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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: boardlord on 22 January 2010, 22:30
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I have a few faults with my car some off them maybe me being picky (Not Sure). Just wondering if there are any other faults I can expect?
- Brakes sometimes go really spongy, VW can't find a fault........ Does not inspire confidence when you drive hard and is going back for the 2nd time as I consider this to be dangerous, if they find no fault the I'll try another dealer.
- Ashtray doesn't always open when pressed... Being changed at 1st service.
- Rear cup holder keeps popping open... As above.
- Passenger door has terrible wind noise and also noticed that the bottom of the door is not flush when shut, by about a 1mm
- Finally a few yellow dot's around the rear, (which I new about when ordering, a mate also has these on his VXR Nurburgring) ... Going to be detail at first service, dealer says that with regular washing they will improve and come off easier when it's detailed. I'm not sure...We'll see
Ben
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The only fault that i have found with mine is that the rear cup holder has fell apart,
Think someone has caught it getting in or out, so it has been in the rear side pocket for two months (dont see it from my seat:smiley:)
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I have a fault on mine where the light on the drivers side sun visor mirror someimes stays on even when the mirror cover is shut... Keep meaning to go to VW, but seems too much effort for something so small...
Will get it sorted at first service.
LT
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Are the yellow dot's around the wheel arches?
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Does the brakes do that after alot of hard use or just out of the blue?
If its just out of the blue then theres a fault and it maybe something simple like air in the system or a cylinder is not sealing or a number of others things.
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Only problem I've got is the fuel cap sometimes pops out when I lock the car
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Did I read something else about the fuel cap design as well ?
I'm sure someone opened their's too hard and far (or caught it when it was open) and it put a dent in the back wing :angry:
When he got it sorted, the dent man said he had done loads of other new Mk VI Golfs.
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Coming up 3 months and 2500miles. No problem to report. Some rattle around front passenger area on certain surfaces (Sport mode only). Not sure whether that is just the seatbelt scrapping on the B-pillar.
If the car behave itself, I might start my usual mod
BMC filter+Bluefin+Full supersprint exhaust
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Did I read something else about the fuel cap design as well ?
I'm sure someone opened their's too hard and far (or caught it when it was open) and it put a dent in the back wing :angry:
When he got it sorted, the dent man said he had done loads of other new Mk VI Golfs.
That was me but I think mine came from the factory like that even although 2 of us inspected the car before I accepted it and we never saw it but it couldn't possibly have happened anywhere else.
Yes the dentmaster guy told me had sorted a few brand new golfs with the exact same ding.
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4.5 k and all spot on so far.
Just wish I could switch off those annoying headlamp washers.
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4.5 k and all spot on so far.
Just wish I could switch off those annoying headlamp washers.
There is a little trick to them (well there is on the Mk5 - probably the same system). They go off every 5th pull of the washers starting with the very first time. Just pull the stalk really quickly enough for the wipers to activate but not the washers, then pull the second time for a good wash and the headlight washers wont go off because the computer logs the first and doesnt fire them on the second.
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Nearly 11,000 miles and (almost) not a peep wrong. Stunning, stunning car.
The reason I say almost is the NS fog light bulb access covers keep falling off so it's going in next week for a new liner.
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Just hit 6000 miles. Not put a foot wrong. And mine must have been one of the very earliest ones too.
So very very happy methinks
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There is a little trick to them (well there is on the Mk5 - probably the same system). They go off every 5th pull of the washers starting with the very first time. Just pull the stalk really quickly enough for the wipers to activate but not the washers, then pull the second time for a good wash and the headlight washers wont go off because the computer logs the first and doesnt fire them on the second.
Ooh thanks for the tip, never heard of that one, will give a try :wink:
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4.5 k and all spot on so far.
Just wish I could switch off those annoying headlamp washers.
There is a little trick to them (well there is on the Mk5 - probably the same system). They go off every 5th pull of the washers starting with the very first time. Just pull the stalk really quickly enough for the wipers to activate but not the washers, then pull the second time for a good wash and the headlight washers wont go off because the computer logs the first and doesnt fire them on the second.
Cheers.
