Ownership Cost for 2011 Volkswagen Routan SE
Estimated: $42800 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2690 | $1291 | $1130 | $1022 | $915 | $7048 |
| Insurance | $1806 | $1869 | $1935 | $2002 | $2072 | $9684 |
| Fuel | $1857 | $1913 | $1980 | $2059 | $2152 | $9961 |
| Maintenance | $2563 | $1723 | $1073 | $1122 | $2199 | $8680 |
| Repairs | $907 | $1074 | $1223 | $1344 | $1548 | $6096 |
| Taxes & Fees | $897 | $897 | $897 | $897 | $897 | $1328 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10721 | $7973 | $7471 | $7633 | $9001 | $42800 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2009 | ENGINE | 10/7/12: ENTERING ONTO ROAD, BEGAN ACCELERATION UP TO 20/25 MPH -THEN ALL POWER, CONTROLS DEAD. LOST POWER STEERING AND COASTED INTO PARKING LOT. SHUT CAR DOWN, FLOODED/PUMPED ACCELERATOR PEDAL. DIFFICULTY STARTING BUT WORKED, DROVE LIKE NORMAL, AGAIN. 10/14/12: TURNING FROM SIDESTREET, ON TO MAIN STREET -GOING 20 MPH. LOST ALL POWER AGAIN-MANUALLY TURNED COASTED CAR INTO LEFT MIDDLE TURNING LANE. RE-STARTED, OPERATED NORMAL. *TR |
| 2011 | SERVICE BRAKES | WV 2011 ROUTAN. WHEN THE REAR TIRES/BRAKES GET WET EITHER BY RAIN OR WASHING, AND THE PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED, THE BRAKES WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN YOU UNLOCK THE PARKING BRAKE PEDAL, DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT AND SOAKED REAR BRAKES WITH GARDEN HOSE AND APPLIED PARKING BRAKES, NEXT MORNING IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK, DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PAD, TOOK VEHICLE AND WENT HOME SAME THING AFTER RAIN, THIS IS THE 8TH TIME I HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN PARKING LOTS DUE TO THIS, TOOK BACK TO DEALER WHO THEN REPLACED REAR BRAKES CALIPER, WENT HOME AND SAME THING AGAIN ONCE WET, TOOK BACK TO DEALER WHO HAD A VW OF AMERICA REP COME TO DEALERSHIP AND STATED THAT THE BRAKES WHEN WET AND PARKING BRAKES IS APPLIED "IT IS LIKE WETTING A SHEET OF GLASS AND LAYING ANOTHER SHEET OF GLASS ON TOP IT WILL STICK" THAT THE BRAKES LOCKING UP AND REQUIRES 3000 RPM'S WHILE IN DRIVE TO GET THEM UNSTUCK THE VW REP STATED " THIS IS NORMAL AND NOTHING WILL BE DONE. .I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ANSWER THE VW REP LEFT WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER JOHN, THAT ANSWER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, I WILL NOT SUBJECT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN TO BE POSSIBLE STRANDED WHEN THE BRAKES GET WET, IT IS CURRENTLY TAKING 3000 RPM'S TO FORCE THE BRAKE TO POP LOUD AND UNLOCK IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THIS TO ME IS NOT NORMAL, I HAVE DRIVEN MANY OTHER VEHICLES IN THE RAIN AND AFTER WASHING NEVER TO HAVE THE BRAKES FREEZE UP AS WITH THIS 2011 ROUTAN, ALSO REPORTED EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST ON BOTH REAR WHEELS, NONE ON FRONT WHEELS, ALL WV CAN TELL ME IS MY COMPLAINS ON THIS MATTER IS DOCUMENTED? *TR |
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