Starter motor Bosch or OEM Volkswagen

Starters don\u2019t generally \u201cslow down\u201d with age, really. You\u2019ll just find that one day it quits working. I had a failed starter on a 2002 Jetta, probably at around 290-300k miles

My Passat has 370k km and is 20 years old, still on the original starter, and starts like a champ.

Bosch is also not a bad name starter to buy from something like rockauto.

Just gonna put my 2 cents in, the slow crank is either the starter or the battery. At that age, if the battery tests good it is the starter.

Bosch is just fine. I replaced my starter with a Bosch reman a few years ago, still working flawlessly.

This is 100% your starter motor. The solenoid isn't pulling the starter motor gear off the flywheel fast enough so it grinds. Gets worse in colder weather. The fix is a new starter motor

Bosch has been just fine for me. I also had to replace my starter, go with a brand new bosch unit and youll be fine for a loooong time. Cant beat OE quality.

Cheap starter. 4yrs isn\u2019t bad. Get OEM or Bosch

So I sent it on a nice Bosch one. That lasted 3 months and just failed today.

I pulled the starter, but the auto parts store was not able to test it. I bought a new one, installed it and still nothing.