Vw Gti Years To Avoid

There are 20 complaints on file for the volkswagen golf gti.

Vw gti years to avoid. The gti has bigger brakes more features comfier seats and a turbo. It has tons of issues that affect a high percentage of owners which include. Volkswagen couldn t resist bringing the gti to the united states where it sat atop the rabbit lineup beginning in the 1983 model year. Gti has the 2 0t golf has 2 5l non turbo.

Don t make the same mistake i did. 2013 gti 10 24 2017 04 23 pm 3 avoid 12 and before due to tensioner issues. Above 150k the gti will be less reliable. Cars reached volkswagen dealers in the golf s european domestic market on 10 november 2012.

Do you enjoy driving. Manual still the gti. Compare volkswagen golf gti complaints problems worst model years. The volkswagen golf mk7 also known as the golf vii is a small family car the seventh generation of the volkswagen golf and the successor to the volkswagen golf mk6 it was introduced in berlin on 4 september 2012 before a public launch at the 2012 paris motor show.

The 2 5l engine is one of the most reliable engines volkswagen has ever built. The 2008 vw gti is a car that you can t depend on. Vws are fragile vehicles. The 6th gen volkswagen gti was first introduced at the paris motor show in october of 2008 and was coined as the reengineered facelift to the 5th gen mk5 volkswagen gti.

Aside from that i have a 13 gti and while its only got 40k miles its been pretty great to me. Vw s gti among consumer reports 10 used cars to avoid every year consumer reports editors sit down and after sifting through thousands reports they come up with a listing of used cars to avoid. A friend of mine had purchased one of the first vr6 gtis imported. Diverter valve failure pcv faliure cam wear fuel pump failure air conditioning failure misfires carbon build up avoid this car at all costs.

He drove it 4 years and put 60k miles on it. Full 2008 volkswagen jetta golf gti. Even until 13 or 14 they had some intake manifold and water pump issues which would be covered under a normal cpo. The dealer sold it to a co worker.

The mk6 gti is essentially a re skin of the mk5 except for engineering improvements that shortened the assembly time from the mk5.