Reviews of VALEO parts For Business

Valeo came out of my 2010 I bought at 74k over 200k now so pretty sure that was OEM. The starter was also a Valeo.

Valeo SMF if you’re sticking with NA power. It’s a little noisier but much better feel than a DMF, and much cheaper also.

In my Skoda the oil filter is located in the bottom and I still have to lift the car up and remove undercar shield. After that it is easy to just drain the oil.

Servicing the car is pretty cheap. 5 liters of Mannol oil costs just 29€ and Valeo filters aren't too expensive either.

Starter motor finally gave out when south Florida got hit with the cold spike a few days ago and may have upset the starter motor, of all things. Battery was great, reading 12.3- 12.5 volts. Surprisingly, autozone packs a brand new (debatable) Valeo starter motor for $220 (including shipping and taxes), which is a BMW OEM supplier. Just missing the torx that mounts the starter motor that I will need to grab in my shop and then will swap. Thought I’d share this, since autozone gets a mixed rep for parts for BMWs in the BMW community. iv gotten my alternator and starter from them. 2 months after alternator install and it still works like OEM equivalent. It’s worth checking them out.

Starter motor finally gave out when south Florida got hit with the cold spike a few days ago and may have upset the starter motor, of all things. Battery was great, reading 12.3- 12.5 volts. Surprisingly, autozone packs a brand new (debatable) Valeo starter motor for $220 (including shipping and taxes), which is a BMW OEM supplier. Just missing the torx that mounts the starter motor that I will need to grab in my shop and then will swap. Thought I’d share this, since autozone gets a mixed rep for parts for BMWs in the BMW community. iv gotten my alternator and starter from them. 2 months after alternator install and it still works like OEM equivalent. It’s worth checking them out.

Gearbox is a major step up in almost all metrics; no jerkyness when launching from 1st gear a lot smoother idle, less noise, vibrations. I have a lightweight SMF, probably with DMF it will be even less long gears, feels super nice on the highway the car is super quiet, feel like its 500-1000 rpm less while cruising. didnt check mpg yet though acceleration is butter smooth, especially pulling 4th gear, big wow feels like you're taking of with a private jet Some downsides clutch pedal is stiff cable shifting isnt as smooth as with the 020

I would recommend returning the FX250 clutch and getting the Valeo HD clutch kit. It wont rattle like the single mass aftermarket clutches, it holds more power than the stock clutch.

It unfortunately hasn’t been smooth sailing all the way, suffering from well known problems with the early Stellantis E-CMP platform (such as the 11kW Mahle Supplied onboard charger and Valeo AC compressor). These issues were largely covered by Stellantis excluding a labor cost to rewrite the CCU software.

Other than that the car has been rough on tires, due to the FWD platform with less weight on the front wheels, it also needed a sway bar end replacing but has passed it’s 2nd inspection at 5 years old.

Your clutch only lasted 2.5 years?Either you have poor driving habits or maybe you need to buy a better clutch kit

Your Valeo AC compressor will be swapped out multiple times.