In my B5.5 Passat 1.8t... pulled forward a little too far and hit the sidewalk. Cracked the oil pan... Drained the oil, scuffed up the cracked area, applied JB Weld, waited an hour, filled with oil, and drove it home. Drove it another two years like that, just using an oil extractor to do oil changes instead of draining it from the bottom.
My Mk7 GTI has a plastic pan and everyone lost their minds when VW did that from the metal pans on the Mk6. That said, I haven't heard any issues with them and the people who HAVE broken them on track and hitting crap in the road would've demolished the same metal pan anyway. Over 120k miles on mine and almost 9 years with the car and it hasn't kept me up at night, so I can't imagine it's that big a deal. Plus, living in the salt belt (northeast PA) it's just one less thing to rust out.
I got one in 2018 used ofc. Spent its entire life in the Nevada desert being driven by a maniac Russian. But he took care of it so I went for it. $5k and 100k miles. She's close to 200k now and has only ever not started one time, cuz of the famous sticky immobilizer. Just knocked the relay around and it started up. Only repairs have been the standard maintenance like brakes, tires, oil, struts when I first got it etc. I did crack the oil pan recently but that was my own fault, big dip in the road, too fast, too dark, raining, low car, you know the deal. Still drove it around for 3 days before I noticed, lost about a quart of oil slow dripping. Hairline crack on the corner. Fixed that for a few hundred bucks. I've driven across the US in it, it's reliable as can be. After changing the oil pan, and therefore all the oil and coolant, it runs like brand new. Inline 5 is bulletproof. Most of its common issues are pretty minor and easily preventable like the sunroof drain, PCV, compressor clutch, etc.
Just turned 160k miles on my 2013 mazda3 with the 2.0 skyactiv.
Other than new england winter requiring me to replace a rotted out oil pan, this car has been excellent.
Had to replace oil pan at 80k due to leak , ended installing a metal one rather than the OEM plastic .
Add to that the quickie oil change places are scared of stripping the bolt and breaking the plastic pan so they have to “evac” the oil out instead of draining it which means it’s rarely a quick stop.
The oil pan in plastic with a brass fitting for the drain plug. I’ve been changing the oil myself and the whole fitting came out. The dealership has a replacement oil pan that is still plastic and the new drain plug is plastic and one time use. Every oil change you will need to buy a new drain plug. They wanted $265. Had to purchase an aftermarket aluminum oil pan for $300. The issues is not an official recall at the moment but this is a huge design flaw and Nissan being cheap. I would not purchase unless you are prepared to replace the oil pan
Fords plastic oil pan. What the fuck?
The oil pan hung down low under the car and was prone to being struck by large objects and disintegrating upon impact.
2021 Tiguan owner this just happened on I75 southbound pop and oil all over the back window scared the >> out of me anyway it happen Oil changed Thursday last week and I never hit anything ?? 1K+ repair !!
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