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Irregardless of what route you go, just make sure your water pump has a metal impeller and not a plastic one. The plastic one (factory on many VW) chips off and degrades over time causing all kinds of cooling issues.
Pros: metal impeller
Cons: plastic one chips off
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Turned out to be the water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
water pump should be changed to metal impeller version at the time of timing belt change
Pros: metal impeller version
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
I had been hearing a hitch-pitched noise from my engine that almost sounded like a vacuum cleaner about 5-10 minutes after engine start up. Took the car into the dealer to find that it was a water pump failure (as I kind of knew from poking around here). It looks like this is a fairly common issue for 2012's unfortunately, but just a heads up for people as this didn't trigger a CEL or anything.
Pros: no CEL triggered
Cons: water pump failure, common issue
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I have this problem. I have been hearing the noise on and off for about 6 months. It only lasts for a few seconds and usually happens at lights or when idling before I turn it off. It could never be replicated, I never saw a loss in power or performance so I haven't had a clue what to do.
Pros: noise on and off
Cons: hard to replicate
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 9500 km
I've a 2012 GTI with just over 9K miles on it that had a water pump leak on me yesterday. Took to dealer and got it back this afternoon. I live 2 miles from the dealer and drove home no problem. On the way to my parents 40th wedding anniversary dinner this evening no more than another 2 miles after I left home it had another major leak happen. The coolant reservoir had completely cracked and I had coolant all over my engine compartment.
Pros: drove home no problem
Cons: water pump leak, coolant cracked
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 9000 km
went in for my 20k maintenance/service on my 2011 GTI, Waterpump was shot, replaced free of charge but leaves me worried...
Pros: replaced free of charge
Cons: water pump was shot
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 20000 km
My water pump just needed replacement as well. I didn't have any visible or audible signs besides the low coolant level alert. The dealer said that this has been a fairly common issue but there is still no recall.
Pros: no visible signs
Cons: low coolant level, common issue
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 13000 km
Just got a call from the dealer. Water pump is leaking coolant.
Pros: covered under warranty
Cons: leaking coolant
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My 2012 GTI, with only 10.000 miles started leaking coolant, turns out the water pump is bad, it is now sitting at the dealer waiting for the part.
Cons: leaking coolant, water pump bad
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 10000 km
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