Starter motor OEM Volkswagen or Duralast

My problem (from 2+ years ago) turned oiut to be a bad starter. The solenoid must have gone south. A new starter motor fixed it.

My problem (from 2+ years ago) turned oiut to be a bad starter. The solenoid must have gone south. A new starter motor fixed it.

On my gen1, when mine was going out I replaced with the s2 starter from autozone "Duralast Starter 19407". Have had no issues since.

Well I began taking apart the car and removing the starter and found that a part of it was bent. I'm not sure if that's the solenoid or what it's called but I'm pretty sure it's the reason the car wouldn't start.

I’ve always trusted Autozone with parts and so far haven’t had any issues so I’d recommend duralast. I used two duralast starters before and they’ve worked fine.

So, replaced the starter, and that was that issue.

I got a starter from Autozone 3 times and finally got one that would start the next day as well. I bought the first one from AZ and it was the Duralast Gold for the lifetime warranty. When I installed the first one it worked for the entire day no problem then the next morning the car wouldn\u2019t start mind you I changed the battery a week prior. So I took it out went back to AZ swapped it out put the new one back in and I worked 5 times until I went to run errands and the car wouldn\u2019t start. Went to a different AZ and swapped it out\u2026 now I\u2019m on the 3rd going 2 days strong.

At this point I figured the starter was just busted. I had one overnighted and installed it the next day to no avail.

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.

Volkswagen did something similar with the starters on the 70's/80's Rabbit -- They installed it mere inches from the exhaust, which led to premature solenoid failure. I installed a solenoid bypass button and mounted it under the dash after the 3rd starter replacement in 5 years.