Already tried this, it works on the mk 5 but not the mk6. The headlamp jets seem to operate even if you do a really quick flick on the lever. Not a fault I suppose just a minor annoyance - guess it adds to the cars personality.
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3000 miles and no faults at all.
MPG is improving as well, managed 41.7mpg on a 300 mile round trip and that was just driving as normal i.e. just keeping up with the general traffic flow.
Might be a bit quicker as well.
Very, very pleased with it.
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no major faults here yet either after 3,600 miles. only thing is that the rear camera has failed to come on 3 times in the past 4 mths, will get checked at the next service.
v happy here :cool:
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Think I was like in the Top 10 to get one on this forum. No faults no problems no rattles
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4.5 k and all spot on so far.
Just wish I could switch off those annoying headlamp washers.
There is a little trick to them (well there is on the Mk5 - probably the same system). They go off every 5th pull of the washers starting with the very first time. Just pull the stalk really quickly enough for the wipers to activate but not the washers, then pull the second time for a good wash and the headlight washers wont go off because the computer logs the first and doesnt fire them on the second.
Cheers.
Already tried this, it works on the mk 5 but not the mk6. The headlamp jets seem to operate even if you do a really quick flick on the lever. Not a fault I suppose just a minor annoyance - guess it adds to the cars personality.
My friendly dealer simply removed fuse no. 36 (20A) and the headlamp washer system is now disabled. If I ever decide i can't live without them I'll just replace the fuse. This fuse doesn't affect anything else and is now in the glove box just in case I ever feel the urge to waste gallons of screenwash.
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I had a rattle in the dash board passenger side.
Dealer sorted it - it turned out to be a loose clutch cable????
Alarm goes off for no reason
but otherwise fantatsic!
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Just hit 6000 miles. Not put a foot wrong. And mine must have been one of the very earliest ones too.
So very very happy methinks
exactly the same for me (and will stay that way touch wood)
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My reverse cam has stopped working. Fully expected, crap construction to begin with. The VW badge no longer flip when I put the car in reverse. Sure, we have had a lot of snow and ice lately but come on...they test all cars up north in Sweden for months and the construction should be able to handle the stress.
Will bring it in for a fix later when I can be bothered. This issue is not really related to the GTI as such, I would imagine anyone with this add-on could potentially face this problem.
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My reverse cam has stopped working. Fully expected, crap construction to begin with. The VW badge no longer flip when I put the car in reverse. Sure, we have had a lot of snow and ice lately but come on...they test all cars up north in Sweden for months and the construction should be able to handle the stress.
Does the reverse camera always pop out when reversing, or only when the radio is turned on?
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My reverse cam has stopped working. Fully expected, crap construction to begin with. The VW badge no longer flip when I put the car in reverse. Sure, we have had a lot of snow and ice lately but come on...they test all cars up north in Sweden for months and the construction should be able to handle the stress.
Will bring it in for a fix later when I can be bothered. This issue is not really related to the GTI as such, I would imagine anyone with this add-on could potentially face this problem.
Wasnt I reading somewhere that the rear view cam had changed on the 2010 builds. Did they move it from the VW badge to down by the side of the number plate? Interesting that tho Freakinsweet, I've specced the cam on mine. What do you see on the screen, just black where the cam isnt popping out?
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The couple of occasions when mine hasn't worked, it either does nothing, i.e. still shows the regular stereo controls, or, there's a blue screen (not quite of death!)
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My friendly dealer simply removed fuse no. 36 (20A) and the headlamp washer system is now disabled. If I ever decide i can't live without them I'll just replace the fuse. This fuse doesn't affect anything else and is now in the glove box just in case I ever feel the urge to waste gallons of screenwash.
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Thanks Mate. This is one of the most annoying feature of the car esp after spending hours cleaning the car the day before!
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Wasnt I reading somewhere that the rear view cam had changed on the 2010 builds. Did they move it from the VW badge to down by the side of the number plate?
That thread conclution was it was a different VW model not the Golf it was a model that does not have the boot handle/badge combo.
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Does the reverse camera always pop out when reversing, or only when the radio is turned on?
It always pops out and appears on screen regardless of whether the stereo is on or not.
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The couple of occasions when mine hasn't worked, it either does nothing, i.e. still shows the regular stereo controls, or, there's a blue screen (not quite of death!)
