Not impressed with the MK4 any more!

[Rmachines]

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 

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?

 

[Rhyso]

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 

[Rmachines]

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 

[Steve_PD]

Your fall in love with it.......then something else breaks 

[dai-cymru]

Your fall in love with it.......then something else breaks 

too true 

[Philpy]

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  Runs off to find some wood to touch 

[barry-gti]

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  )

[gjroe78]

I think you may just have a bad one mate 
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)

[navmk4gti]

iv had problems too  .. but its just like a gf you have ups and downs    .. maybe just a menstrual moment for the mk4's .

[Steve_PD]

I've had more problems with this car in one year than what I've had with 4 other cars over 5 years