Reviews of OEM Volkswagen timing belt

I changed the original timing belt on my 2011 TDI Golf at 192,000 miles and the belt still looked good.

They recommend 10 years or 120k miles I pushed mine till 11years and 160k miles but when I removed my original belt it had a significant crack in it from dry rotting

Located in AZ. I called multiple places and the average was around $1,500 for both water pump and timing belt (dealership was over $3,000 which is insane).

I got lucky as one shop was doing a special for timing belt changes and I got both serviced for $950.

Local VW dealer did the belt, pump, rollers, tensioners with OEM parts and it cost $1700 bucks.

The timing belt, tensioner, water pump, and labor on my 15 Jetta S was 1700 after taxes as a Euro specialist mechanic in a decent Midwest city. Included 8 hours of labor @ $180

Definitely check local shops. The dealership just quoted my dad 1700 and he went to the local shop he bought his Jetta from. They did the timing belt and water pump for 1350.

Both of those price sound steep - my local shop in Ontario charges half that, currently about 1100cad plus taxes but can't remember the warranty. Car still runs fine 2 years later though

I paid $1500 to a very reputable foreign mechanic last month for my 2012 golf tdi

Oe quality parts:

Timing belt, tensioners/roller, water pump, manual transmission fluid, coolant, serpentine belt.

When I checked my belt at 60k miles I found it was very loose. Loose enough that I checked the camshaft timing to be sure it hadn't jumped at all. The engine ran a lot better after I adjusted the belt tension.

I have a 2015 Jetta S 2.0 which has stripped about 10-15 teeth off the timing belt.