I had the blue screen once but it was caused by ice obviously haven frozen the rear badge closed.
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Dont know if its a fault or if its the way im using it, but I switch the car engine off to go in the house then when I go back out in the car and turn on the heating both dual temps are at LO. I didnt leave them at LO when I left the car, but then at other times when I get in the car they are at HIGH. Weird.
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I've got a slight squeak/noise coming from the passenger seat and the front fog light access cover in the near side wheel arch is missing/fallen off but both these things are being sorted by my dealer under the warrenty.
The headlight washers are annoying me a bit so may remove that fuse...other than that the car's great :cool:
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With all these issues is it not worth sticking with the mk5?
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With all these issues is it not worth sticking with the mk5?
Yes.
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With all these issues is it not worth sticking with the mk5?
Might be worth having a look over in the mk5 section.
DSG problems seem to be a common theme at the moment......
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personaly only fault I've found with the Mk6 is that mines not been delivered yet..... gimme gimme gimme......
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With all these issues is it not worth sticking with the mk5?
Might be worth having a look over in the mk5 section.
DSG problems seem to be a common theme at the moment......
Them faults are nothing new, people who work in the workshop section of the dealers all know about them for years just people on forums before did not want to know :wink:
Same as the manual also has its faults :wink:
The mk5 and mk6 coment im not sure why thats was said has that poster moved from a mk5 to a mk6?. The mk5 rattles worse than any VW group product we have ever owned! Im expecting the mk6 to be little better.
Lets see what the two mk5 i have access to have had problems in the past 5 years. They have had, steering rack click fault, rattles from driver & passenger door, rear seat, rear doors, grill top of the dash, steering cowl, rear shelf, rear suspension. Miss fitting doors, the DSG control unit fault and others.
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Wasnt I reading somewhere that the rear view cam had changed on the 2010 builds. Did they move it from the VW badge to down by the side of the number plate? Interesting that tho Freakinsweet, I've specced the cam on mine. What do you see on the screen, just black where the cam isnt popping out?
The screen is just black. You can still see the guidelines though and I also hear that the motor that flips the badge tries to do its thing but kinda gets stuck immediately. I do miss it so I will bring it in for a check this upcoming week.
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personaly only fault I've found with the Mk6 is that mines not been delivered yet..... gimme gimme gimme......
Agreed. My mk5 faults, air bag light pinged on randomly once (common fault under the passenger seat), Radio didn't put out on the front passenger side (radio replaced) thats it. All the rattles where the ones I put in it (all my rubbish rattling).
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Having run just under 1500km, I have noticed a few minor "faults" with the Mk6. Please note that this is my first VW and that this is also the first time i have owned a turbocharged car so some of these may be normal..
1. Mild diesel-like clatter at idle..
2. Very nice interior but minor interior rattles do occur. My spartan 1-series interior was still devoid of rattles even at over 3 years. But overall, the GTI interior is still much better than most other cars in this class.
3. Sid mirrors collect too much water during car wash sessions which get sprayed onto the freshly washed body upon reaching motorway speeds.
4. Nice sound from the motor but feels monotonous somehow.
5. Motor feels like its about to stall when slowing down.. (DSG fault or normal?)
Don't get me wrong, I like my new GTI and these are but minor issues that can be overlooked as long as there are no major underlying causes.
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......the front fog light access cover in the near side wheel arch is missing/fallen off ....
Thats one of the things it seems the dealer forget to check for during PDI :wink:
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Yeah, I even had it on my list of things to check so either I completely missed it or it was there when I took delivery of the car and it's since fallen off!
Anyhow, the dealer's replacing it under warrenty in a couple of weeks when it goes in to have the passenger seat looked at for an annoying squeak
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I would stick some duck tape or something over the hole for now if it was me, last thing you want is all this road salt/mess going near the foglight connections and causing problems later in life.
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With all these issues is it not worth sticking with the mk5?
The mk5 , has its own issues aswell , 12.000 miles on mine , cam belt, water pump, tensioner's , pullys all needed replacing, then the coil packs, alarm system kept goin off, then the dreaded rattles!! All done under warrenty thanks FOOKs . At the end of the day they are cars and they go wrong, thats why i dont keep then long 2yrs max , then get a new one therefor I allways have a warrenty to fall back on. Not in into modding value my warrenty to much.
