Ownership Cost for 2001 Volkswagen GTI GLS 1.8T
Estimated: $34032 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1560 | $1607 | $1663 | $1730 | $1807 | $8367 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1923 | $913 | $485 | $2291 | $8375 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $320 | $320 | $320 | $320 | $320 | $473 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8055 | $6679 | $5888 | $5644 | $7767 | $34032 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2009 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | I PURCHASED MY 2009 VW GTI IN AUGUST OF 2008 AND HAVE BEEN USING IT AS MY DAILY DRIVER SINCE ITS PURCHASE. NOT KNOWING THE TECHNICALITIES AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE DSG TRANSMISSION I DROVE THE CAR AS USUAL UNTIL AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR THE PRNDS WAS FLASHING IN THE DASH AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN TO UNLOCK (I COULD ATTEMPT TO START IT THOUGH) NOR WOULD IT REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION. AFTER 3 FAILED ATTEMPTS TO START IT I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND RETURNED AN HOUR LATER TO START IT AND IT WORKED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY DEALER AND THEY "FIXED THE ISSUE" MY REPLACING A MAGNETIC SENSOR IN THE TRIPTRONIC UNIT. I DROVE THE CAR AS USUAL FOR A FEW MONTHS AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE (OR SO I THOUGHT). I HAD A FRIEND RIDE WITH ME WHO OWNS ANOTHER VW WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION AND HE COMMENTED ON HOW BAD THE SHIFTS WERE AND HOW IT RODE BAD, SO I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUES (THIS BEING THE ONLY DSG CAR I HAVE DRIVEN I DID NOT KNOW MY CAR WAS DRIVING BAD). TURNS OUT THE CAR HAD A FAULTY MECHATRONIC UNIT THAT WAS CAUSING MY CAR TO HAVE ROUGH SHIFTS, "LURCHING" MOTIONS WHILE IN 1ST GEAR AND REVERSE, AND THEN WOULD FEEL AS THOUGH THE CAR WAS GOING TO STALL AND CUT OUT. I HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO DRIVING THE CAR AS SUCH AND HAD TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN PARALLEL PARKING SO MY CAR WOULDN'T "LURCH" AND HIT THE CAR ON EITHER SIDE WHILE PARALLEL PARKING. YOU CAN READ ABOUT MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A LATE MODEL VW GTI (PARTICULARLY 2008 AND 2009) ON A VW ENTHUSIAST FORUM: HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/ZEROFORUM?ID=988. *TR |
| 2001 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | VEHICLE IS IN SHOP FOR REPLACEMENT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, BOTH STILL UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY ARE EMISSION CONTROL. THE CULPRIT FOR THE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE THE COIL PACK HAS FAILED. THE COIL IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS THE CAR NOW HAS 43,000 MILES AND IS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY, COST IS ABOUT $800. THE COIL PACK FAILED AND WAS REPLACED AT 19,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY. WAS TOLD BY DEALER TO EXPECT TO REPLACE THE COIL ABOUT EVERY 2 YEARS. IN ADDITION HAD THE DRIVERS WINDOW CLIPS FAIL TWICE AND THE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR, HORN SHORTED 3 SEPERATE TIMES, THE DEALER FINALLY REPLACED THE RELAY THE 3RD TIME IT CAME IN AND THAT CORRECTED IT. |
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