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Offline Rmachines

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Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« on: 03 June 2009, 22:15 »
I know they say the build quality of the golfs seems to go down hill the newer they get, and how true!

I have had a total of 8 MK3 golfs now,  and one MK4 ...  I drove a 1.8L K reg MK3 golf with 200K miles+ on the clock and it just never let me down, but my MK4 TDI 115 i have had for about 4 months now and its nothing but problems,  with 90k on the clock

Its burst a coolent pipe, goes into limp mode when on the motor way, never starts very well (not as good as my MK3 TDI)  Tappets rattle like mad when cold (dispite a VW Service!)  the electric heated seats failed,  and today... the clutch peddle actually broke! the weld snapped clean off and i was left with no clutch,  and when trying to fix it.. was really quite shocked at the design faults  :undecided:

Still im not putting them down as much as it may sound, but its such a shock as my MK3 golfs have little issues due to age etc.. but nothing that has renderd my car unusable.

I love the drive quality, style and everything else about the MK4... but is this the price we pay for some fancy blue dials and a sleeker look?

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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #1 on: 03 June 2009, 22:18 »
limp mode coudl be caused by a boost leak, faulty N75 valve or worse case scenario - your turbo is goosed

not starting well could be faulty coolant temp sensor or glow plugs

its a diesel and because its a high pressure system it will sound tappety on startup

fancy blue dials FTW  :grin: :grin:

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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #2 on: 03 June 2009, 22:25 »
I know most of the things are simple fixes..

I did have the vag-com reading from the limp mode, i forget what it is but valves and turbos are mentioned when i googled it.

coolent temp sensor does show up as intermitant fault too... could that be why it doesnt like to fire up?

If i sort this broken clutch out i might fall back in love, who knows  :grin:
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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #3 on: 03 June 2009, 22:27 »
Your fall in love with it.......then something else breaks  :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #4 on: 03 June 2009, 22:55 »
Your fall in love with it.......then something else breaks  :lipsrsealed: :grin:


too true  :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #5 on: 04 June 2009, 08:26 »
Dont like to say this, but Ive had my mk4 1.8t for nearly a year and all its needed is glovebox, a breather hose and some tyres  :cool: Runs off to find some wood to touch  :grin:

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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #6 on: 04 June 2009, 08:30 »
my clutch pedal snapped clean off aswell the other week. not a hard job to fix but make sure you get the clip you need (i didnt  :sad: )

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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #7 on: 04 June 2009, 12:37 »
I think you may just have a bad one mate  :sad:
So far had about 5 or 6 mk4's and only ever had problems with the V6 4motion the diesels have never missed a beat(touch wood)
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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #8 on: 04 June 2009, 16:09 »
iv had problems too  :cry:.. but its just like a gf you have ups and downs  :rolleyes:  .. maybe just a menstrual moment for the mk4's :lipsrsealed:.
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Re: Not impressed with the MK4 any more!
« Reply #9 on: 04 June 2009, 16:14 »
I've had more problems with this car in one year than what I've had with 4 other cars over 5 years  :lipsrsealed:
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