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Ignition coil APR or Duralast
Have 2/4 duralast coils on my car and about 50k miles later they’re still fine
Pros: still fine after miles
Mileage: 80000 km
FWIW, I got an APR Stage 1+ tune on my '13 CC at about 30k miles. Blew one of the stock coils within a month. Replaced with red tops and new plugs and have been good since then (19k miles).
Pros: good since then
Cons: blew stock coils
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 30000 km
APR coils lasted almost a year (5/6000 miles) when I pushed it and let go of the pedal. CEL would flash and random cylinders misfire.
Cons: short lifespan, misfires, CEL flashes
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 6000 km
As stated APR coils are know to not be as good as OE/OEM. I have seen a lot of people with APR coils chasing misfires and the replace with OEM and it’s fixed. Even with new APR this has happened.
Cons: chasing misfires
In January 2021, with about 40k miles, the coils went bad. I replaced them with quality Duralast coils (made by Bosch) and new iridium spark plugs. Fast forward 6 months, and I had a misfire again in cylinder 2, so I am now on my 3rd set in less than a year. The Duralast coils have a lifetime warranty, so whenever they go bad, I can just swap them out at Autozone for no money, and it takes all of 10 minutes to swap them. But I dont want my car misfiring and breaking down at an inopportune time.
Pros: lifetime warranty, easy replacement
Cons: repeated misfires, frequent failure
Vehicle:
Hyundai Sonata
Options like APR's and RS3 coils offer very little if at all over factory other than looking pretty.
Pros: looking pretty
Cons: very little benefit
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I myself have tried Duralast brand coils on 3 different vehicles. They were all crap. Either they didnt last very long. Or were faulty right out of the box. I dont like to use the Duralast brand in general. Have had to many bad experiences.
Cons: did not last, faulty
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