Ownership Cost for 2014 Volkswagen GTI (Wolfsburg Edition)
Estimated: $41194 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3386
$1625
$1422
$1287
$1151
$8871
Insurance
$1980
$2049
$2121
$2195
$2272
$10617
Fuel
$1368
$1409
$1459
$1517
$1585
$7338
Maintenance
$1885
$1562
$1088
$1318
$1887
$7740
Repairs
$656
$843
$955
$1080
$1259
$4793
Taxes & Fees
$1239
$1239
$1239
$1239
$1239
$1835
Total Ownership Costs
$10513
$7630
$7225
$7512
$8315
$41194
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: 4
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: 2014
Other Engine Info: Fuel: GAS (50-St); Federal / California Emission Standard: BIN 3 / PZEV; Emissions Certification Test Group: EADXV02.03PA
Other Restraint System Info: Restraint System: Active - Dr/Pass; Front Air Bag - Dr/Pass , Restraint System: Active - Dr/Pass; Front Air Bag - Dr/Pass; Advanced Front Air Bags; Side Impact Air Bags - Front
Plant City: Wolfsburg
Plant Country: Germany
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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