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2.0 4B11, known issues

GF · 2012–2018 · R3 Demands diligence

Recorded issues2
Walk-away0
Over €1,0001
Checkable at viewing1/2
Likely spend€2,300

Likely spend is the mid cost of every issue rated common or universal, added together, what an unmaintained example owes over the next few years, not a prediction for any one car. Worst case if everything here failed at once is €3,700, which isn't a realistic scenario but is a useful ceiling.

All issues, by system

Transmission

CVT fluid degradation and belt wearJatco CVT€1,400–€3,200
Hesitation as the car pulls away, engine flare with no matching acceleration, a shudder at low speed, and eventually a warning light and limp mode. The belt and pulleys depend entirely on the fluid, and the fluid degrades with heat. Owners skip the changes because the service schedules downplay them, and by the time the symptoms arrive the belt has usually worn.
Check: Drive from cold in slow traffic and feel for shudder, hesitation or flare. Then ask for the fluid-change record, and treat a car with none as carrying the full cost.
TransmissioncommonPartly detectableevidence: documented90–180k km

Body & corrosion

Boot and tailgate water ingressGF body€100–€500
Damp carpet in the boot, condensation inside the rear lights and a musty smell in the back of the car. The tailgate seals and the rear light gaskets let water past, and it collects under the boot floor where nobody looks. On a seven-seat car the third row sits right in it.
Check: Lift the boot floor and feel underneath, then look inside the rear light units for moisture. Fold the third row down and check the carpet in the wells.
Body & corrosionoccasionalDetectable at viewingevidence: documented60–150k km

How to read this

Every issue is authored once against the part that actually carries it: the engine, the gearbox, the chassis or a shared component, and inherited by every variant that has that part. The badge next to each issue says where it comes from, so you can tell an 4B11 problem from an E9x problem.

Evidence tiers. Manufacturer means a recall, technical bulletin or revised part number. Documented means workshop data or multiple independent sources. Reported means owner consensus with no hard confirmation, and never sets a risk level on its own.

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