I own a neglected 01 camry. I can honestly say its the best $1000 car ive ever had..

Scotty Kilmer....

@@stevenp3176 Its genius when you want the customer to come to the dealer at 100k so you can charge $3000 for a timing job

I heard that, and own two Toyotas. Just had a creak in front end of a 20 year old Tundra. Rack and pinion bushings. $20.

The thing is that they’re realistically designed for the European market where the average annual mileage is far less than the USA. That combined with typically less harsh heat (depending on specific countries of course) means they last longer over here. I’m not sure what dealers are like in the USA but, they probably charge exorbitant prices compared to American manufacturers. I just don’t believe they’re really designed for such high mileages but, the US is far too large a market for them to not sell within.

Let's just call it what it is: bad design and worse engineering.

I was kind of thinking the same thing

like the old saying goes..to much of one thing is bad. you must have balance in all things in life . except for my 93 notch back 460 dual carb tunnel ram fire breathing machine then and only then it's ok to have to much fun power and women ..woooooooo

Give an audi engineer a ladder and put them in a hole, the enginer with use the ladder to make a shovel and never need a ladder again. 💁‍♂️

I'm not an engineer, but it seems to me that there area 2 components to building a better widget.... 1. it does things better in some way, and 2. reliability. If it breaks down regularly, and is very costly or tough to fix, a passenger car is pretty much useless. I don't want something unreliable pulling a boat/trailer, and I sure as hell wouldn't go off roading with it. Lexus might not be as high tech, but almost nobody is breaking down on the side of the road with one, desperately looking for where the battery has been hidden. And owners sure as hell aren't doing so when it has under 100,000 miles.

if your feeling real fancy get the rivet drill out bits they look like a short bit with a countersink

Be sure to vacuum the leftovers in the door to prevent rattling while driving lol

Yeah, knocking out the steel pins directly into the window behind it. :D

That's too easy!

Came in to post the same thing.

Good man

I worked with a guy that had a Phaeton and even the VW dealer didn't know how to fix it, LOL.

@@Clearanceman2 Bentley dealers do. The car is 85% Bentley Continental GT with a different body shell.

@@Clearanceman2 It's actually not that hard. Most electric components can be found in Audis and other VAG cars. We've had 4 Phaetons in the family and all you have to do is NOT bring it to a Volkswagen dealership for repairs.

The V10 is the only worth owning. Even with the repair costs it's a hell of a vehicle.

Yep. Riv Nuts. I use them often to replace rivets and even sheet metal screws.

Large head pop rivets are very shallow. Even the lowest profile flanged cap screws are considerably taller. Plus the RivNut flange. Just get some decent step pony drill bits and a nice concertina river gun and you’ll be sorted.

Amen brother, btw Parts Geek is my friend too.

I own a hatchback, and the service cost has doubled in the last 4 years. Mine is automatic so I'll have to stick to an authorized service center for at least five years. Then it will be me and a friendly neighborhood garage for the old girl. I also own a scooter and mostly service it myself. Last time I got it's cvt transmission serviced and found the mechanic did not tension the belts properly, did not change the rollers, and charged 20% more on parts than market rate. No more outside service for it!

@@vaibhavdlv Yes, this is the other reason I try to do everything myself. I have had quite a few bad experiences lately trusting others to do work I just don't want to do in the Florida heat.

Same here... I drive a nice car but, a good chunk of issues I take care of myself...

Maybe you should try getting a Toyota or Mazda...

I have noticed that as well. Many other manufacturers use the metal scissors type assembly. The common failure on those are the plastic "wheels" that roll the tracks.

I also found the type of plastic used in the mechanism, i.e glass filled plastic is much stronger. Plus the grease in the mechanism dries up with use over time.

I'm surprised with all the cars he's flipped he didn't know this.. They still fail as well just in different ways. I must say I've never seen a european car drop and shatter the glass when the regulator fails, I have on Japanese cars.

My old B3 VW Passat had metal scissors for window regulators too. The broke when the gears would strip.

Forget banning plastic bags and straws, what we really need is a ban on the use of plastics in cars in inappropriate places. Water pump impellers, valve covers, window regulators - they should all be metal! I'm sure there are plenty of other parts that used to be metal and reliable, and are now made out of rubbish plastic that disintegrates just after the warranty expires.

Volkswagens are very cool but reliability seems to not be the very best, not the worst but not the best

Same- V8 4runner and Sequoia Limiteds here. not too much power but dead reliable when driving in the backcountry. Capability means nothing if it breaks down in the field.

