Does my turbocharger need replacing?

How can it be that a turbocharger fails and needs replacing at only 19,000 km?

Answered by CarsGuide

28 September 2018

You would have to think that it's faulty for one reason or another. It could have had a production fault; there could be a problem with the oil feed that keeps it lubricated, or a number of other things. One thing for sure is that there had to be a fault for it to fail at such low kilometres.

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