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Originally Posted by MagicBus
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I had my 1990 Jetta from November 2010 to March 2011. .................................................................................................... ........... There's something in the design of the belt drive on these cars that, when aged, destroys alternator belts. Nobody has successfully solved this, except for a few people who have transplanted serpentine belt setups from later VW diesels.
The constantly-shredding belt made the car unreliable for me...............................
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Shredding alternator belt problem is only on AC equipped 1.6 engines, which mine was. It was THE biggest nightmare for me for over 2 years of ownership. The alt belt tensioner design is pure stupidity- VW gets an F from me on that. I have solved the problem by ditching the AC and making my own alt belt tensioner, and it has been reliable ever since.