Ownership Cost for 2011 Volkswagen GTI (2.0T Sedan PZEV)
Estimated: $43024 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3046
$1462
$1279
$1157
$1036
$7980
Insurance
$1841
$1906
$1973
$2042
$2113
$9875
Fuel
$1500
$1545
$1599
$1663
$1738
$8045
Maintenance
$2666
$1841
$1153
$1296
$2246
$9202
Repairs
$952
$1115
$1271
$1391
$1599
$6328
Taxes & Fees
$1076
$1076
$1076
$1076
$1076
$1593
Total Ownership Costs
$11082
$7991
$7431
$7649
$8871
$43024
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: 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: 2011
Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 3/PZEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: BADXV02.03PA
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
1995
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
1995 VW GOLF HEATERCORE BLEW. WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIWAY FOR NO REASON THE CORE BLEW. COULD HAVE CRASHED THE CAR OR INJURED HERSELF WHEN THE COOLANT SPILLED OUT THE CORE.
2011
POWER TRAIN
FALSE NEUTRAL WITH DSG TRANSMISSION: I HAD SOMETHING SCARY HAPPEN THIS MORNING. NEXT TO MY HOUSE, WHERE I PULL OUT AND MAKE A LEFT ON TO A 4 LAND ROAD, TRAFFIC IS COMING AROUND A MOSTLY BLIND CURVE AT 50MPH. I HAVE TO PULL OUT ACROSS TRAFFIC AND GO LEFT ONTO THIS ROAD (WHICH HAS A MEDIAN). THIS MORNING I PRESSED THE GAS FOR A VERY LIGHT ACCELERATION, AND IT PULLED OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND WHEN IT WENT TO SECOND IT DIDN'T ENGAGE... IT WENT TO NEUTRAL. I WAS ONLY 1/2 WAY ACROSS THE FIRST LANE OF TRAFFIC. MY CAR BARELY ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY OF CROSS TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT NO GEARS WERE ENGAGED. THE STICK WAS IN D. ONCE THE CAR ROLLED DOWN TO ABOUT 2MPH AND I LET THE RPMS DROP DOWN TO IDLE, 1ST GEAR ENGAGED AND I WENT ABOUT MY BUSINESS. IT HAD LITERALLY *JUST* ENOUGH ROLL TO GET ME OUT OF THE WAY OF A CAR THAT WAS HEADING AT MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AT 50MPH, AND THE DRIVER WAS NOT EXPECTING A CAR TO PULL OUT AND STOP IN FRONT OF IT (THEY WEREN'T SLOWING DOWN). IF IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF ENERGY FROM 1ST GEAR TO ROLL OUT OF THE WAY, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD. IT WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING. *TR