Volkswagen Jetta TDI — repair costs

2015–2015

Use the estimator for a specific car's year, mileage and state. Below it, every repair job we price for the systems this vehicle's complaints involve — book labor hours plus parts — with the ones that match its reported problems listed first.

Cost estimator

Enter the car you're looking at. We'll show which of this vehicle's known problems typically show up in your next 3 years of driving, what each costs to fix at your state's labor rates, which ones it's already past (ask the seller about those), and routine maintenance to budget for.

Exhaust and emissions

1 complaint on this vehicle · median 58,000 miles

Repairs that match problems reported on this vehicle are listed first and tagged. Other exhaust and emissions jobs in our cost table follow for reference — not every one applies to every engine or trim.

EGR cooler replacement (diesel)

Matches reported problem: Diesel aftertreatment: DPF, EGR, DEF and SCR

6.0h at $107/h (independent) + $720–$2,160 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$1,360–$2,800

Diesel particulate filter clean or replace

Matches reported problem: Diesel aftertreatment: DPF, EGR, DEF and SCR

4.0h at $107/h (independent) + $1,080–$3,840 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$1,510–$4,270

Oxygen sensor replacement (one)

1.0h at $107/h (independent) + $70–$390 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$180–$500

Exhaust manifold with studs

4.0h at $107/h (independent) + $264–$1,440 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$690–$1,870

Catalytic converter replacement

2.5h at $107/h (independent) + $450–$2,100 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$720–$2,370

Heating and A/C

1 complaint on this vehicle

Repairs that match problems reported on this vehicle are listed first and tagged. Other heating and a/c jobs in our cost table follow for reference — not every one applies to every engine or trim.

Heater core replacement

Matches reported problem: Heater core and coolant heat

8.0h at $107/h (independent) + $120–$620 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$860–$1,590

Blend door actuator replacement

2.0h at $107/h (independent) + $40–$150 parts, range widened for low-confidence pricing

$150–$460

Blower motor replacement

1.2h at $107/h (independent) + $90–$300 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$220–$430

A/C compressor replacement

3.0h at $107/h (independent) + $400–$1,100 parts, range widened for medium-confidence pricing

$720–$1,420

Costs are national estimates built from book labor hours × a shop door rate (from BLS metro technician wages, national median since no buyer location is collected on this site today) plus a parts-price range. They are not this vehicle's actual repair history and don't account for your location, shop type, or mileage. A system with more complaints on this vehicle isn't necessarily the one that will cost more to fix — this shows what repairs in that system typically run, not which one you'll need. See Methodology for the full model.