Had the Takata DS Airbag Recall completed on our VW Beetle Dune this past Monday. It's been nearly 4 years of ownership waiting on VW to say that a repair was available.

While the local VW Dealer was handling this recall, I told them to go ahead & do an oil & filter change, since it was due in January, 2024. Ended up costing me $140.50 (parts & labor). Things have certainly gone up!

So I went back in my records to look and found the following:
a) 2020 - $94.87
b) 2022 - $111.81 (17.86% increase)
c) 2023 - $140.50 (25.66% increase vs. 2022; 48.10% increase vs 2020)

I don't think I'm going to look at this in anymore detail because it makes me cry!