Ownership Cost for 2008 Volkswagen Eos Lux
Estimated: $40352 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2431 | $1167 | $1021 | $924 | $827 | $6370 |
| Insurance | $1683 | $1742 | $1803 | $1866 | $1931 | $9025 |
| Fuel | $1529 | $1575 | $1630 | $1696 | $1772 | $8202 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1924 | $1107 | $1080 | $2291 | $9165 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $765 | $765 | $765 | $765 | $765 | $1133 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10148 | $7633 | $6970 | $7054 | $8547 | $40352 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2008 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | I PURCHASED A 2008 VW EOS LUX 2.0T WITH DSG TRANSMISSION IN SEPTEMBER 2007. ALMOST FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE I EXPERIENCED ANTIC BEHAVIOR FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHICH I INITIALLY DISMISSED BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS A NEW KIND OF TRANSMISSION THAT I WASN'T USED TO. MY PROBLEMS CONSISTED OF SURGING, ROUGH SHIFTS AND A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHEN ATTEMPTING FROM A DEAD STOP. THIS LATTER CONDITION WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS AS I WOULD BE PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN FOR POWER (FOR INSTANCE, ACCELERATING INTO FAST MOVING TRAFFIC) AND THE POWER WOULD JUST DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND THE CAR WOULD HEDGE AND BALK. MY VW DEALER HAS SEEN MY CAR 5-6 TIMES NOW FOR REPEATED TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THEY REPLACED A MECHATRONICS UNIT IN FEBRUARY 2008. THEN THEY REPLACED THE DUAL CLUTCH PACKS LATER THAT YEAR. THIS YEAR THEY REPLACED THE MECHATRONICS UNIT AGAIN WHEN THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FIRST REPLACEMENT UNIT WAS FROM A MANUFACTURING RUN OF UNITS THAT WERE KNOWN TO BE FAULTY. I'D SAY THAT AFTER THIS RECENT FIX THE TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT 95% OF NORMAL. I STILL EXPERIENCE AWKWARD SHIFTS FROM TIME TO TIME. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THESE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE OFTEN INTERMITTENT AND THERE WERE NO COMPUTER FAULT CODES RECORDED BY THE CAR'S DIAGNOSTICS. IT WAS ONLY THROUGH THE PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT MY VW DEALER THAT THE PROBLEMS WERE EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED AND REMEDIED. AS IT HAPPENED, THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITION (THE DRAMATIC MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING HARD) WAS DETERMINED TO NOT BE A RESULT OF THE TRANSMISSION BUT FROM A FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH. THIS SWITCH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE TRANSMISSION BY NOT ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REVVED TOO HIGH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE STILL ON. THE SWITCH ON MY CAR WAS DELAYED IN TELLING THE COMPUTER ON MY CAR THAT I HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND WANTED POWER. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE HEDGING/LOSS OF POWER FROM A DEAD STOP WENT AWAY. *TR |
| 2008 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | THE CONTINUING PROBLEM FIRST REPORTED TO VW SERVICE IN OCTOBER OF 2008 HAS TO DO WITH THE BUCKING AND LURCHING OF THE CAR WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. IT OFTEN LURCHES AND DOES NOT START SMOOTHLY. WE HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKEN IT INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TOLD IT WAS OK AND JUST SOMETHING EOS'S DO. THE SECOND TIME WE TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING WORSE AND THEY ACTUALLY DROVE IT AND ACKNOWLEDGED IT WAS "LURCHING" MORE THAN EXPECTED. THEY DID LOOK AT IT BUT IT CONTINUES TO LURCH. SINCE HAVING IT BACK THE LURCHING STILL OCCURS AND SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE CAR ENGINE IS WARM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM SINCE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR IN MARCH OF 2008. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX THE LURCHING. THIS CONTINUES TO BE OF GREAT CONCERN AS WHEN IN TRAFFIC AND NOT SMOOTHLY STARTING, THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENTS IS VERY REAL AS CARS ARE WHIZZING AROUND US. *TR |
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