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21 atlas with 120k here. No major issues. Just regular maintenance stuff. Replaced a leaky water pump with is a normal thing.
Pros: no major issues, regular maintenance
Cons: leaky water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 120000 km
Changed it at 9 years / 93k. Belt was still fine but the water pump started to leak so did the timing belt job at the same time. Also upgraded the water pump with one with a metal impeller
Pros: upgraded water pump
Cons: water pump started to leak
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 93000 km
Great if taken care of!
I have a 2016 Golf 5MT, 160k mi now. It's been tuned for 120k and only major issue I've had is the original water pump went out last spring at approx. 140k.
Pros: great if taken care
Cons: water pump went out
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 257495 km
I just had the alternator (bearing went bad) and water pump changed (coolant leaking through the weep hole). Still the original block.
Vehicle:
Ford Escape
Mileage: 102000 km
We've had a 2009 GTI since new and now has 110k. In the last 16 years, we've replaced 2 water pumps, one dsg mech unit (under warranty), abs unit, pcv valve, rear main seal and in the past year, timing chain and guides as preventative maintenance.
Pros: preventative maintenance
Cons: replaced water pumps, abs unit
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 110000 km
If VW made the EA888 engine without a waterpump made of soft cheese.
I still bought one. But it would be good not to treat a waterpump as a regular service item.
Cons: waterpump made of soft cheese
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have no idea how there isn't a class action against VW for those shoddy waterpumps tho. Had to do it on my one and literally every VW owner I've spoken to has had it be a problem
Cons: shoddy quality, common problem
My GTI’s water pump shat itself around 60k kilometres too :( going strong since but it’s a very common fault unfortunately
Pros: going strong since
Cons: very common fault
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 60000 km
Sadly, I've gone through two water pumps on my 2012 Ford Explorer.
Cons: poor reliability, two pumps failed
Vehicle:
Ford Explorer
This is why I’ve avoided the 3.5/3.7 Duratec engines in transverse (front wheel drive) platforms. It’s just fine in rear wheel drive applications as those use an external pump driven by the serpentine belt.
Pros: external pump fine
Cons: internal pump avoided
Vehicle:
Ford
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