@@turkey4957 not the worse compared to what? german cars are trash

And they weighed 2x as much and cost 500x to make those gears. Machining is expensive and time consuming. Popping plastic out of an injection mold is super cheap if you are making 10,000 or more. The real problem is that the parts cost on those gears is insanely high to the consumer. Generally you have to buy a whole assembly and the manufacturer will not just sell you the part that breaks.

My car windows still go up and down with an arm...

Here in EU VW drivers who owned VW, had all those plastic parts fail, AFTER THEY themselves experienced the plastic parts failing, the very same people trash talk Toyota as "being cheaply built garbage completely made out of cheap plastic" and are convinced that VW are made of "premium steel, no plastic". Owning a VW group car is a mental illness.

There is a safety reason to make them out of plastic. Plastic should break before your trapped hand. Think liability

VAG want the parts to break. They make much more profit on parts than the actual cars....

Its like the "zero IQ switch" that old timers used to say about people who turn their caps backward...only this guy has the 'full retard' switch.

That’s exactly the info that will get you into trouble (worn camshaft lobes)! NEVER use anything else than 505.01 5w40 oil and change it every 15K kms. It’s a PD engine and the oil is extremely important. The 506.01 recommendation (long oil change) by VW has been proven a big mistake. ONLY 505.01 and 5W40.

Absolutely correct. They're DESIGNED to fail on wrong oils.

@@m80116 I think they overestimated the ability of that 506.01 long life oil (30k kms oil change!) to lubricate the PD design. They also recommended the 505.01 for every 15km change which was absolutely spot on! I remind you that the V10 holds 11 liters of oil so there’s a LOT of that stuff in there.That’s why the6 thought that a light 0w30 would be ok. It wasn’t and it created many problems.

@@C_R_O_M________ Why you do address me? Do we know each other? I will NOT get started on VWs, I'm done with them and every rebadged VW out there. DONE! FOREVER.

@@m80116 I thought you agreed with what I wrote above about the oil specs. Besides, one great thing about the internet is that complete strangers can have a fruitful discussion. I don’t get why you are so strung up. I comment here because I actually own a V10 and have for many years. Wanted to debunk some common misconceptions about these vehicles. I think they are a great value-for-money as used. Nothing personal.

That was one reason I bought my used '06, the seller had all the VW service records since it was commissioned. More than satisfied for +60K miles so far.

The real question is why ANYONE buys a VW/Audi product

@@chuckschillingvideos my diesel jettas always get 45mpg, manual trans , malone tune, larger injectors, tons of fun.

@@chuckschillingvideos they have money. That's why. Poor thrifty people don't buy VW's or any of their underbrella companies cars.

@@grizzlyaddams3606 Oh poor people do in fact buy these cars and it absolutely ruins them, I work as a collector for a financial institution. Good news is often we won't even repossess them and will sometimes release title to the borrower so they can salvage them even if they still have a good amount of loan balance owing because we know how much it costs to repair some of these VWs and how little some of them get at auction. As a collector I can honestly say, fuck VW and fuck Dodge/Chrysler anything! Jeep wranglers however....always kill at auction

And they still have to remove the interior panel. The allotted mechanic repair time is like 2.5 hours for that damn regulator. On my Honda Element it takes a low skill backyard mechanic with the most basic of tools well under 30 minutes.

Good tip!

Just bought a cobalt step bit I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the tip! My work truck lock cable broke and gmc riveted the panel on.

You can use a punch and knock out the hard steel pin from the center. Then the rest drills easier.

Also, you just want to take the head off not drill out the shaft. Use a punch on the shaft.

Note to self....Wow, new invention...Cobalt coated condoms....

*W12

That doesn't make it sound any better.. You're saying customers were paying for techs to sift through VWs huge pile of problems

awesome! I've always wanted the V8 one

I have one also.... a misfire problem that acts up when it feels like it. Possible vacuum issue

@@Mcpblackheart I have 3 V8 Touaregs. 2 of them 04 and 1 o5. I love them but they all come with their own issues. My 05 has a headlight problem where it randomly decides which side doesn't work, and the other 2 both are leaking power steering fluid and coolant. Not to mention none of them have a working drivers seat. Also, the AC won't kick on one of them.

@@butiaintarapper9796 my driver's seat is out as well. Mine is a loose wire under te seat. Fixed it once but I'm tall so when I move the seat back after the wife drives it pulls on it. So f it, she doesn't drive it anymore so it just stays at my settings lol

Well assuming the car lived it's whole life in Arizona, I don't think it ever had to worry about freezing.

