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May aswell fling in a few photos of the Golf that broke my heart.   

I had a Golf R 20 years which had this issue over 14 months of ownership. The car was in and out of VW about 6 times for this issue. They changed or replaced multiple components to try and rectify the issue, sensors, manifold, harnesses and a fuel cap. Absolutely spoiled ownership and I got rid of the car due to frustration. I’ve had plenty of Golfs over the years and this was the first one that ever gave me any hassle. Changed manufacturer and went with Merc in the end due to the worry of getting another Golf and the potential issues reported. Shame as the 20 years was a brilliant car to drive. Hopefully your issue gets resolved and you get to enjoy the car.🤞🏻

Took delivery of the new car in December. After 500 miles (and 1.5 tanks of fuel) the (yellow) check engine light came on. Reported to local VW dealer in January, and had to wait until Monday this week to get the car seen as they had no courtesy cars available. Picked the car up earlier today after having two new injectors installed, and drove the car home without any check engine light. Glorious.

The glory lasted no more than an hour  Did the school run at 3pm, started her up only to find the check engine light is on again. Immediately phoned the dealer, who said to bring the car back tomorrow. However ... they have no courtesy cars available until mid-late April. I'm pretty annoyed.

As I had to use the car throughout while waiting for a courtesy car (and VW confirmed the car was fine to drive in the meantime) I added 3000 miles to the car with the check engine light on. I can't say that performance had been noticeably affected, but clearly something isn't right.

Is this a common fault? Anybody else have similar issues? Reading around, others have said that regular visits to VW in the first year of ownership is quite common (and often related to fuel system issues) but I always take Reddit with a pinch of salt. I'm not 100% convinced, given this issue has returned immediately (well, within 20 miles) that this is injector related - although the check engine light did stay off the journey home today, so it doesn't make sense.

Quote from: Hertsman on 19 March 2026, 12:28

Quote from: Nino on 17 March 2026, 11:27

Quote from: Hertsman on 17 March 2026, 09:45

You must have just been unlucky as my drives have been 2013 MK 7 GTD > 2016 MK 7 R 2019 > MK 7.5 GTI TCR and am running a 2019 MK 7.5 R now and none of those cars had any issues or additional work aside from regular servicing.

All these were DSG and I was originally very reluctant to move from Manual but within a week there was no going back, its amazing technology.

The MK 7.5 was the perfect evolution, a really balanced mix of buttons and new tech, with upgraded media system and driver display and something still prefer over the new models which are cabin bare and screen driven.

Yeah I think I probabily was.

I do like the Edition 40 but I think I will get a TCR when I can afford it.

Really hard to find a really clean, reasonable mileage ED40 and you not getting the MK 7.5 lifts, and having had a TCR as company car that handed back at 3 years, and watched their prices, the decent ones are premium, which is reason we personally went for a 2019 Golf R as wife car replacement over a GTI TCR, the GTI TCR would have cost us £3500 more like for like in age and mileage, has less power and no AWD.

Loved the GTI TCR but its mainly for its special edition status and TCR trim. The sub £25000 ones are higher mileage, pushing the 80,0000 miles, whereas the sub 50,0000 miles are in the £26000 > £28000 still.

If really want a GTI, the sweet spot would be a GTI Performance, it will drive no differently from the GTI TCR in real world, but you will save quite a few thousand ££ over the TCR for same year (2019) and mileage

Honestly, that is really sound advice and you are right. being honest with myself, I am not a fan of the rear defuser, looks too "Chavvy" I love the spoier on the Edition 40 and the Steering wheel but like the TCR's front end, lights etc and digital dash and upgraded infotainment.

Being realistic, I cannot afford anything until my loans are paid off and with the way the world is right now, I am not going to tie myself into any further financail burden. I love my Edition 35 tbh, does everything I need it to and it's quick enough for me (Not that you get much oppertunity to get out of 4th these days) Hopefully with me keeping it standard with only really adding a headunit and retrofits along with keeping VW service History, I should see a good return onit if and when I decide to part ways in the future.

Wife ran a clean MK 6 2012 GTI with only 60000 miles on it for a year and it was only the lack of heated seats, parking sensors/camera and folding mirrors + lack of Car Play that she decided to move to the 2019 R (if it was mine I would have lived with it, but she wanted the modern upgrades) but in terms of the build quality and drive, could not fault it, it really pulled hard and was great to drive, and so a ED35 is still a decent car to have and own, and when you do sell it, if in good condition, you will get a decent price still.

Quote from: Hertsman on 17 March 2026, 09:45

You must have just been unlucky as my drives have been 2013 MK 7 GTD > 2016 MK 7 R 2019 > MK 7.5 GTI TCR and am running a 2019 MK 7.5 R now and none of those cars had any issues or additional work aside from regular servicing.

All these were DSG and I was originally very reluctant to move from Manual but within a week there was no going back, its amazing technology.

The MK 7.5 was the perfect evolution, a really balanced mix of buttons and new tech, with upgraded media system and driver display and something still prefer over the new models which are cabin bare and screen driven.

Yeah I think I probabily was.

I do like the Edition 40 but I think I will get a TCR when I can afford it.

Really hard to find a really clean, reasonable mileage ED40 and you not getting the MK 7.5 lifts, and having had a TCR as company car that handed back at 3 years, and watched their prices, the decent ones are premium, which is reason we personally went for a 2019 Golf R as wife car replacement over a GTI TCR, the GTI TCR would have cost us £3500 more like for like in age and mileage, has less power and no AWD.

Loved the GTI TCR but its mainly for its special edition status and TCR trim. The sub £25000 ones are higher mileage, pushing the 80,0000 miles, whereas the sub 50,0000 miles are in the £26000 > £28000 still.

If really want a GTI, the sweet spot would be a GTI Performance, it will drive no differently from the GTI TCR in real world, but you will save quite a few thousand ££ over the TCR for same year (2019) and mileage