vvt solenoid
Worth a lookShows a sweet-spot price point ($36.20 avg), but soft demand (-8.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Avg price
Incredible$36.20avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Great301.8avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Great34%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Price range
Good$16.75–$132.38cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Good$555K$555K/yr · 487K searches
Brand share
Good74%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Conversion
Okay3.1%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Okay5.4%return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
Growth
Bad-8.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (34% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
19 falling
Sellers
86
Top-5 brand share
74%
Open market
23%
- A-Premium39%
- Dorman17%
- KacuYelin7%
- NewYall6%
- GM GENUINE PARTS5%
- HY-SPEED3%
Product shelf
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 50 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
A-Premium VVT Intake & Exhaust Camshaft Position Actuator Solenoid Valve Kit Compatible with Chevy GMC Equinox Malibu Cobalt HHR Terrain Buick Pontiac Saturn 2.0L 2.2L 2.4L Replaces# 12655421 12655420
A-Premium$25.994.4★2,706 rev
A-Premium 2-PC Engine Variable Valve Timing (VVT) Variable Camshaft Timing (VCT) Control Solenoid Compatible with Ford Lincoln and Mercury Vehicles - 4.6L 5.4L 3V Engine - Replaces 8L3Z-6M280-B
A-Premium$32.924.2★485 rev
Dorman 917-010 Engine Variable Valve Timing (VVT) Solenoid Compatible with Select Models
Dorman$30.604.6★746 rev
918033 918034 Engine Variable Valve Timing VVT Solenoid Oil Control Valve Solenoid Compatible with Hyundai Elantra Kona Sonata Tucson Veloster Kia Forte Forte5 Soul Seltos Optima 2012-2024 2PCS
KacuYelin$35.484.5★30 rev
Dorman 916-922 Engine Variable Valve Timing (VVT) Solenoid Compatible with Select Nissan Models
Dorman$29.494.5★325 rev
Newest
by launch date
Intake & Exhaust Engine Variable Valve Timing (VVT) Solenoid Compatible with Hyundai Elantra Kona Sonata Tucson Kia Soul Optima Forte Koup Seltos Forte5 L4 1.8L 2.0L Oil Control Valve 918-033 918-034
Humoony$31.466 rev
Intake and Exhaust Engine Variable Valve Timing(VVT) Control Solenoid Fit for Hyundai Elantra GT Kona Sonata Tucson Veloster Kia Forte Forte5 Optima Seltos 1.8L 2.0L Engine Replaces 243752E100
DTMAP$27.3727 rev
Variable Camshaft Timing Solenoid VCT Solenoid VVT Variable Valve Timing Kit Fit for Ford Lincoln Mercury V8 4.6L 5.4L Engines Replaces 3L3Z6M280EA 8L3Z6M280A 8L3Z6M280B
DTMAP$26.476 rev
Baxzl VVT Solenoid Intake and Exhaust 2 PCs for Chevy Cruze Limited Sonic Trax Volt 2011-2020 for Buick Encore Cadillac ELR 2013-2021 1.4L L4 Replaces 918005 918-005 55562223 25195245 TS1016 VVT183
Baxzl$38.8114 rev
Intake & Exhaust Engine Variable Vlave Timing (VVT) Solenoid Compatible with Kia Soul Optima Forte Koup Seltos Forte5 Hyundai Elantra Elantra Coupe Elantra GT Kona Tucson Veloster Sonata 1.8L 2.0L
Apeixoto$34.621,843 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumBaxzl VVT Solenoid Intake and Exhaust 2 PCs for Chevy Cruze Limited Sonic Trax Volt 2011-2020 for Buick Encore Cadillac ELR 2013-2021 1.4L L4 Replaces 918005 918-005 55562223 25195245 TS1016 VVT183
Baxzl$38.814.5★
917235 917236 Engine Variable Valve Timing VVT Solenoid Intake and Exhaust Oil Control Valve Solenoid Compatible with Toyota Corolla C-HR Scion xD Pontiac Vibe 2008-2020 1533037020 153300T020 2PCS
KacuYelin$28.094.4★
Intake & Exhaust Engine Variable Valve Timing (VVT) Solenoid Compatible with Hyundai Elantra Kona Sonata Tucson Kia Soul Optima Forte Koup Seltos Forte5 L4 1.8L 2.0L Oil Control Valve 918-033 918-034
Humoony$31.464.3★
AdvanEX Engine Variable Valve Timing (VVT) Solenoid Compatible with Buick LaCrosse Regal Verano Chevrolet Cobalt Equinox HHR Impala Malibu GMC Terrain Replaces 12655421 12655420
AdvanEX$20.744.4★
Variable Camshaft Timing Solenoid VCT Solenoid VVT Variable Valve Timing Kit Fit for Ford Lincoln Mercury V8 4.6L 5.4L Engines Replaces 3L3Z6M280EA 8L3Z6M280A 8L3Z6M280B
DTMAP$26.473.4★
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -8.3% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Fit good”
“Great Value”
“Always good quality and reliable”
“Three bolts and two connectors, so SIMPLE”
“Works as expected”
“worked as expected”
“Very simple”
“its stopped the leak”
“Easy replacement and much cheaper than a mechanic and costs much less than autozone or orielly”
“I've had these on the car for over 10,000 miles seem to be durable and well built”
What buyers complain about
“One of them failed after a couple of weeks”
“Car ran worse with these”
“Garbage”
“One broke down before getting install very very fragile”
“Did not resolve oil leak”
“The size matterd”
“Frustrating because this is my second replacement sensor that didn't fit”
“dont look new it has a black plastic piece that eas broke off of something”
“NOT COMPATIBLE”
“Amazon engine parts are bad”