@@TheCobruhAlienat0r It's even worst in hot weather states because people tend to run the A/C all the time & rarely roll their windows down. When they finally do roll them down the rubber seals around the glass bond to glass & the window tears itself off the rubber. That strain will wear those plastic gears out quickly.

@@rick5976 WHY IS THERE SUCH A THING AS PLASTIC GEARS!! lol. not yelling at you but just yelling at the universe, I guess. I have so many things that have broken because the plastic gear broke. the last thing being my folding driver side mirror. gear broke and the motor just stayed on and would not turn off. I had to pull the power harness off in order to not kill my battery. ugh.

@@fearisthemind-killer Plastic gears are cheaper to make and lighter than metal gear

E85 makes the pump go out a lot faster.

I’ve got a 93 Landcruiser and everything works, A/C cold. Gas mileage stinks, who cares it’s my camping truck.

Here in EU VW drivers who owned VW, had all those plastic parts fail, AFTER THEY themselves experienced the plastic parts failing, the very same people trash talk Toyota as "being cheaply built garbage completely made out of cheap plastic" and are convinced that VW are made of "premium steel, no plastic". Owning a VW group car is a mental illness.

Had a 06 accord exl everything was broken and needed fixing no matter what

@@nadenolam8368 I had a 1994 LandCruiser for twelve years, it was by far the most reliable and almost maintenance-free vehicle I've ever owned.

@@mikenkk1 No doubt a great vehicle. Only problem is they are so good you have to pay $10k for one that has over 300k miles and previous owners dog tore off the headliner and ate the headrests as we and put holes in all the seats. Good part is you can put deep scratches on all fenders and doors and as you put a lift and find some huge tires and wheels on craigslist ( worn out to where you can see steel belts just fine) you can paint it with bed liner and sell it for a profit.

Diesels don't have spark plugs .. and I admit I'm not fun at parties.

@@ghassanalfarra8935 +1, this has glow plugs.

not remotely funny

@@ghassanalfarra8935 which makes him dropping the engine for spark plug replacement, even more stupifying.

Capably break down

Try the reliable 3.0 liter V6 turbo diesel. More than sufficient hp and torque.

@@UltraFence Not for me. I'm a HP junkie. Not to mention, that 4.2 V8 sounds absolutely glorious.

@@tayl0rd553 well I have to agree the V8 exhaust note is pretty seductive. But performance is not all about sound. The 30 mpg v6 TDi can out-tow, out-pull, and overclimb the V8 with half the fuel economy and possibly last two or three times as long regarding miles on the engine. That is more important to me than hp or sound notes from the exhaust pipe. Both of these are so well insulated from sound, you might need to roll down the windows to enjoy that sound note. Riding with windows down is not my idea of a grand touring vehicle. It is more like something I might have done at 16 when drag racing. Now I look for the performance advantages of this swiss army knife of a vehicle, one that does so many things extremely well. It is just right for me. Good for you, there are many more 4.2-liter V-8 gas-optioned models with air suspension than 3-liter v6 models, and that and the locking center and rear diff are more important to me as these cars get a couple hundred thousand miles on them and are way past a decade old. Now they are old enough and cheap enough to get out on the trails and hang with the Jeeps, Land Rovers, and Landcruisers while still being great GT cars with comfort and luxury. Either way, Gas V8 or Diesel V6, are marvels of engineering way ahead of their time. Luckily I live half the year in Mexico where diesel is only 5-10% more than gas instead of what I am seeing in the States where it is 55-65% higher. The US simply doesn't want diesel it seems. Until you get with Overlanders and then they admire and prefer the torque, range, and reliability of both my Hilux and Treg.

@@UltraFence That's cool. However, most people didn't/don't need the torque of the diesel V6, hence more gas V6s and V8s being available. Ideally, the diesel V10 would be the best of both worlds, but it's price was prohibitively high when new, and is still too high as a used vehicle now. That's IF you can find one for sale. Concerning the sound; trust me, you do NOT need to have the windows down to hear the engine. You must be thinking about a droning engine, which nobody likes droning.

The lesson I learned was that no matter how little you pay for a "luxury car", it comes with luxury care maintenance and repair bills. The problem is that unlike other VWs, the V10 is a niche vehicle there are no "cheaper" v10 parts from other models or other manufacturers.

oh there are so smooth. and you can drive through anything with these and always feel safe

I had a 2005 Audi A4 that was similar, the window regulators would eat themselves. You had to remove them entire upper window frame with the glass to replace it. an dont even think of buying a aftermarket replacement, you will be changing it again 3 months later.

