118TSI - General Discussion

[cme2c]

We've had the Golf for about 6 weeks now, 2200 kms. It's our first VW. On Saturday I drove it from Penrith to Port Stephens to pick my wife up from her sister's place. What a pleasant way to make the trip. The RNS 510 didn't seem to suffer from the "dead spot" on the F3 that's been reported. I put 2.7Gb of music from my computer on a DVD-R. That works out to over 4 days. Set the playback to mix so if a track came on I didn't want, I just skipped to the next one. It seems the mix is truly random, as the same tracks could come up more than once.

Left the DSG in D most of the way, although dropped it into S when a BMW was trying to push me through the roadworks. Goodbye 118i when the limit changed to 110.

The weather was quite variable, but the auto lights and wipers dealt with it. I especially like the variable sensitivity. This is the fourth car we have had with auto wipers, and it has been a bugbear in the past when the wipers wipe too much, or not enough.

The last car we had had factory HID lamps. The lights in the Golf aren't as good, obviously, but not so that I missed them. I especially didn't miss getting flashed by those who thought we had high beam on.

On the way back 10:30, I spotted a Highway Patrol commode doing a U-Turn North of the roadworks. By the time I reached them he was right behind me. I set the cruise to 84 (glad I knew the speedo inaccuracy). He followed me for about a km, then went on his way.

[Supreme]

Great to see so many new 118TSI owners around now. I drove mine out of the dealership at the beginning of July, and saw one or two for the first few months of ownership. The other day however, I set a new record, spotting 6 new Mk VI's in one day.

I just hit 16,000 kms and have my first service tomorrow. I've booked in at Nepean Motor Group, has anyone had any experience with their servicing? I bought the car from Chatswood, but they quoted over $100 more for the same service.

All in all my Golf has been really pleasant to drive. I'm taking him on his first trip out of NSW next week, can't wait. I have had no problems with mine, apart from the fact that the odometer clicks over too quickly.

Oh, just a quick question to anyone who might know.. My car didn't come with any visible antennae, which is fine as it gives the car a clean look and the radio reception is good anyway. I've seen at least two Golf VI's around with the small shark-fin antenna's though. Are these mods or do the newest cars come with them now?

[O2inmyatm]

Those are for GPS fitted Golfs if I'm not mistaken.

[Supreme]

Those are for GPS fitted Golfs if I'm not mistaken.

Makes sense. ^_^

[ox518]

I just hit 16,000 kms and have my first service tomorrow.

Hi, i am pretty interested in as you have done 16,000 already, have you got any squeak noise like someone else mentioned?

Cheers

[Supreme]

Hi, i am pretty interested in as you have done 16,000 already, have you got any squeak noise like someone else mentioned?

Cheers

No I've watched that vid and my car doesn't whine like that. It has the twin charger squeal but I can't hear it with the windows up.

My car has been trouble free, like I'm sure the great majority of Volkswagens are. On the internet things are always blown out of proportion, because the people who are trouble-free you generally don't hear from.

[Stelex]

I loved my Golf dearly. It was my first brand new car (at age 42) and I was in love with it from the moment it came out. I had number of VWs, mainly Golfs in my life and I had full faith in VWs reliability and quality. So I bought Golf VI 118 TSI, Comfortline in Nov 2009. Boy was a proud owner, like a peacock in all its glory.

Then ...

The car started giving up on me. First the engine blew up at 15,000 km. Then numerous issues with clunking noise under the car when accelerating.

Air conditioner was leaking and was refilled at each service (3 times) plus once in between. Finally fixed last month by replacing the whatever-its-called valve (fixed ... I hope, for now).

DSG started playing up at 30.000 and after a few bookings and trips to VW they finally decided to upgrade software, did help for 2 weeks, but then it got worse. They replaced the clutch pack. It looked fixed, until today.

Today, the DSG just gave up. Lost the drive and got stuck waiting on the tow truck for 4.5 hours on Sunday afternoon just before the round about when entering Bunnings at Oxley (Brisbane). Had my 10 year old daughter with me as well.

Unfortunately my car is leased so I have another 2 years of 'fun' to go. However, on the day the leas expires the car will be for sale, at any price.

Goodbye VW, you killed it for me big time. Never again.

