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2005 1.8T Jetta GTI

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My buddy is planning to buy one this week, he's getting it for 12k off the lot. It's a 2005 1.85 Jettia GTI, it's rims are scratched to no hell but he's going to ask for them to be swapped with an exact same model on the lot or else drop the price.

Anyway, it's got 25k miles on it and drove pretty well, no exterior or interior problems we could see when he drove it.

Anyway, anything we should know? He's pretty smart when it comes to buying things and with cars but he can get a bit involved with something and then skip over some important details. I'm just wanting to make sure he's not going to get something shitty and be unhappy.

Any info is appreciated, thanks guys!
 
Originally posted by: iAtticus
My buddy is planning to buy one this week, he's getting it for 12k off the lot. It's a 2005 1.85 Jettia GTI, it's rims are scratched to no hell but he's going to ask for them to be swapped with an exact same model on the lot or else drop the price.

Anyway, it's got 25k miles on it and drove pretty well, no exterior or interior problems we could see when he drove it.

Anyway, anything we should know? He's pretty smart when it comes to buying things and with cars but he can get a bit involved with something and then skip over some important details. I'm just wanting to make sure he's not going to get something shitty and be unhappy.

Any info is appreciated, thanks guys!
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For 12k he may be able to get 05/06 Accord
The ii general WWs are not know for their reliability.
I say stay away
 
Originally posted by: mariok2006
Bad coilpacks are common. That said, my friends gf has an A4 with 160k on the engine.
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I thought that was only on pre-'02 models.


'05 should have all the issues ironed out. Go for it.
 
that is not a ISSUE with the car. its an issue with the VENDOR. they switch vendors in 03-04 and the problem was solved. same goes for the coolant temp sensor and the MAF.

the window regulators fail on these car but is covered to 100k VW extended that.

Vac lines rott fast. rear wiper nozzle gets clogged

those were pretty much it. All small things but these are things you cant really look out for. THey just happen. deal with them one by one i guess. IF they happen.
 
Originally posted by: T2urtle
that is not a ISSUE with the car. its an issue with the VENDOR. they switch vendors in 03-04 and the problem was solved. same goes for the coolant temp sensor and the MAF.

the window regulators fail on these car but is covered to 100k VW extended that.

Vac lines rott fast. rear wiper nozzle gets clogged

those were pretty much it. All small things but these are things you cant really look out for. THey just happen. deal with them one by one i guess. IF they happen.
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This is correct. It is not only VWs that have been affected by the coilpack issues. MANY BMWs have been shipped with Bremi coilpacks, mine for example, and had to have them replaced. I had the problem with my M3.
 
I just dumped $999 on my 01 jetta 1.8T with 85k miles. Had to replace numerous vac lines, o2 sensor, + a few other things. This was the first time I ever took the car to the shop since I bought it in 05 w/ 40k miles.

I'm not sure if that's good reliability or not. But I do enjoy the car and it is still pulling as hard as ever.

btw I paid $10,000 even for the car when I bought it.
 
that is not a ISSUE with the car. its an issue with the VENDOR
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You could really make that argument for everything. It's like saying my house fell down but the house was fine, it's just the bricks and wood were crap that it was built with.

I don't know what it is with coilpacks, they are sh*t. I went through some at 60k on my maxima and another one started to go bad on my mazda before 50k.
 
Originally posted by: Alienwho
I just dumped $999 on my 01 jetta 1.8T with 85k miles. Had to replace numerous vac lines, o2 sensor, + a few other things. This was the first time I ever took the car to the shop since I bought it in 05 w/ 40k miles.

I'm not sure if that's good reliability or not. But I do enjoy the car and it is still pulling as hard as ever.

btw I paid $10,000 even for the car when I bought it.
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That's a lot of money for vac lines and an 02 sensor. You probably could've saved $700 by getting a service manual and doing it yourself in a couple hours.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
that is not a ISSUE with the car. its an issue with the VENDOR
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You could really make that argument for everything. It's like saying my house fell down but the house was fine, it's just the bricks and wood were crap that it was built with.

I don't know what it is with coilpacks, they are sh*t. I went through some at 60k on my maxima and another one started to go bad on my mazda before 50k.
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I agree regarding the argument that it is the vendor vs. the car. If a manufacturer sells a car with a certain part being OEM...than the manufacturer is responsible for the quality of those parts.

The argument that irritates me is when someone says their car is not reliable...then tells you how their non-OEM part keeps failing. If you didn't use OEM...you can't blame the car manufacturer when the part fails. That's nonsense.

As for coilpacks...they are far superior to a distributor technology wise (engine control)...but you are multiplying your "number of parts that can fail" substantially depending on the number of cylinders in your car. There are pluses and minuses to a lot of things...and the chance of failure with a coilpack is one of its disadvantages.

 
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Originally posted by: Alienwho
I just dumped $999 on my 01 jetta 1.8T with 85k miles. Had to replace numerous vac lines, o2 sensor, + a few other things. This was the first time I ever took the car to the shop since I bought it in 05 w/ 40k miles.

I'm not sure if that's good reliability or not. But I do enjoy the car and it is still pulling as hard as ever.

btw I paid $10,000 even for the car when I bought it.
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That's a lot of money for vac lines and an 02 sensor. You probably could've saved $700 by getting a service manual and doing it yourself in a couple hours.
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agreed, all vac lines on the 1.8T in a jetta/gti form is RIGHT in your car.take off the cover and you see 80% of them without tracing anything. o2's is where i can you might want to pay for. its not hard but it takes a little work to do. but running vac lines are like running RCA cables. you see where it starts and ends, just gotta make it neat.


oh another thing that fails often on these are the mid-mufflers brackets, bad welds over time. when you go over a bump it bangs on the body. cheap exhaust shop will weld it in for 20-50$, VW wants to replace it for about 300$, problem will be solved if you run a cat-back.

the cats are a common failure as well, but then again a lot of cars are. federal emissions law covers i think it was 10/100k tho
 
two things to watch for :

1) Coil packs (as everyone has said) they will go out on him sooner or later, no matter if it's a low-milage motor or not. Buy a couple of spares and keep them in the glove compartment along with the right sized hex driver.

2) The secondary air injection system. The pump, combi-valve, or vacuum tubing will begin to cause problems, expensive problems, which will keep the car from passing emissions, but won't affect how the motor runs or performs.

Otherwise, the GLI (not GTI 😉) is a nice car 🙂
 
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