Dear all
Having stumbled across this thread by accident (as I was looking for FW/Map updates etc!), I am starting to get worried about my GTI.
Towards the end of march this year I bought a GTI mk6 with 59 plate and 1st registered in Jan 2010 from a private seller (he was 4th owner) with 29,000 miles on the clock. The car is in fantastic condition with full VW history and no remarks on any of the services (I had cross checked to see if everything matched on the service book). The car has been an absolute joy to drive so far and have had no issues with it at all. I live in London so only use it over weekends to go over to gf's house (in Hertfordshire) therefore cover about 60 miles (I've done 900 miles in total so far). I haven't played the audio which has been posted on the forum yet, but whenever I start its as though i've started up a diesel (I may be going a bit paranoid!). I was quite worried at first but found at other forums that it's normal, and have that grin back on my face when the turbo kicks in on the motorway (fantastic grunt!).
I have a minor service coming up in a month and a major one in Jan 2015, but I have decided to save a bit of money and do the major one now (as suggested by local VW dealer).
However, I am worried about the tensioner failure issues, so any suggestions on what I should do? Shall I get it replaced now or later at the service interval? Or simply should I enjoy the car and service as normal (hopefully they'll advise whether it needs replacing or not?).
Also, as the warranty has expired, shall I purchase a warranty? My family have always had good experiences with VWs, have had 3/4 polos over 10 years old and have never failed, so for me VW reliability experience is pretty solid.
p.s. the car is a manual, not sure if the tensioner failure is more of an issue on DSGs or manuals, or indifferent?
Thanks