Should I keep this Passat?

I own a VW Passat 1.9TDI S estate on an 07 plate. It has 104,000 on the clock. It is regularly serviced and I do about 18,000 miles a year. The car is an ex fleet car which had 50k on the clock when I bought it 3 years ago and it has been trouble free.

I changed the cam belt at 60k. As far as I can tell it doesn't have diesel particulate filters etc. so hopefully less to go wrong. Am I sitting on a financial powder keg, or if properly maintained should it run on for a while yet?

Asked on 1 May 2013 by David

Answered by Honest John

What will invariably fail are the rear parking brake motors and the dual mass flywheel, but the 1.9 engine is much more reliable and safer than the 2.0TDI.

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