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My experience with 06 Jetta TDI ownership was exceedingly costly. I loved the 42MPG real world highway and the 33-34 around town. The engine was pleasant to drive and the DSG trans was neat.
But the overall cost of ownership broke the bank. The very first expense was the O2 sensor, a lowly $780 part, with a few bucks labor (remember it's a wideband sensor, not the same as on gas cars) And VW's TDI emissions warr was 2yr/24K. I was just over that. REQUEST DENIED!
Then my EGR cooler failed. $1500.
Then, then, then, then. Nearly $10,000 later, I gave up and sold the car for well less than 1/2 what I paid.
I'm sure diesels can be economical to own. Just not this one. After all is said and done, that 06 Jetta was the most expensive to own, economy car ever built.
Oh yeah, it left us stranded 3 times. Once horribly so, in the middle of a very busy intersection, hundreds of miles from home. Each time was a mechanical fault with either trans or electrical.
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