Our VW Golf TDI broke down on Monday - got it towed to the dealership who looked at it on Tuesday. The turbo has mechanically failed. The golf is 3 years old and has done 55,000 miles. A new turbo costs £1,100 including labour it will cost at least £1,516 to fix.

The warranty expired in August - typical.

To be fair the dealership contacted VW on our behalf to have come back and offered to pay 40% of the costs. I am going to call them tomorrow to see if they'll pay any more. I don't think that a turbo should fail so quickly.

I'm trying to find out reliability stats about golfs on the net but can't seem to find any. Any one got any ideas or advice to offer?

Thanks in advance.