Home » Uncategorized

How much should a timing belt replacement cost on a 2000 VW Beetle?

10 March 2010 3 Comments
vw beetle
shippy55 asked:


I have a 2000 Volkswagen Beetle TDI (turbo diesel) in need of a new timing belt and tensioner. Parts and labor, how much should this maintenance cost me (at a repair shop — not a VW dealership)?

Inexpensive web services!

3 Comments »

  • eja.1931 said:

    I have just had my Honda Civic done….. AustDllrs 130.00

    # 13 March 2010 at 02:50
  • Chris F said:

    If you get out for under $500 you should consider yourself lucky.

    # 14 March 2010 at 10:17
  • zacattak said:

    i work for a VW dealer in California, beetles are cramped at the same time you do the timing belt you should also do the water pump because you dont have to repay for labor even at dealer rates with coolant, the belt and water pump this rarely works out at over 550 the tensioner is the single most expensive part not doing the timing belt at every 60k miles for a manual transmission and 40k miles for a automatic can lead to very expensive repairs, if the belt brakes or tensioner fails. i would recommend taking it to the dealer simply because they do this work every day and are familiar with the cam timing and injection pump timing

    # 17 March 2010 at 17:27

Leave your response!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.