Ownership Cost for 2012 Volkswagen Golf (2.5L PZEV)
Estimated: $38415 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2499
$1199
$1049
$950
$850
$6547
Insurance
$1818
$1881
$1947
$2015
$2086
$9747
Fuel
$1444
$1488
$1540
$1601
$1674
$7747
Maintenance
$2232
$1534
$984
$973
$2047
$7770
Repairs
$777
$954
$1084
$1207
$1398
$5420
Taxes & Fees
$799
$799
$799
$799
$799
$1183
Total Ownership Costs
$9568
$7148
$6721
$6821
$8157
$38415
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 2480
Displacement CI: 151.338885354
Displacement L: 2.480000
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 5
Engine HP: 170
Engine KW: 126.7690
Engine Manufacturer: Volkswagen
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 1147
Model: Golf
Model Year: 2012
Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 3/PZEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: CVWXV02.5259
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat
Belt Advanced Front Air Bags.
Plant City: Wolfsburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
I BELIEVE MY CAR (2011 VW GOLF 2-DOOR 2.5) HAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT - IMPROPER WELDING, MISSING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, ETC. - ON THE BODY IN THE AREA BENEATH THE REAR SEAT CUSHION. I THINK THAT THE DEFECT AFFECTS SAFETY. // I NOTICED IN MAY, 2011, THAT THE MID AND LEFT AREA OF THE REAR SEAT CUSHION MAKES CREAKING SOUND WHEN IT IS PRESSED. I COMPARED OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME MODEL (A 2011 VW GOLF 2-DOOR TDI AND A 2010 VW GOLF 4-DOOR 2.5) WITH MINE. THE OTHER VEHICLES DID NO MAKE THE CREAKING SOUND. // ON JULY 26, 2011, THE SERVICE MANGER JOHN AT THE VW DEALER IN DANVERS, MA, SHOWED ME THAT THE METAL BODY BENEATH THE SEAT CUSHION MADE THE CREAKING SOUND BY PRESSING THE AREA OF THE METAL BODY WHILE THE SEAT CUSHION WAS LIFTED UP. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM SAYING THAT THE HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. // I THINK THAT THE DEFECT ON MY CARїS BODY IN THE AREA BENEATH THE REAR SEAT CUSHION AFFECTS VEHICLE SAFETY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. IN CASE OF COLLISION, MY CARїS BODY WILL NOT PROPERLY PROTECT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. IN CASE OF EXPLOSION OF THE FUEL TANK WHICH IS RIGHT BELOW THE AREA OF THE ALLEGED DEFECT, MY CARїS BODY WILL NOT PROPERLY PROTECT PASSENGERS FROM THE EXPLOSION. // LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A DIFFERENT SYMPTOM THAT MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE DEFECT ON THE BODY BENEATH THE REAR SEAT CUSHION. MY CAR FREQUENTLY MAKES CREAKING AND KNOCKING SOUND FROM AROUND THE DOORS WHEN THE ROAD IS SLIGHTLY UNEVEN OR WHEN I SUDDENLY LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL. THE VW DEALER IN WELLESLEY, MA, TRIED TO FIX IT MANY TIMES BUT FAILED. PERHAPS, THE DEFECT ON THE BODY BENEATH THE REAR SEAT CUSHION MAKES MY CARїS BODY FLEX MUCH MORE THAN IT WAS DESIGNED, AND CAUSES THE CREAKING AND KNOCKING SOUND FROM AROUND THE DOORS. *TR
2012
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
FUEL PUMP FAILURE, RANDOM POWER CUT OUT DUE TO FAULT MODE. SYSTEM FLASHES A GLOW PLUG LIGHT INSTEAD OF A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOT SIGNALING A OBVIOUS FAILURE. *TR