[Brian]

Genuinely sorry to hear of your troubles Stelex. We buy the German engineering for its reputation, which is what I did. My 2009 Tsi has been faultless for 2 and a half years. Probably not what you want to hear but I think the pluses should be exposed as well as the minuses.
Hope your problems are resolved with minimal fuss.
Brian

[karmic_flop]

I loved my Golf dearly. It was my first brand new car (at age 42) and I was in love with it from the moment it came out. I had number of VWs, mainly Golfs in my life and I had full faith in VWs reliability and quality. So I bought Golf VI 118 TSI, Comfortline in Nov 2009. Boy was a proud owner, like a peacock in all its glory.

Then ...

The car started giving up on me. First the engine blew up at 15,000 km. Then numerous issues with clunking noise under the car when accelerating.

Air conditioner was leaking and was refilled at each service (3 times) plus once in between. Finally fixed last month by replacing the whatever-its-called valve (fixed ... I hope, for now).

DSG started playing up at 30.000 and after a few bookings and trips to VW they finally decided to upgrade software, did help for 2 weeks, but then it got worse. They replaced the clutch pack. It looked fixed, until today.

Today, the DSG just gave up. Lost the drive and got stuck waiting on the tow truck for 4.5 hours on Sunday afternoon just before the round about when entering Bunnings at Oxley (Brisbane). Had my 10 year old daughter with me as well.

Unfortunately my car is leased so I have another 2 years of 'fun' to go. However, on the day the leas expires the car will be for sale, at any price.

Goodbye VW, you killed it for me big time. Never again.

Geez Stelex you've had a bad run. I've got a '10 Golf 118TSI DSG with Sport Pack and have had many of the same problems... short of the engine blowing up. I'm going to start a new thread to discuss the 7 speed DSG hesitation and get a feel of what percentage of people are having this problem. I guess I can count you in the "yes" column.

I don't see this kind of unpredictable behaviour as something we should be getting used to as many people have suggested (including VW employees). Besides, they had 6 speed wet clutch gearboxes available which work pretty well and instead chose to make a car with this thumpy unpredictable mess. This is my third VW but it's only been getting worse as I've moved up in the family. Certainly not buying another VW if this is the sort of car they're going to release into the wild.

[Stelex]

I loved my Golf dearly. It was my first brand new car (at age 42) and I was in love with it from the moment it came out. I had number of VWs, mainly Golfs in my life and I had full faith in VWs reliability and quality. So I bought Golf VI 118 TSI, Comfortline in Nov 2009. Boy was a proud owner, like a peacock in all its glory.

Then ...

The car started giving up on me. First the engine blew up at 15,000 km. Then numerous issues with clunking noise under the car when accelerating.

Air conditioner was leaking and was refilled at each service (3 times) plus once in between. Finally fixed last month by replacing the whatever-its-called valve (fixed ... I hope, for now).

DSG started playing up at 30.000 and after a few bookings and trips to VW they finally decided to upgrade software, did help for 2 weeks, but then it got worse. They replaced the clutch pack. It looked fixed, until today.

Today, the DSG just gave up. Lost the drive and got stuck waiting on the tow truck for 4.5 hours on Sunday afternoon just before the round about when entering Bunnings at Oxley (Brisbane). Had my 10 year old daughter with me as well.

Unfortunately my car is leased so I have another 2 years of 'fun' to go. However, on the day the leas expires the car will be for sale, at any price.

Goodbye VW, you killed it for me big time. Never again.

And it continues ...

After my last post just before Christmas they have replaced the Mechatronics. I have received my car back on 31/12/2011.

Since then:

The air conditioner started hissing again and the air compressor is getting loud, clear signs of low gas pressure.

Something (most likely the DSG) is making a short (2 sec) grinding noise every so often when turning left and accelerating in 3rd or 4th gear at low revs.

I just collected my Golf after 60.000km service. Guess what, two things that really didn't surprise me:

1 - they had to re-gas the air-con system, this is about 5th time.
2 - they have to replace the clutch pack - YET AGAIN. Apparently the one they put in some 10k ago and before the mechatronics died, has been superseeded as it was discovered that it goes out of shape in about 10.000km. So there is a completely new clutch pack that they have ordered from Germany, no ETA but some 6 weeks should be reasonable time to expect.

What's next, another dead engine maybe?

Does anyone have a not too rotten Holden Camira for sale, I think I'd be better off.