Thought I would share this information that came to light yesterday.

I own a 54 plate 2.0 GT TDI Golf Mk5 which is now 4 years old.

I found out a couple of weeks ago that VW recommend that the cam belt be changed @80,000 miles or 4 years.

Not wanting to be hit with a large bill for an engine re-build, I arranged for the job to be done.

When I picked up the car after the work had been completed I was shown the "old" belt and to be honest, there wasn't a sign of any degradation or wear.

Makes me think this is a way of VW getting even more money from the lowly motorist.


Anyone else had any similar experiences ??