GTI MK6 - Faults/Rattles/Squeeks etc

[DJ Lennon]

I truly despair............I just picked up the beast, the dealership claimed that the rear 1/4 panel had been replaced, lo and behold the same rattle is there, from the same place, making the same noise.

Are these technicians deaf, stupid, incompetent or a combination of all three.  I have to go back, yet again (third time now) and demonstrate the noise to these numpties.  Poor girl at the service desk could tell I was pissed but I told her its wasnt her fault, just the bloody techs!

Might as well have tried to have a go myself.

Arrrrrgh!

not gilbert lawton by any chance?

Devito,how did you guess?

It back in there today, this time I will be taking the tech out in it to demonstrate said rattle!  Ill let you know how I get on

[Snoopy]

Come on spooner that sigs way way over the forum rules.

[ErikGTI]

....anyone outthere with a cracking passengers chair.....drives me mad...when I have a passenger it does not matter to change it on the rail it never stops making sound.....any tips and tricks...I hate going in again and again and again....

[Spooner]

Come on spooner that sigs way way over the forum rules.

Funny place to mention it...  No one else has commented, i've even had several PMs with JV, he didnt say anything?  Other people have a lot worse.  I've cut the images down by 50%.  Should be ample small enough, even for an 800x600 screen.

[Snoopy]

You had one photo below the other and they were massive.
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[ajmoir36]

Any way back to topic

GTD:
1. Rain flicks up onto the glass of the wing mirrors when driving along.  Really annoying.
2. The throttle pedal always sayes push me to make the nice engine note and MPG gets worse.
3. It gets dirty.
4. My sunglasses always rattle in the holder when the best tune is playing and its not sunny.
5. Sometimes the SD card is not remembered and it defaults to the radio, so you have to start at the 8 gigs of music AGAIN.
6. DAB is pretty much useless at the moment.
7. They have just started stoning/putting chippings on the roads and other people drive like dip sticks and thats what damages the soft paint.
8. The tyres wear out.
9. Oh and the gearbox rattles.

[DJ Lennon]

I truly despair............I just picked up the beast, the dealership claimed that the rear 1/4 panel had been replaced, lo and behold the same rattle is there, from the same place, making the same noise.

Are these technicians deaf, stupid, incompetent or a combination of all three.  I have to go back, yet again (third time now) and demonstrate the noise to these numpties.  Poor girl at the service desk could tell I was pissed but I told her its wasnt her fault, just the bloody techs!

Might as well have tried to have a go myself.

Arrrrrgh!

not gilbert lawton by any chance?

Devito,how did you guess?

It back in there today, this time I will be taking the tech out in it to demonstrate said rattle!  Ill let you know how I get on

Update-They tried fixing it again yesterday without success, it needs a new door lock now.  And there isnt one in the Uk, at all, nada!  So its on back order and could take weeks.  I do have the feeling that the boys in Emlyn pushed some of the cars through a bit too quick and the QA suffered as a result.

That said I got to drive a polo and it was a massive improvement on the the one the wife had a few years ago, which was truly awful. 

[Snoopy]

Sorry for OT but on the subject of the polo i have seen a few transporter fulls arriving at my two local dealers of late and the fit and finish is shocking  even a blind man with no arms doing QA would not pass these.

[am1w]

Sorry for OT but on the subject of the polo i have seen a few transporter fulls arriving at my two local dealers of late and the fit and finish is shocking  even a blind man with no arms doing QA would not pass these.

Where is the Polo made?

[steven_9709]

Front passenger side wheel arch - access plate to fog lights missing - replaced under warranty

Rear driver side alloy - possible white worm - alloy being replaced under warranty

Passenger seat - persistant squeak/rubbing noise from base of seat. Car's already been back and had the lumber mechanism changed but hasn't fixed it - going back in this weekend.

RCD310 - track details sticking, sometimes skips first few secs of track

Central locking - occasional rubbing noise from drivers side door when locking.

Nothing much - main issue is the seat which is really irritating but hopefully that'll get fixed this weekend.

Quick update on mine...dealer had it all last week to fix the seat squeak issue and the rear alloy and I picked the car up on Saturday. So far, so good...the squeak appears to have gone. The alloy was changed with no problems...so just the minor irritations of the occasional noise from the central locking and the stereo with the track details now changing sometimes.