....the timing belt is due to be changed at 120,000 km. ....
Yep. Purportedly introduced to keep maintenance costs down for lease companies / fleet operators, on newer models, VAG are back-tracking on some maintenance "cost-saving measures" introduced in the past, for example,...
Recently VAG have been backtracking on the suitability of longlife servicing unless the vehicle is used in "perfect" conditions. The quoted timing belt change intervals (my 2.0 petrol says 115k miles!) are also far too ambitious, current sensible advice is no more that 60k miles/5 years. It's not the belts, apparently, it's the tensioners etc. Make sure they do the waterpump too. ...
120km for a second timing belt?
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