVE BETTER THAN EVER AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. YESTERDAY 08/27/09 CAR STALLED LURCHED, BANGED, AND SLIPPED THROUGH GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP INTO TRAFFIC. NARROWLY MISSED HAVING AN ACCIDENT. *TR |
| 2008 | TIRES | A LEASED 2008 VOLKSWAGEN EOS HAS SEVERAL PROBLEM WITH ONLY 2100 MILES ON IT. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT TIRE. THE PANEL WAS PEELING OFF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WOULD SQUEAL WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO LOWER IT. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND WAS TOLD THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR HAD WENT BAD IN THE CONVERTIBLE TOP AND THE CLICK IN THE TIRES HAD BEEN FIXED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE CLICKING IN THE TIRES WAS STILL THERE, THE DEALER JUST ROTATED THE TIRES. *JB |
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