The Lemon Index$668 middle bill · most between $572 and $775
About the same as the $715 middle bill owners of all 61 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 52,000 miles (5 reports).
Volkswagen Golf owners reported paying a median of $668 for a ignition coil replacement, with the middle half of bills between $572 and $775. That's from 6 owner reports (6 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50017%
- $500–$1,00067%
- $1,000–$2,50017%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 6 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2001 Volkswagen Golf4$718 middle bill
- 2004 Volkswagen Golf1too few for a middle
- 2010 Volkswagen Golf1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2002 Volkswagen Golf19 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Volkswagen Golf17 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a ignition coils / misfire. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0300 P0301 P0302 P0303 P0304 P0305 P0306 P0351 P0352. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Volkswagen Golf reliability by year
- Ignition coil replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Volkswagen Golf owners reported
Fuel pump replacement (9) · ABS module replacement (8) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (5) · Engine replacement (5) · Timing chain replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 10702691, 10323626, 10138680, 10126980, 10064173, 10014390.
Quick answers
How much does ignition coil replacement cost on a Volkswagen Golf?
Volkswagen Golf owners reported a median of $668, and the middle half paid $572 to $775, from 6 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Volkswagen Golf ignition coil replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Volkswagen Golf middle bill of $668 is about the same as the $715 owners of all 61 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Volkswagen Golf repair costs come from?
From 6 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Volkswagen Golf years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2002 (19), 2001 (17) Volkswagen Golf named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.