GTI MK6 - Faults/Rattles/Squeeks etc

[carl1]

I do get sick and tired of reading in What Car, Autocar, motoring press in general about how the interior of the Golf is "quality", "hewn from solid" blah, blah, blah. They ought to try reading all the posts on here - and this forum is just for GTis!!!!

You should see the anti VW stuff on a general motoring forum I go on - there's all sorts of stuff. TDi fuel pumps going, chain drives on the 1.4 petrol engine going, all chuffing sorts.

When I first started with VW in 97 I was swayed by the "if only in life everything was as reliable as a VW" thing. 15 years later I am very much wise to the fact that they are absolutely average in terms of reliability and quality. All the surveys seem to bear this out where VW are never near the top but not quite near the bottom. That's why I personally get so angry with crap dealer service. With a £30k car comes certain expectations of service and quality and I'm afraid VW service and quality just isn't good enough to justify those prices. They ought to try knocking on Lexus' door to see how it's done.

And then people on here bang on about Vauxhalls being s***. I had 6 Vauxhalls - not one of them rattled or squeaked. What sums it up for me is my Mk2. Went to work in it this morning - the only thing that rattled in that was a cassette box in the door pocket and it's 21 years old. That car comes from the day when they did build them properly.

exactly my mk1 has been bullet proof and only a couple of rattles in 21 years of ownership!

Which 1.4 chains all or just some versions? We were looking at the 120 turbo but think Hyundai may get our buisness now.

My mate has got a Lotus Cortina nearly 50 years old, no rattles, car interiors were a lot more simple pre mid 80's hence less chance of rattles. Makes me laugh when people moan about VW's rattling etc, its not a RR.

[Snoopy]

But if you take it apart there is stupid designs any real designer could see would cause rattles. Simply poor design.

[andykram]

And most cars these days are just full of various grades of plastic anyway so they're never going to be that robust

[carl1]

But if you take it apart there is stupid designs any real designer could see would cause rattles. Simply poor design.

I don't know about that mine have always been ok except for the mk5 gti behind the vent rattle which was a bad design, ive got a mk5 tdi without the top dash vent thing, 92k miles and well used and not one rattle. Ive been in a fair few different cars as my friend has is own garage and i don't think ive been in a car that has never had some sort of rattle (except my mk5 ), his Lexus is quite bad, so don't think the grass is greener.

[Jimble]

Well I'm getting to the end of my time with my GTD and here's my list:

When I collected my car it was outside in the pouring rain, when I looked over it the next day it had a fairly horrible scuff on the N/S/F bumper - its still there now as I didn't want it painting so I could do with getting that done now.

Air con condenser let go but this was due to a stone chip at a guess.

The electric lumbar support stopped working for about 6 months but started again yesterday - on strike possibly?

A few months back the alternator light came on and the car quickly came to a grinding halt - turned out to be a melted part of the main fuse box that had been trapped during manufacture stopping a connection to the bus bar working correctly so we cut off the melted part and reassembled with great success.

That's it.

Is the GTD going when you get the Yeti? I thought you were after a BMW?

[The Doc]

Mrs M took control of my GTD when I sold her tiguan to make way for the somewhat elusive YETI, once the YETI is collected on 1st Spetember the GTD is down the road.

I'm after a 123d as my daily driver to replace the GTD but the spec I want is making one hard to find (as per the norm )

[Jimble]

Mrs M took control of my GTD when I sold her tiguan to make way for the somewhat elusive YETI, once the YETI is collected on 1st Spetember the GTD is down the road.

I'm after a 123d as my daily driver to replace the GTD but the spec I want is making one hard to find (as per the norm )

Ahh i see, does that mean i'm having an RNS around september then? 

[Steve30]

Mrs M took control of my GTD when I sold her tiguan to make way for the somewhat elusive YETI, once the YETI is collected on 1st Spetember the GTD is down the road.

I'm after a 123d as my daily driver to replace the GTD but the spec I want is making one hard to find (as per the norm )

Is the Yeti better than the Tigaun Doc ? :undecided:Ive never driven one TBH.

[The Doc]

Mrs M took control of my GTD when I sold her tiguan to make way for the somewhat elusive YETI, once the YETI is collected on 1st Spetember the GTD is down the road.

I'm after a 123d as my daily driver to replace the GTD but the spec I want is making one hard to find (as per the norm )

Is the Yeti better than the Tigaun Doc ? :undecided:Ive never driven one TBH.

Same thing but different badge with better residuals, higher spec, better built and about 5k cheaper than a similar specification TIG 

But a longer waiting list 

[ScottA]

I've been driving a Tig all week as my car is in VW as per, having the b@stard clutch looked at again after they replaced it a few weeks ago. Love it and actually prefer it in many ways, bar power and handling, to the GTI! The suspension is spot on for what it is though and it has a really nice ride and makes me  when you get the tyres squealing around corners/roundabouts. Could do with a map, 140 just isn't quite enough. Haven't had the opportunity to try it off road, would if I could but can't find anywhere!! Got the feeling I may have this car for quite a while yet because I dropped the car off on Monday and the best answer I can get from the service dept is they can replicate the problem but don't know what to do to fix it, and I don't think they've even tried anything yet.

Sorry Doc, the Yeti might be a better car overall and cheaper but it looks ugly and I wouldn't be seen dead or alive in one... but then I'm only 22 I can't have a Skoda yet. Each to their own ay