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I got my Mothers timing belt kit, water pump and battery replaced this past January, its a Golf TDI (BKC) 05 built for MY06 so roughly 6 to 6.5 years old.
The water pump was about to fail and the belt still visually looked ok but we could tell it was beginning to degrade. It has just reached 50K this week.
I will replace my Jetta MY08 (done just 40,000km) timing built around 2014/15 period with kit, battery and water pump.
Vw kedron says 120ks or 6 years is recommended. But they have personally seen a GTI with 180,000 when they did its first change the belt looked like its done 10,000 still new
The Volkswagen-supplied service scheduled I have here (The check-sheet you're supplied with when you receive your invoice), which says it was published early this year, says 105,000klms or 7 years. It's been mentioned in this thread and elsewhere on this forum several times.
It's Volkswagen who decides what the replacement intervals are, not the dealer, not the specialist independant, and not the hearsay on the internet.
A customer at a previous employer, presented his MK5 GTI to the dealership on a tilt tray. Had 140,000klms on it, timing belt never been replaced, and was handed a $12,000 quote to make it run again.
It's Volkswagen who decides what the replacement intervals are, not the dealer, not the specialist independent, and not the hearsay on the internet.
Is it a Volkswagen recommendation or is it a must ordered by volkswagen regardless that belts must be changed @ 105,000 or 7 years?? If they last 7 years will the belt or damage incurred due to failure still be covered under wty after the three years or with extra 2 years even if the car has not travelled over the amount if km's??
What they're saying is the time and distance specified is what they've detirmined is an appropriate lifespan for the belt.
As far as warranty is concerned, I would suspect that VW may come to the party if the car is out of warranty, but the belt has not exceeded the replacement interval. Although, they may put it in the consumbales basket with spark plugs, brake pads, and rotors.
If you decide "Hey VW, up yours. I'm doing it at the 120K service", and it snaps somewhere between 105,000 and then, you might be on your own. At this point, I can only speculate on how VW may honor any sort of warranty, but I will recommend that any VW/Audi/Skoda owner stick to the stick correct service intervals.
If you did happen to exceed the km's specified then the belt snapped well it would be tough luck as an owner. The question that I need answered is this.
Do they recommend they last 7 years or do they guarantee they last 7years. It's easy for you to say don't trust dealers, independents or any thing else you read about timing belts and don't take there advise to change early cause Volkswagen guarantee the last 7 years.
I have no idea why dealerships are suggesting intervals to the contrary. It makes no sense, and they should know better. Every other source could be put down to a lack of product knowledge, I guess. Worst case, ignorance.
Some people like to have it changed at 90K for peace of mind, but when you get some establishments saying "You must have it done at 80,000klms, blah, blah, blah", knowing full well that it doesn't line up with a service interval, making it nothing more than a money grab.
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