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Originally Posted by Xist
A decade ago, when I met Volkswagon owners, I mentioned I often saw those with one headlight out, and they said that was common with that brand, as well as failed window controls and a few other things. Specific to the TDI, I read that the dealerships routinely told customers they needed new turbos, which was a comparable cost to Prius battery packs, even though it might just be a carbon build-up.
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Volkswagen had a better reputation in my country at that time, altough after they started replacing the EA-827 engine with the newer crossflow engines such as the EA-111 there were more people complaining about carbon build-up in the oil ducts but it was basically because they insisted in use cheaper low-grade oils which were suitable for the older engines but are crap in the newer ones. Regarding the TDI, the most common issue is the timing belt and its tensioner.