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Golf mk8 / Re: Rear Air Vents not flowing
« Last post by Colh on 21 November 2025, 19:10 »Might be covered. Might not. Got to try to get in touch with the useless service dept at MK VW. Might be quicker to sell the car.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Rear Air Vents not flowing
« Last post by Colh on 21 November 2025, 18:19 »Thanks. I've got the All in One. Will have a look at the detail. Front vents all working fine
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Golf mk8 / Re: Rear Air Vents not flowing
« Last post by SRGTD on 21 November 2025, 18:11 »When you say you have the extended warranty, VW have a range of warranty products and the cover will differ from product to product. So whether or not your warranty covers your issue may depend on its scope of cover.
- VW’s stand alone extended warranty product where you can select either All Component or Named Component cover
- VW’s All In product which also includes servicing, MOT and breakdown cover
- VW’s Approved Used warranty
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Golf mk8 / Rear Air Vents not flowing
« Last post by Colh on 21 November 2025, 17:48 »I've discovered the rear air vents between the front seats is barely blowing anything out the other day. Tried with heat turned right up and right down but barely trickle of air coming out. Car is a 21 plate, and I've got the extended warranty at the moment, so wondering if this would be covered buy that? Otherwise any tricks that can be tried to get it working without a costly/time consuming trip to the dealers?
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Golf mk7 / Re: Adding road sign recognition to a 7.5
« Last post by dilligolf on 21 November 2025, 07:48 »Worth a try if you have a dongle, will suggest if the camera is installed?
https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/traffic-sign-assist-activation-via-obdeleven.9497082/
https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/traffic-sign-assist-activation-via-obdeleven.9497082/
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Golf mk8 / Re: Mk8.5 gti key battery no warning!
« Last post by Carlosfandango on 20 November 2025, 23:57 »I keep my key in a faraday pouch, just over a year of owning my current 8.5 and it’s not required a new battery. As mentioned above, it’s the range signal thing ‘talking’ to the car that kills the key battery, the faraday pouch stops that happening, especially if your key is kept in range between drives. My previous mk8 needed a key battery twice in quick succession until I realised the key was being woken up by my hall table moving as I walked past it, this made the key talk to the car, which also made the coming home lights on the car activate, all of this stopped by using a faraday pouch.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Water leak on rear door.
« Last post by Carlosfandango on 20 November 2025, 23:45 »I had this on my old mk8, mentioned it to the dealer when it went for service, showed a picture to the tech of the water on the plastic sill in the rear and he felt that the rear mat was damp, they agreed that water was Present, when I picked the car up, they said they’d water tested the car for 24hrs and had found no ingress, I took the car home and in the next 15000 miles until I traded the car it never happened again?! I’m not sure if they messed with something or not when they had it, but it remained dry. 🤷♂️
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Golf mk7 / Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Last post by Redreels on 20 November 2025, 21:33 »Seems like good value, really lifts the interior and gives it a premium feel
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Cars and parts for sale / Re: Headlight ballast
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Golf mk8 / Water leak on rear door.
« Last post by ianmb on 20 November 2025, 17:19 »Water seems to be getting in soaking the rubber door seal,and the plastic trim around the door.
Has anybody else had this ,I know there was a problem on mk7 with the speaker seal leaking.
Car is only a year old.
Has anybody else had this ,I know there was a problem on mk7 with the speaker seal leaking.
Car is only a year old.