No doubt the mk6 will have its own problems too, but the car is still a great car to own & drive , and will always have one any day over the other crap that's out there. Enjoy Steve :wink:
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No doubt the mk6 will have its own problems too, but the car is still a great car to own & drive , and will always have one any day over the other crap that's out there. Enjoy Steve :wink:
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You are so right.
Have you checked whether your GTD has XDS?
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No doubt the mk6 will have its own problems too, but the car is still a great car to own & drive , and will always have one any day over the other crap that's out there. Enjoy Steve :wink:
You are so right.
Have you checked whether your GTD has XDS?
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Bloody forgot ask about that today , I was at the dealer's aswell showing the Mrs the car becuse she had some doubts it being a diesel, and her words were its quieter than the ED30 she loved it esp the dynaudio & RNS510 toys for her to play with!! The seats were as warm as toast loves that one too!!Enjoy Steve :wink: PS Got my new reg plate 10 today :smug:
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No doubt the mk6 will have its own problems too, but the car is still a great car to own & drive , and will always have one any day over the other crap that's out there. Enjoy Steve :wink:
You are so right.
Have you checked whether your GTD has XDS?
Bloody forgot ask about that today , I was at the dealer's aswell showing the Mrs the car becuse she had some doubts it being a diesel, and her words were its quieter than the ED30 she loved it esp the dynaudio & RNS510 toys for her to play with!! The seats were as warm as toast loves that one too!!Enjoy Steve :wink: PS Got my new reg plate 10 today :smug:
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Nice! :smiley:
Enjoy! :smiley:
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A couple of you have mentioned that the headlamp washers are annoying, what is it about these that you don't like? [I'm wondering what to expect]
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A couple of you have mentioned that the headlamp washers are annoying, what is it about these that you don't like? [I'm wondering what to expect]
1. They come on once when you only want to spray your window washer jets.
2. They will give your car a full wash.
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Somebody posted "a trick" to get around that.. :cool:
It has something to do with activating the window-washers ever so slightly and once in operation give it a firm sqirm in order to get the fluids
(sounds rather sensual :tongue:) ...this way the headlight-washers stay unactivated....
Can anyone else confirm this.. :huh:.
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Somebody posted "a trick" to get around that.. :cool:
It has something to do with activating the window-washers ever so slightly and once in operation give it a firm sqirm in order to get the fluids
(sounds rather sensual :tongue:) ...this way the headlight-washers stay unactivated....
Can anyone else confirm this.. :huh:.
Man, you have got sex on the brain!
First, you talk about 'foreplay' under the 'Left footrest' thread and now you are suggesting something 'sensual' regarding fluids! :wink: :shocked:
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A subsequent post to that said it worked on the MkV but doesn't work on the MKVI. I haven't tried it on purpose because I don't mind the
windscreen headlight washers, I think they improve visibility. However, given the way they work, I tend to agree that with the MkVI, that quick-flick trick wouldn't work.
Rolfe.
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Thanks Rolfe...well you can't have it all...I will learn to live with it.. :wink:
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On previous cars I have owned, they have only worked when the headlights were on!
I just put the lights to sidelights before squirting the window.
A bit of a pain but it saved the whole car getting a bath.
Is the Golf different?
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That makes sence..good tip.....clever how you manipulated it.... :wink:
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On previous cars I have owned, they have only worked when the headlights were on!
I just put the lights to sidelights before squirting the window.
A bit of a pain but it saved the whole car getting a bath.
Is the Golf different?
OH MY GOD!!! I tried this and it works!!! :laugh:
Just slip into sidelights mode, pull the windscreen washer..... and the headlamp washer DON'T come on!
Cheers p3asa - I think you've answered many a Mk6 owner's prayers :cool:
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On previous cars I have owned, they have only worked when the headlights were on!
I just put the lights to sidelights before squirting the window.
A bit of a pain but it saved the whole car getting a bath.
Is the Golf different?
It is still a pain doing this.
Headlights off, squirt, headlights on!
Pain in the caddy.
I think I will take the fuse out for the dryer months!