The internet is an interesting place. One of its characteristics is that it tends to make almost everything seem worse than it actually is. It might appear that Golf Rs have had an inordinate number of water pump failures, but how many have actually occurred, and out of that number how many have been reported on websites such as this? In all likelihood the percentage of Golf Rs having water pump failures has been quite low, but a handful of reports discussed in these forums makes it seem like there have been a large amount of such failures. Had there been an inordinate number of premature pump failures, the NTSB would likely have forced a recall, just as it has done with Audi.
