Thread: V.W. recall, unusual defect

Well, all I can say is I still love them! We have two Golf's here... Admittedly they are slightly different... but they are the sensible cars! Mine, a 1990 Golf Mk 2 GTD which now has a later 1Z 1.9 Tdi in it has clocked over 400000 miles (yes, miles, and a lot of that on veg oil), I still use it daily, it still does 5.0lt/100km, and it still boogys (with the token cloud of black behind!). SWMBO's... MY12 Golf GTD in black with the 6 speed DSG. She's driven that car with her boot to the boards since day 1 when we got it 18 months ago. Its now coming up to 60000kms, and so far has not missed a beat. It also goes like a rocket ship and still manages 5.5lt/100km. So, until it decides to 'stop', I have to say 'Good Work VW', and if I was not so into the Land Rovers, I'd probably have an Amarok...

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

About time they recalled them.
It's been going on for quite some time.
Death prompts VW owners to speak out

Thats interesting - VW claims that girl that was killed on the SE freeway (Vic) when her car slowed suddenly and was rear ended by a truck was not their fault.
Coroner agreed.

Now we hear that a recall is happening for that very situation.????

Who is telling fibs here?

Terry

Originally Posted by rover-56

Thats interesting - VW claims that girl that was killed on the SE freeway (Vic) when her car slowed suddenly and was rear ended by a truck was not their fault.
Coroner agreed.

Now we hear that a recall is happening for that very situation.????

Who is telling fibs here?

Terry

And the recall is happening not long after the coroner released his findings despite the problem being known about for quite some time.

Originally Posted by Redback

The DSG is not in the manual Amarok

Baz.

True,

My original comment was to do with the company it comes from rather than the car itself.

When you pay around 45 gorillas for a vehicle which is meant to be hot stuff and get the run around we did on a globally recognised issue, you tend to get a bit browned off. VW has generally treated its customer base with contempt on the DSG issue.

Cheers,

I know we have a different model, a 2009 Passat diesel with dsg but all I can say is our car has been fantastic, not a problem at all and the dsg changes so smoothly and quickly you don't even feel it, just hear a change of revs. Our local VW dealer, in Ferntree Gully in Melbourne has been great as well, no problems at all with them.

As for the VW involved in the crash on the Mulgrave Freeway, the car was hit behind by a truck. It has been proven the driver was on the phone. No matter what, even if the car did slow rapidly, it seems to me the following truck was far too close, yes I know there are truck driver on here but I have been tailgated by trucks at 100 kms an hour in peak hour traffic by drivers trying to intimidate the car in front even though you can not go faster anyway because of the traffic.
If you look at pictures of the damaged car there was not a whole lot of damage and the driver area seemed to be completely undamaged.

Of all the new or newish cars I've owned/own, the top three are vw
Currently own an amarok, a 125kw passat, and have owned a t5 transporter and never had any problems with any of them (besides injector recall). Currently I own an iload as my work van, this thing is rubbish compared to my old transporter, can't wait for the time to trade up

Never had any problems with VW either, and I'm pretty sure they would be no worse to deal with than our beloved land rover

I don't have a problem with modern high tech cars, buyers demand these design innovations, and there will always be a small percentage of problems. Not just with VW. And not just with the DSG gearbox, there are problems with injectors as Harlie posted.

What gets my goat is the corporate lying to minimise liability.

You see it a lot on the TV news and current affairs, the first approach is deny, deny. Try to blame the victim. She was on a handsfree phone, she must be at fault.

Then we hear about a recall "not related to the issue". I wonder.

Terry

VW Aus sure lied straight to me on every occasion. Denying any injector issues and this was at the time when Audi UK had issued a recall and Audi Aus was quietly replacing injectors when the car came in for a service.

My brother has a A4, same engine as our ex Golf, his were replaced when the car was in for a service, the only thing he knew about it was after reviewing the work order. He called me to ask whats what. This was 2 weeks before our golf stopped, and was delivered to the dealer by tow truck, where they said injector straight away –VWA said not a known issue. The recalls were only initiated after the media ran the story of the fatal rear ending, and MANY owner complaints – before that they were standing fast.

Thing is, that up until then it was a brilliant car, it stopped (first time) 3 weeks out of extended warranty and VWA just stuck their middle finger up at me. They charged $1000 per injector + fitting - they are 170BP in the UK, not bad profit on parts that were all failing.

AND Right now we are looking for a car and the Golf 7 is on the short list, some say I’m mad but there is logic – well kind off. There’s something about them that puts a smile on the face like Sitec says – it’s a hot hatch that goes home at 5L/100, ok the GTD is not coming but a mild tune on the tdi pushes it out to 145/410, and right now there is some series discounting, really want a 7 – but I keep going back to the treatment and crap service and wonder over to the BMW sites.

Lets face it, we’re here because we drive Land Rovers, and there’s just something about them too, and LR dealers and the pits anyway...