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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: monkeyalan on 07 April 2005, 20:27
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as a newbie i just thought i'd see how common these faults are. I just assume that only those who'd suffered would post about it, if you see what i mean.
cheers :wink:
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just coil for me.. oh dodgy solenoid contacts, and starter.. lots of vacuum leak related sh!t.. and exhaust breaking..... for now..
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blimey! still even if all that happens , better than a year with my old rover. water pump £150, Radiator, £160, head gasket £470 ect ect ect . :sad:
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The most common fault on my mk3 is the ecu relay well its been my most common fault so far anyway replaced twice in the past year .. :angry: :grin:
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cost me 300 quid last month.. its going if it keeps it up..
right now all is good though :)
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I have had the coil to replace, about all really other than damn leccy window trouble
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don't know if your window problem is a common golf fault but i know it's one of the main issues with 6n polos. Have a look in a few polo forums. There is a solution to it somewhere. with them its all down to gunk building up in the cog that the motor turns thus jamming the window.
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Mine is motor failure on the drivers window.
Quite a common problems I think due to it being the one used the most
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don't know if your window problem is a common golf fault but i know it's one of the main issues with 6n polos. Have a look in a few polo forums. There is a solution to it somewhere. with them its all down to gunk building up in the cog that the motor turns thus jamming the window.
I had a sticking problem with my rear drivers side electric window.
Well, I say sticking :undecided: It was more a case of it would wind down but not up again. You pressed the button in either direction and could still hear the motor running, so that pretty much ruled out motor failure.
On removing the door card (job and a half! :angry:) in search of a solution, it turned out that the regulator was at fault. The metal plate that holds the window glass to the regulator cable is held on by a flimsy plastic attachment(part of the metal plate) which had snapped, causing the glass to drop down inside the window. The rest of regulator mechanism was working fine though.
Off I went to GSF for a replacement, but they only do them for front electric Windows on the Mk3 :rolleyes:. So down the road to the local VW dealer ,and I found out that you need a whole new regulator at just under £50 a throw :shocked:.
Not really having the time to rummage round a scrappy, I paid up, fitted it, and I haven't had a problem since. It was actually quite an easy job once you get the door card off :grin:
I hope this sheds any light on this for anyone with a similar problem :smiley: