I traded in my first car earlier this year
Subaru impreza > audi s5 supercharged. Best decision ive made. The only real problem other than maintenance was the waterpump and pcv which are known failures with this specific engine
OP, I had my water pump replaced by an independent shop recently. I got the parts from FCP euro for cheaper and used Audi parts instead cause it’s the same damn thing.
For me, the Golf is one of the best all-around vehicles on the market today, offering a very reasonable price point for its capabilities. I have taken my Rs to the track one day and then embarked on a 4,000 km road trip the next. I put over 100,000km on my first R (Mk7) in under a year. It saw the drag strip every Tuesday, AutoX events every Wednesday and Saturday, and HPDEs once a month. The only maintenance issues I had were a water pump replacement at 110,000km and a faulty driver's side window switch at 40,000km. Outside of that, the car didn\u2019t miss a beat.
Took it to my trusted mechanic, and it was the water pump. These water pumps fail every 60,000 miles (or 100,000 km for your UOM). I got mine replaced at 35k miles first, and it failed at 94k, so it adds up.
I own a 2021 S5 with around 55k miles on it, bought it with around 50k miles on it. Only issue is that the water pump did fail and coolant migrated into the vacuum system which is a ridiculously common failure on these cars.
If you're already in there at 101k, replace the water pump and thermostat. That's the only thing that's gone bad on mine 'prematurely', at 85k miles.
The only thing that I have resented paying for are water pumps which appear to need frequent changing. My comments all apply to UK models.
'21 RS6 with 37k miles. Got the same error late last month. Been in the shop for 3+ weeks for water pump & vacuum line replacement.
About a month ago, I kept getting the “Engine Coolant Too Hot — Pull over and let engine idle” error. It would literally come on for a split second then disappear. On one occasion, I noticed that the coolant was low so I topped it off. The error went away for about a week, then came back. This time, though, it remained on and the thermostat actually crept up. I dropped that thing off at the dealer so fast… four days later they tell me that the water pump has started to fail and that one of the solenoids had started leaking coolant.
it ain't a piece of shit VW water pump - the impeller isn't made of plastic composite!
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