Ownership Cost for 2012 Volkswagen GTI (Base PZEV)
Estimated: $39734 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2654
$1274
$1115
$1009
$902
$6954
Insurance
$1836
$1901
$1967
$2036
$2107
$9847
Fuel
$1500
$1545
$1599
$1663
$1738
$8045
Maintenance
$2286
$1596
$1026
$1065
$2071
$8044
Repairs
$800
$976
$1109
$1232
$1425
$5542
Taxes & Fees
$879
$879
$879
$879
$879
$1303
Total Ownership Costs
$9956
$7391
$6943
$7086
$8358
$39734
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: 1984
Displacement CI: 121.071108283
Displacement L: 1.984000
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 200.00
Engine KW: 149.140000
Engine Manufacturer: Volkswagen
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 1147
Model: GTI
Model Year: 2012
Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 3/PZEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: CADXV02.03PA
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
2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OWNER OF A 2006 VW GTI, THREW ENGINE CODE FOR KNOWN TSB REGARDING CAM FOLLOWER AND CAM SHAFT WEAR AT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. MECHANIC INSPECTED SITE AND DISCOVERED THAT CAM SHAFT WEAR/ DAMAGE WAS EXTREME AND WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, CAM SHAFT, AND CAM FOLLOWER ALL OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE SOME EXTENSION ON FACTORY WARRANTIES FROM VW OF AMERICA INSTEAD OF EXPECTING OWNERS TO PONY UP $1600-2400 IN REPAIR COSTS WHEN IT INEVITABLY FAILS. FOR NOTE OF KNOWN ISSUE, SEE VW TSB #2013147/8. *TR
2012
TIRES
UPON SLOWING TO MY EXIT FROM THE HIGHWAY SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A FLAT AND PULLED IMMEDIATELY INTO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. WHEN I CAME AROUND TO THE RIGHT FRONT THERE WAS NO TIRE! I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. I CALLED VOLKSWAGEN AND MADE A VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE EVERYTHING INSPECTED. THE TECH'S SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. I WENT TO ORDER A NEW TIRE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REMAINING THREE WERE BUBBLING AND ALSO BAD. THE AUTHORIZED PIRELLI DEALER THAT I VISITED SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS I BOUGHT THE TIRE FROM THEM. TO MY SURPRISE AND UTTER DISBELIEF, THE VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP SAID THE TIRES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS. ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED VEHICLES IN THE CATEGORY OF SAFETY HAS TIRES THAT ARE UNRELIABLE, AND DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS! I JUST ORDERED FOUR NEW TIRES THAT ARE NOT PIRELLI AS I DO NOT TRUST THIS PRODUCT WHICH FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND SHOWS SIGNS OF INFERIOR QUALITY. *TR