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Mine started leaking last night. Took it to the dealership this morning and just got the call that they installed a new water pump under a recall. No charge.
Pros: new water pump, no charge
Cons: started leaking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 58000 km
My water pump was replaced, I was given a loaner and some financial compensation ($599.00) towards the auto loan.
Pros: financial compensation, loaner car
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
We have had our 2008 for a year and a half. It is a Komfort with 6spd manual and 2.0T. Bought it with 42k on it, currently has about 80k. Problems we have had so far are intake manifold, fuel injector cleaning, and waterpump. Overall we have been really happy with the car.
Pros: drives well, plenty of room
Cons: intake manifold, waterpump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat B6
Mileage: 128747 km
My 2012 Tiguan SE 4Motion, 18k miles so far 1. Water pump high pitch noise when engine warm up, it happened at around 700 miles (pretty new), dealer said it is a flaw of that particular water pump, they ordered the part and replaced it.
Cons: high pitch noise
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 28968 km
Mine died 2 months ago (2012 GTI). It leaked out the coolant over 2 days or so. Dealership replaced it free, then I got the recall notice.
Pros: dealership replaced it free
Cons: leaked coolant
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I have to literally remove the nose of my B5 1.8T Passat to get at my water pump. Second one in 110,000 miles.
Cons: repeated failure, difficult access
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat B5
Mileage: 110000 km
I’m on #4, but luckily all were replaced under warranty. Most recent was in 2019 when supposedly they had finally found and fixed the issue (not sure what ended up being the cause)
One of them hadn’t even failed yet, and they replaced it under recall since a new revision had come out
Pros: replaced under warranty
Cons: frequent failures, multiple replacements
My mk6 went through THREE water pumps. All covered under warranty because a class action lawsuit forced VW to extend the coverage period several years, but still a pain in the ass. What's frustrating is that VW kept replacing them with the same faulty pump instead of addressing the problem and redesigning it.
Cons: frequent failures, faulty design, pain to replace
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have a MK6 and a MK7 and they both suffer the same crappy design. Making a water pump primarily out of plastic is just a bad idea. My MK6 is on at least it's third water pump at a little over 100k miles.
Cons: crappy design, plastic parts, poor reliability
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 160000 km
metal impellers definetely can eff up your setup. I had one on my 2.0 jetta. and it completely froze, and caused me to overheat, which killed my headgasket. The engine never fully recovered from that.
Cons: overheat, killed headgasket
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
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