They fail because they're poorly made.

Regular silicone spray to prevent the glass sticking to the frame / rubber will significantly reduce the strain on the regulator.

lol i need to change the passenger side on my treg but as soon as i pulled the panel and saw rivets i knew it would be no small task. glad i saw this video so i know to dedicate a whole day and not only a few hours lol

1988Buick t-type the plastic clip that slid in the window regulator failed often because of the size of the glass in the long two door. I learned to never close the door with the window down.

It's a commercial. The potato chips you see on TV? They're not really considered a nutritious vegetable.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH 🤣😂☠️☠️

I was thinking the same thing lol, like it might pay for itself after 10 years but 6gs is a lot upfront. I'm poor, when they lights go out I planned it.🤣😂

$6,000? I got the 2000 model with solar panel for like $2200…?

@@illuminatidestroyerbear2231 they don’t get it they panic

@@Topthingnas_ 🤣😂☠️☠️

i saw it under $2000 by itself and like $2200 with the solar panel included...and thats for the bigger one

Yeah, out of the seat and onto his white pants.

It was okay, a shade off really

@@Samcrac Hard to see on camera when you were showing the seats installed. Maybe my eyes are not too good, but it looked OK i those shots.

how has yours been reliability wise? i have a 2008 T2 4.2 V8 as well and spent $6,000 so far in repairs and now my fans are dead, i have an oil leak i the rear and front main seals (minor leak luckily but repair with labor is $8k which is what i bought it for with 67,000 miles 2 years ago) and i have a "system fault" error that pops up randomly from time to time but goes away and it will not let me change differentials when it does that. other than that it rides perfectly. I've already had to get brake booster hoses, vaccum leak, all fuel pumps, thermostat, and a different oil leak repaired so far. previous owner also replaced alternator and a couple of other things. Im the second owner.

@@sebastianri9647 I have small oil leak as well, repaired vacuum leak recently and have drivetrain fault from time to time. From my research it is just bad sensor but incredibly hard to replace. I bought mine T2 in 2015 with about 65k miles, now it has about 115k. Incredible tow vehicle! With air suspension it is always perfectly leveled. I tow about 8000 pounds trailer from California to Texas without any problem or overheating. Was driving 80 mph no matter uphill or not. Fuel economy is the only problem :) and with my bigger AT tires it only became worse - about 12 mpg city and about 14 highway

Hahaha appreciate you! The strap sits strategically, it’s like it’s not even there!

FACTS😭😂

You need new struts asap.

If it's 1st gen change the LBJs.

Hi Josh! I have mine since 2013, bought it with 100K miles on the clock in Germany and have put another 100K trouble free Kms. These need 505.01 5W40 oil and nothing else (camshaft lobe wear) because of the PD design. Don’t use the VW-recommended 506.01 long life 0W30 oil as it’s been shown to cause premature camshaft lobe wear. Then you know very well that you have to pamper the turbos when you shut the car off. They are super reliable otherwise as they have everything gear-driven apart from the alternator that sits on top of the engine (inside the V) and it’s not an engine out job. I’m sure that you know all this stuff but I feel like we have to debunk the myth that these cars are not reliable hence the mentions. It’s more user-induced problems than anything else with these cars. I love what you do in your channel. I recently had the center support (driveshaft) failure and I did the “Jimi fix” which supposedly is a steadier solution than the OEM design. It’s been fine apart from a vibration after 105mph (170-180 kms/h). Nothing really bad but I think I need to realign better the support with the bearing. Perhaps they are not sitting exactly at 90 degrees and that causes this vibration. The driveshaft bearing itself was fine. Keep up the good work and I hope you join the ClubTouareg forum. They’ll appreciate you very well there. Haven’t been active myself there but with your content you’d be an instant hit in that community.

@@C_R_O_M________ yeah it seems everyone likes to hate on these but have never personally owned them. I believe that’s why my 06 got cams at 100k miles was from using the recommended 5w30 for the dpfs, new colt cams and back to 5w40 and I hope they outlast the Touareg. Thanks, I find it a shame that people get rid of these because of the complexity when they’re really not that bad, I’ve had multiple people message me after pulling/re-installing the engine that they wouldn’t have normally. That’s one thing I haven’t had to do yet but I imagine my time will come, I’ve seen some upgraded repair carriers as well but haven’t really done the pros and cons on that. That’s one group I’ve been meaning to join, there’s a lot of good info on there as well.

