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Bought a new GTi 1.8T back in 2000 and sold it last year. pretty reliable in the 14 years and 160,000KM of ownership. only warranty claim was the windows regulator that broke within the first 6 months. Major repair that I can remember was the water pump (leaks coolant) engine gasket (leaks oil) and timing belt replaced all at once when the car was around 9/10 years old. Alternator toasted around 10/11 years or so. and for some reason this car love to eat batteries , think it was on its 4th or 5th battery when i sold it. few things coming up that it probably need to take care soon if i not sold the car like control arm bushing, clutch starts giving up which is the main reason I sold it.
Also few other things failed but I never gonna get it fixed includes one heated seat not heating up, one heated mirror not heating up. rear defogger not working.
Overall not too bad. but like other 10 years old vehicle. you probably need to spend a few dollar to make it roadworthy
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