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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
I got an Autozone Duralast one for my 09 LX and 2 yrs later after a lot of starts its still going strong.
Pros: still going strong
Vehicle:
Honda
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
The starter in my GTI died and I had to push start it. It worked fine but I had a few lights on the dashboard (ESP and something else I think). The starter was the only thing wrong with the car so I think the lights were related to not turning the key to start it.
Pros: worked fine
Cons: starter died
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My experience with Duralast starters have been horrible. They sell them with a 'lifetime guarantee', which means that every time they fail once a year or so, you have the pleasure of crawling under the car and switching it out for another one that is going to eventually fail!
Pros: lifetime guarantee
Cons: fails once a year
Replaced the starter with a remanufactured one from AutoZone. Looking back, it never seemed right; it would start okay, but sometimes it seemed to turn slower than other times. So, bad Duralast remanufactured starter apparently.
Cons: slower than other times
If your past 3 starters were genuine honda, they suck. Get a duralast. They actually last and work consistently compared to honda oem.
Pros: last and work consistently
Cons: genuine honda suck
Vehicle:
Honda
I needed a starter for my 2013 accord. Couldn't wait for OEM and bought a duralast that lasted 2 months.
Cons: lasted 2 months
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
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