Mine has done this on my '23 Arteon a couple of times. Mine has even went so far as not wanting to start with the start button! Acted like the starter was dead.
Cons: starter acted dead
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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I guess I\u2019m in the minority, but I like the feature. I don\u2019t know how you clowns all drive, but it saves quite a bit of gas in city driving and at least in my Tiguan it seems to work well. I\u2019m still on my original battery and starter at 99K miles, which is more than I can say for some cars with conventional starters I\u2019ve owned.
Pros: saves gas, works well
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 99000 km
Starters don\u2019t generally \u201cslow down\u201d with age, really. You\u2019ll just find that one day it quits working. I had a failed starter on a 2002 Jetta, probably at around 290-300k miles
Pros: quits working suddenly
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 482803 km
My Passat has 370k km and is 20 years old, still on the original starter, and starts like a champ.
Pros: starts like a champ
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 370000 km
Just gonna put my 2 cents in, the slow crank is either the starter or the battery. At that age, if the battery tests good it is the starter.
Cons: starter is not cheap
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
About a day ago my starter completely went out on me... and just today I got finished putting an ABA starter into play. Absolutely love how much better it sounds and it has no problems getting things turning.
Pros: better sound, easy turning
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I replaced my old iron starter in my 84 GTI with the mk4 starter and what a difference (both spinning and weight!
Pros: spinning and weight difference
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My problem (from 2+ years ago) turned oiut to be a bad starter. The solenoid must have gone south. A new starter motor fixed it.
Pros: new starter motor fixed
Cons: bad starter, solenoid failure
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My problem (from 2+ years ago) turned oiut to be a bad starter. The solenoid must have gone south. A new starter motor fixed it.
Pros: new starter motor fixed
Cons: bad starter, solenoid failure
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Well I began taking apart the car and removing the starter and found that a part of it was bent. I'm not sure if that's the solenoid or what it's called but I'm pretty sure it's the reason the car wouldn't start.
Pros: reason car wouldn't start
Cons: part of it bent
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
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What we know about OEM Volkswagen starter motor
The brand is registered in Germany. Official website: https://www.volkswagen.de/.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a mixed opinion of OEM Volkswagen starter motor.
PR Score — 73 out of 100, based on 25 reviews and 76 votes. 18 positive reviews, 1 neutral review, 6 negative reviews. Average rating — 3.8 (out of 5). Vote balance: 56 up, 20 down.
In the ranking of the best starter motor this part is at position 5, behind OEM Toyota and OEM Honda , but ahead of AC DELCO and VALEO.
Users also evaluated the qualities of OEM Volkswagen starter motor:
- Cranking - no crank or very slow cranking - rated ambivalently. 3.2 points out of 5.
- Sounds - clicks, squeal, or grinding during start attempt - rated positively. 4.5 points out of 5.
- Multiple attempts - engine only catches after several tries - rated positively. 3.6 points out of 5.
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- OEM Volkswagen ranked #2 for: Volkswagen Passat .
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