My poor Polo GTI is in hospital .... again

**mscabrio** · 06-09-2009, 01:22 PM

My 07 Polo GTI is in hospital having her gearbox rebuilt (yes she was one of the ones that was "fixed" several months ago under the recall notice) and having a new power steering box fitted ..... She has been gone a week and I miss her, hopefully she should be home later this week .....

Coincidently, my friends new beetle stalled and failed to start again and was towed to the same dealer for repair of a mystery cause that the mechanics cant yet find .....

Those dubs must be playing games I say !

**vdude** · 06-09-2009, 03:49 PM

"Recall notice"? Is this notice on the web somewhere, and what happened with the gearbox?
Cheers

**mikepologti** · 06-09-2009, 09:21 PM

see thats the thing about the pog, absence ,makes the heart grow fonder and when shes back take her for a nice long drive with her new gear box

**blutopless2** · 07-09-2009, 06:36 AM

gearbox has been crunching from first to second gear.
the recall is afaik not a recall that you get a letter for... if you front the dealer with the known problem then they have a suggested fix... first time it was to replace the gearbox oil, this helped for a few months as the crunching stopped... now it has started again so the gearbox is to be rebuilt to replace the second gear synchros.

**jueshen** · 18-09-2009, 06:03 PM

yup, mine was replaced as well.. dont worry after this fix she will never give you problems agaiin..

**Roms** · 18-09-2009, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by jueshen

yup, mine was replaced as well.. dont worry after this fix she will never give you problems agaiin..

Whats went wrong this time? was it the same issue as before or something else?

**mscabrio** · 20-09-2009, 05:48 PM

After almost 2 weeks in Volkswagen hospital, my GTI is home again and drives like new ..... Shame I now have to sell her

**mikepologti** · 20-09-2009, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by mscabrio

After almost 2 weeks in Volkswagen hospital, my GTI is home again and drives like new ..... Shame I now have to sell her

what?!!!! sell her? for the love of god why?

**blutopless2** · 21-09-2009, 08:38 AM

time to upgrade!!

baby #2 on the way and we have put up with the 2 doors in the polo long enough... 2 bubs in it will be just way too painful.

so looking at either a golf or tiguan.

**DeanB** · 21-09-2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by blutopless2

time to upgrade!!

baby #2 on the way and we have put up with the 2 doors in the polo long enough... 2 bubs in it will be just way too painful.

so looking at either a golf or tiguan.

If you only have little kids you can slide them through the boot area

Makes better use of that 3rd door