positive review of T5!!

I have a tale of good news and a tale of bad , my work van 2005 humble 2.0 petrol manual has just ticked over 305000 km here in Australia , brakes when needed clutch done at 230000 kays . DMF is still going even though it is rooted in reverse , other than services and timing belt at each 100000kays its been bloody bullet proof never broken down a real work horse . Second T5 2004 2.5 Turbo diesel Tiptronic , piece of shit ! Typical VW not building for our hot climate . Water pump failed at only 30000 kays followed not long after by failed intercooler connection failure . sliding door rollers failed causing door to almost hit the road . Then at 110000 kays the auto gave up the ghost due to VW stupidity which I managed to prove to them and got a 50% goodwill payment for repairs . Shortly after that fiasco the Turbo went to lunch along with few other gems , so how much spent on my work horse with simple non high tech engineering around $5000 over the last ten years and 300000 plus kays that's clutch brakes servicing etc . The other van with auto turbo and all the other disasters over $25 k in repairs and only 120000 when sold .

Edited by sunny43.5 - 20 Feb 17 at 05:27

gasone wrote: well my t5 will be 10 years old next march and it hasn't broken down once bar flat battery due to me leaving light or radio on  , I had the oil cooler or the like replaced under warranty , managed to break the rear springs and shocks  so replaced them with heavy duty ones on the rear , gone through usually things like tyres and pads , just coming up to nearly 35k on the clock , body work is still spot on

Seriously? only 35k in ten years?  you've probably walked further than that going to and from the van fetching tools in that time.

 that van is going to last you a very long time!

Pretty similar here, my 140 van is over 4 years old. Done only 63000 miles though but its been pretty much trouble free. A couple of heated mirror lenses packed up, and an inner driveshaft oil seal started to weep.
All done under warranty. While it was in for the oil seal, I got them to check the drive shafts, and they reckoned they were that that good, they thought they had been replaced !
Still on original pads, fronts barely half worn, although i'm really easy on brakes.
T6 on the way.

so regardless of everyone elses experiences,