What year was yours?

@@cheyenneobregon184 1972 . . .

they all have locking diffs, some have rear diffs, and all can be modded to have a front locker from Harlop.

good lord 😳

Try doing a Fabia or Polo one - the exterior lock and door handle has to be removed, a torx socket won't fit so a torx screwdriver is necessary and the whole damn wiring loom has to be moved from the door and refitted!

Wow. That sounds like a complete nightmare.

Cory Chase is awesome!

His toe isn't the only thing he's dipping. 😂

@@roaddog7542 Yeah, he's dipping his fingers into his wallet.

@@dalejoski6865 I had forgotten her name, is she still performing?

@@Cmez872 Yes she is!

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Yep usually Toyota or Honda rarely have issues

I've replaced 2 of my 2004 highlander window regulators. Sure it's an 18 year old car but yeah... It isn't immune

This was one of my favorites as well but thankfully I never bought one.

Ain't that bad, if you don't give it to the OEM for repair.

Lmao you guys have some boring dreams for sure 💀

Phaeton never had a W8. Are you thinking of the Passat?

Not really. There’s very little that can go wrong with this engine as it’s all gear driven and no belts whatsoever (apart from the alternator which sits on top of the engine). You must be using the dealer for everything which is suicidal.

@@C_R_O_M________ Well you can't have owned one !! It had 15k of repairs under warranty so I foolishly thought VW had fixed everything. I paid for 2 new turbos,2 new fuel pumps,new prop shaft bearing and prop shaft,new aux fuel heater x2 , 4 batteries (in 4 years) as it has a starting battery and a battery that runs the car. New injectors all 10. New dpf's 4 new shock absorbers It ate tyres as its such a heavy vehicle the same for mainly front disks and pads. Then there was VW's version of adblue at £17 a litre and it's 5l tank and the car shut down if the tank was not refilled. For most of that work the engine has to come out,at £750 a go.(indy garage rate) Hardly any of the work was done by VW but find someone prepared to work on them and who is competent to do the work. Yes it's the same V10 in a Lamborghini and so are the front brakes but if you want to own one you need deep pockets. There are quicker cars with smaller engines now,even VW dropped V10. I'm so glad I went back to a Range Riover SVR. So much more reliable and before the RR hate starts mine has 126,531 miles on it from new and hasn't missed a beat. Just service items and things that you would expect to replace.

@@gedd6750 You know its bad when its better to own a Range Rover than a VW lol

@@gedd6750 I STILL own one and I even have YT clips with it (perhaps YT have taken those down as they hadn’t many views). It has 240K kms. I do most of the service myself including brake pads and a set of front rotors it needed a couple of years ago. You must be doing something very wrong with yours! You need to use ONLY 505.01 5w40 oil with those or you will have premature camshaft wear (and injector problems - as the camshafts operate the injectors in the PD design). The driveshaft center support failure (just a rubber donut that tears after about 100K kms) is a very common one with Touaregs and Cayennes and there’s a permanent DIY fix for 20 bucks. Have you looked into the details or did you just surrender to the dealership? This makes a great difference in ownership. Find a garage shop (I have a friend and use his) that you can trust and work around the problems. Your turbo problems spell bad operation! You cannot give it the beans and shut the vehicle off without allowing for a cool off. There go your turbos. These are Bosch units that operate in other cars for millions of trouble free kms. Baking them up is almost always an operator’s issue.

This car is complete junk. Okay so what's the point of owning a car because the engine is good but everything else falls apart and us expensive? Lol I love my Honda

This was shocking. I'll never buy a VW. I don't think I'll ever buy a German car. I'll stick with those Japanese cars.

Yeah hola step mom

@@drulessman2892 it’s a scammer don’t dm them

rode like a dream

@@tolpacourt some people only learn one way to spell any word , because a lot of words have more than one meaning . They’re , their , there and if they do know how to spell it the right way they put it in the wrong context .

Rode like a dream....to the bank to take out 8k for trans repair. 😅🤣

@@nowthatsfunny1 no loans necessary…he’s smart with his money. And remember this little fella…karma’s a bitch…so be careful.

those are trash, cheap shitty car

Or heat

The crash safety of such an old car would be abysmal

My Chevy Malibu had a recall on the sunroof. it had an rxpress button like the driver's door to open the window automatically, which was a good idea. But the sunroof had en express close which the NHTSA thought could catch a child's neck. Turns out that sunroof was controlled by the computer and the fix was a software modification, which took about 10 minutes... mostly for paperwork.