Paintwork problems

[mcmaddy]

if I were you saha I'd be jumping up and down that they gave that sh4te excuse. the  paintwork is faulty so they fix it and you don't pay a penny. it's not your fault they need to blend into another panel so they either fix it or you create merry hell. the vw customer service at some dealers is nothing short of a disgrace.

[MkVIIGTD]

In all honesty, i'm sure the squeaky/creaky suspension is related to the fact that one set of transport pucks wasn't removed. Someone else here had suspension work because the puck was assumed to have damaged something at the top of the suspension mounting. It is the single most annoying confirmed fault I have.

I have this same squeak/creak in the front drivers side shock. It is only at low speeds that can be heard. I took it to my dealer they had a check and said they think it is just the rubber mounts bedding in or something to that affect. They said they could strip it down and lubricate it but I said I would try it for a while to see first. That was at 200 miles, I have just over 1100 miles on car now and still the creak is there! 

[Mr Savage]

Hilarious how many problems were all experiencing. What warranty work is your car in for?

Sensor reset for the autohold/handbrake (it completely failed once and autohold has switched off mid journey a few times.

Buzzy rattle behind dash @1500-1700 rpm if settling at that speed or accelerating through the range slowly.

Squeaky/creaky front drivers side suspension.

Hoping they find something wrong with my fuelling for low mpg, power lower than my 170TDI Scirocco and frequent DPF regens.

I think that's everything!

Ouch. I'm having the same problems actually. Squeaks at front driver-side suspension, shocking MPG and no power.

[monkeyhanger]

Ouch. I'm having the same problems actually. Squeaks at front driver-side suspension, shocking MPG and no power.

When you say “no power” what are you comparing to? Did you have a 170TDI like me, previously and have noticed it’s not as potent as that? Like the 140TDI CR engine, it is lack of real pull in 5th and 6th when compared to my 170TDI Scirocco that confirms it for me. Low power + high mpg + higher frequency of regens suggests that the engine is running way below capability and burning fuel inefficiently.

[monkeyhanger]

Well the car has been in….

The suspension noise is a strut top bearing. They need to order it in and fit on Friday.

They didn’t find the buzzy dash rattle.

They removed the stored fault for the handbrake. Job done they say, no sensor recalibration for the system.

They didn’t look into low power/low mpg/high incidence of regens. They took one look at the long term mpg and decided no further action was required. It reads 45.8mpg. They routinely take no action unless it is below 40mpg. I am going to try and persuade them to look into whether the Germans have a service remap and to take a look at regen frequency. They don’t seem bothered that I think the power output is less than my Scirocco 170TDI because 5th and 6th gear pull is noticeably worse. My long term indicated mpg is probably at least 1mpg more than it would have been if I hadn’t had a go with the tuning box, as the false high indicated mpg discrepancy really opened up with it on.

Not impressed.

[Mr Savage]

Ouch. I'm having the same problems actually. Squeaks at front driver-side suspension, shocking MPG and no power.

When you say “no power” what are you comparing to? Did you have a 170TDI like me, previously and have noticed it’s not as potent as that? Like the 140TDI CR engine, it is lack of real pull in 5th and 6th when compared to my 170TDI Scirocco that confirms it for me. Low power + high mpg + higher frequency of regens suggests that the engine is running way below capability and burning fuel inefficiently.

Just realised that you have a GTD. Mine is the GTI.

Since we have the same chassis I'm guessing we have the same squeaks though. Low speed, driver side rattles. I also had a buzz under the dash the other day which seemed to just stop after a while.

My MPG is 28 even when driving like miss daisy, work that out and by no power I mean that it feels no quicker than my old 140TDI which has 90 less BHP and same torque. I'm actually quite disappointed. Sometimes the car has no guy at all, just lots of sound as the revs get higher :/

[mk7gti]

Mr Savage mines a weapon i'd ask the dealer for a run in their demo. It will be the best way to identify a potential issue...

[Mr Savage]

Mr Savage mines a weapon i'd ask the dealer for a run in their demo. It will be the best way to identify a potential issue...

I think I will go and compare them. Mines the Performance Pack version too.

I'm guessing yours is manual? Mines DSG and myself and Jimble are both a bit underwhelmed by the power. It's got no get up and go about it.

[mk7gti]

Yeah mines a manual and having recently moved form a 2.0 TSI Scirocco the engine is a positive improvement in performance terms. Id get a test drive booked soon

[Saha]

Hello
Decided  not to have the wing painted just cannot risk them spraying the car and making it worse.
Thanks