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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
So, replaced the starter, and that was that issue.
Pros: issue resolved
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 230900 km
My almost stock winter beater has had minimal issues minus exhaust and front end which goes just because the wear and tear. Replaced the original starter last year and alternator a couple weeks ago.
Pros: minimal issues
Cons: exhaust and front end
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I ran the smaller mk3 starter for many years, and it was fine, but now that I have a new-to-me car with the original starter still in it- I prefer that one. It never bogs down, seems to have more torque.
Pros: more torque, never bogs
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
We had the starter die long before the recalls and paid out of pocket and then had to fight with Subaru for some of our money after the recall came out. 3 years later, here we are again with a dead car and I think it is the starter as it is acting the same way it did last time. We replaced it with an OEM starter so I am now wondering if that was part of the batch that was recalled? I'm honestly so sick of this car not starting when we need it to
Cons: died prematurely, repeated failure, car not starting
Vehicle:
Subaru
People are really trying to hype this feature up, but i\u2019ve replaced at least 10 starters this year on vehicles with auto stop/start.
Cons: replaced many starters
Vehicle:
Subaru
At this point I figured the starter was just busted. I had one overnighted and installed it the next day to no avail.
Cons: did not fix issue
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I pulled the starter, but the auto parts store was not able to test it. I bought a new one, installed it and still nothing.
Pros: new starter installed
Cons: still nothing
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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