Aftermarkets (especially APR/MST) are reported to fail often, like *very* often.
Cons: fail very often
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
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Not sure if this would matter but I did replace the coils with APR ones, from the stock ones, when I redid the valve cover seal. It has an APR stage 1 tune and and APR air intake. It has had both for the last 165,000 miles (currently has 175,000 miles).
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 281635 km
2016 1.4 T ran like brand new after changing to the APR coils. You could definitely feel the difference.
Pros: ran like new, noticeable difference
I ran Apr coils for a little while. Was instantly more stable after I was running rough. I think it’s worth it even without a tune, and it’s more headroom to keep a tune stable as well. I didn’t notice power gains only that the rpm needle was sharper at being steady.
Pros: instantly more stable, worth it, sharper RPM needle
Cons: no power gains
I'm running APR coils with ZFR5E-11 plugs. There was a noticeable smoothness when I fired it up after install.
Pros: noticeable smoothness
Those coil packs are junk.
Cons: poor quality
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I had these APR blue coils on for about 35-40k miles and they ran okayish. At idle my car ran a little rough and have tried different plugs with no change, then one day cylinder 2 started slowly losing power on the highway then just completely fell off the face of the earth when i pulled off. Let car take a break and went back to normal then exact same happened again. Speculated it was coils so swapped to oem and car has been running great 10k miles later. Overall like i said do not recommend whatever pixie dust is in these oem packs is just too good
Pros: ran okayish initially
Cons: rough idle, lost power, unreliable
Mileage: 56327 km
APR’s snake oil, don’t do anything other than aesthetic. Also don’t fix whats not broken, OEM is far superior
Cons: snake oil, aesthetic only
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I've had APR coils for over 50k now. No issues at all. Done 3 track days on the coils, and 2 on both the coils and plugs. Been stage 2 for over 30k now.
Pros: no issues, track-proven, long lasting
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 80467 km
I have the APR coil packs installed currently (about 5k mikes on them so far) and I gotta say... Just stick with OEM. There is no benefit...
Cons: no benefit
Mileage: 8047 km
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What we know about APR ignition coil
The brand is registered in USA. Official website: https://www.goapr.com.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a mixed opinion of APR ignition coil.
PR Score — 45 out of 100, based on 22 reviews and 66 votes. 10 positive reviews, 0 neutral reviews, 12 negative reviews. Average rating — 2.7 (out of 5). Vote balance: 30 up, 36 down.
In the ranking of the best ignition coil this part is at position 12, behind HUCO and OEM Volkswagen , but ahead of Duralast and GENERAL MOTORS.
Users also evaluated the qualities of APR ignition coil:
- Starting - hard starting, especially in damp weather - rated positively. 5 points out of 5.
- Jerks - engine stumbles and loses power under acceleration - rated ambivalently. 2.9 points out of 5.
- Warning light - check engine light appears due to misfires - rated negatively. 1.8 point out of 5.
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- APR ranks #7 for: Volkswagen Golf .
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