Unfortunately my mechanical knowledge is quite poor, and this is my first post, so go easy !
I have a Passat on W plate (2000). It’s got the 1.9 TDI PD engine (115) and the 5-speed auto box, you can also change gear yourself but I rarely bother. My car has been in the family for a 5 years or so, my uncle owned it until November when it came into my hands. It is about to tick over to 311,000 miles on the clock. My uncle is a taxi driver so he racked up most of that having bought the car at about 70,000 miles if I remember right. As long as these cars have been maintained regularly then most of the components will last a long time.
The only thing wrong with mine was the occasional loss in power (happened maybe half a dozen times over the winter) when the car is booted from cold that has been identified as a possible fault with the turbo and is fixed by pulling over, switching off and back on again. Only other downside is the thirst of the auto box (20-28 around town, 40 on a run). That said the car makes a great cruiser and has plenty of overtaking power. Decent equipment (cruise, climate control, electric windows all round) and comfortable for long journeys.
I understand that the engines are very durable, one of the other drivers has a Sharan with the same PD engine and there’s over 400,000 on the clock.
If you can pick one up for a reasonable price like I did, you won’t regret it.
Hope this helps!
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