8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$130
Average Mileage:
100,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace cracked plastic water fittings (1 reports)
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problem #1

Jul 012011

Jetta GLS 1.8t

  • Manual transmission
  • 100,000 miles

The coolant pipes instead of being made of metal, are known to fail on VW products due to the brittle nature of the plastic. There are plenty of aftermarket suppliers of metal piping to replace the various fittings that fail.

- Alexander D., Dover, DE, US