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I have a 2013 GTI on the original water pump at 100k miles.
Pros: original, high mileage
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 160934 km
I have a 2016 GTI. A little over 50,000 miles on it. No issues yet.
Pros: no issues at 50,000 miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 80467 km
I'm rocking 110k miles on the original pump here on a 2015.
Pros: 110k miles on original
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 177027 km
I have no issues. Mines a 2017 with 86k miles (used to do only highway for 4 years).
Pros: no issues
Mileage: 86000 km
I checked the old water pump and took it out by removing the front plate of the engine... The old water pump moves fine but it does make a squeaking noise and is quite old however it does move.
Cons: squeaking noise, quite old
Vehicle:
Chrysler LHS
Mileage: 160934 km
2 water pumps (both under warranty) 3rd one it's on..so far so good. Those repairs cost me nothing.
Pros: warranty covered repairs
Cons: repeated failures
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 115000 km
When doing your own maintenance, a problem may arise in the event of a recall. My application under the water pump recall for my previous Tiguan (1st Gen - PQ) was denied even though it was replaced at a VW dealer because I did not show "convincing evidence" of having followed the scheduled coolant maintenance despite including my aftermarket receipts with miles and dates.
Cons: recall application denied
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
2012 Jetta GLI - 94K miles (I bought at 50K). Two water pumps, one heater core, and carbonized valves. Not my best experience.
Cons: carbonized valves, heater core
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 151277 km
IDK - I was at 160K or so miles when I sold my '11 Tiguan. Sure, it ate a water pump, had the first gen timing chain tensioner replaced, needed cv axles, had a stuck fuel injector, lost an intake manifold, blew a turbo diaphragm, destroyed its engine mount bushings, struts and shocks went bad, needed seat covers replaced because they cracked and split and needed new tires every 25K or so...
Cons: ate a water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 257495 km
The tech noticed the water pump was leaking slightly. All got repaired under VW warranty which was lucky as it was around £1800 otherwise I think. Anyway, the weird thing is the car always lost coolant from new - it would drop to the min level, but they couldn't find a fault when I mentioned it until they physically found the water pump leaking after 4 years and 40k miles. I think the pump is plastic which may not be ideal.
Cons: leaking, plastic construction
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 64374 km
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