Polo Problems & Fix Register

**DarkCloudNebulae** · 13-07-2010, 09:39 PM

Little late posting, BUT I had replaced under warranty, a stereo that has gone funky in the heat and was displaying strange characters,
and a Dash/instruments were replaced, as the Dealer had cleaned it with something abrasive and when the sunlight got onto it on the right angle you couldn't see through it!.
Dealer was Geelong, and I was very impressed with not only their drop off service, but that the workmanship has not resulted in any rattles or any other issues!

Cheers DCN

**2006vw** · 27-07-2010, 11:28 AM

hi guys,
decided to sell my 06 polo gti, as murphys law will have it everything started breaking

was wondering if anyone else has had to replace the rear lower control arm engine mounts????? my car has done less than 75 000kms and my uncle who is a mechanic informed me that it sounds like a designer fault and that i should ring vw head office and see if they will replace it. any suggestions???? my brothers nissan skyline had to replace engine mounts at 300 000kms sounds dodgy even to me....

**break** · 27-07-2010, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by 2006vw

hi guys,
decided to sell my 06 polo gti, as murphys law will have it everything started breaking

was wondering if anyone else has had to replace the rear lower control arm engine mounts????? my car has done less than 75 000kms and my uncle who is a mechanic informed me that it sounds like a designer fault and that i should ring vw head office and see if they will replace it. any suggestions???? my brothers nissan skyline had to replace engine mounts at 300 000kms sounds dodgy even to me....

The rear control arm bushes are a very common problem, and for most people these are absolutely gooooone by 20-25k on the clock.

Seeing you're in Brisbane, hit up Jmac (PM him) and he will be able to sort you out with a set of upgraded bushes for a great price (it's where I got mine done)

**2006vw** · 27-07-2010, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by break

The rear control arm bushes are a very common problem, and for most people these are absolutely gooooone by 20-25k on the clock.

Seeing you're in Brisbane, hit up Jmac (PM him) and he will be able to sort you out with a set of upgraded bushes for a great price (it's where I got mine done)

thats crazy man! is this a turbo thing? they quoted me $360 to fix which i guess wasnt to bad, but dealership still waiting on special tools comn from sydney to fix it. Have already had to replace brake pads and rotors, but dealership wouldnt fit them cos i have spacers on front mag wheels, and some c**k head siliconed them on to the hub. grrrrrrr. have had a certain bob jane screw the thread inside my right drivers hub and instead of gettin me a new one they got someone to helicoil 4 out of the 5 threads, then they put bent wheel nuts back in the hub and vw dealership replaced the 5 wheel nuts at no charge (tears seemed to help) cos they told me i would have to tow my car. so i have a new set of rotors in the bak of my car cos i dont want to fork out the money for a new hub and to fit it as well as the rotors. my uncle fitted the pads but couldnt put the rotors on cos the helicoils went through the rotors as well. i seem to think cos im a female they f****n screwed me......

**seangti** · 27-07-2010, 12:31 PM

Go see Jimmy (Jmac), he'll sort you out properly.

I'm struggling to see why you're saying the car is breaking though. There's been bad workmanship on it RE the brakes/hubs so VW can't be to blame for that. Control arm bushes are unfortunate, but consistent with many other owners, including myself which have been changed at 30k. Strut top bushes are also known to wear out at a similar interval.

Why are you going to the dealer? you'll be paying twice the price as you would elsewhere. But in saying that, you can't expect the dealer to touch the car if it's not roadworthy (spacers).

Chin up, see Jimmy, get it sorted and keep on trucking.

**break** · 27-07-2010, 01:14 PM

Yeah, as sean said above... definitely hit up Jmac. Has been FAR cheaper than VW factory servicing, and is better than VW factory servicing too.

As for the Polo, the problem with a lot of the car is it was never engineered for a 150hp turbo motor, let alone the 210hp+ most of us run with our re-tuned cars. As a result, many of the components have issues (control arm bushes, dog bone mount, drop links etc.)

**noone** · 27-07-2010, 01:23 PM

They are a cheap(ish) car built to a budget. they certainly do need some work done over their life.

Control arm bushes are normal, the Seat ones Jmac gets will likely only be around $60 plus labour (a fair bit of work to get the arms out).

Don't bother calling VW on this, its just one of those things...

Good luck with the sale.

**hazrd** · 05-08-2010, 05:12 PM

Thought i would ask this one in here, hoping someone may know so everyone else can be aware of the fix

my rear wiper jet has no water coming out of it, yet the front jets work fine. ive checked the jet to see if its clogged and it looks ok (i think). does anyone know what else i could check?

i held it on for a while to see if it was just time to get the water to the back, but still no go