New Polo problems - Register

[dave_r]

I'm now getting a lot of "I told you so!!" by Mrs Should-have-brought-a-Mazda.

Got that with every visit to the dealer also!

But after the Xmas day hail we copped, if her polo gets written off she'll get her wish!

[Hail22]

Got that with every visit to the dealer also!

But after the Xmas day hail we copped, if her polo gets written off she'll get her wish!

Still love my polo since the fix no issues just pure driving for the last 4 months xD

[Lucas_R]

Yes i was considering getting a new Polo 77TSI for my "Mrs" a few months ago - but we mutually decided on a new Mazda 3 instead. Our Golf R is our first non Japanese car and with only 6,000km on it, has been back to the dealership about 6 times with fiddly issues (alarm and sunroof issues). So we decided to pass on the idea of getting a Polo and went with the new "updated" Mazda 3 hatch. Done 4,000km's on the Mazda now and it hasnt skipped a beat nor had to go back to the dealer for anything other than its 1,000km checkup.

I'm now getting a lot of "I told you so!!" by Mrs Should-have-brought-a-Mazda.

[funtastic]

One thing I hate about the POLO is the fact that the speedo reads 7kph fast.

That is at 100kph on the speedo you are only doing 93 when checking against a GPS.

Is this a standard problem across all Polo 6Rs? Also is it a constant offset of 7km/h at all speeds or does the error increase as the speed increases?

[GTI mk6]

Is this a standard problem across all Polo 6Rs? Also is it a constant offset of 7km/h at all speeds or does the error increase as the speed increases?

Still waiting for our Polo, but the Golf has the same issue, pretty sure it does increase slightly at higher speed.
been awhile since tested against GPS, so not sure of figures now sorry

[funtastic]

I just tested against mobile phone gps up to 65km/h only and its reads about 2 - 3km/h higher than actual speed (although I am not sure how accurate the gps is in the sgs 2). Will check 100km/h next time I am on the freeway.

[gavs]

Generally pretty normal, it's a factor of safety. You can change it through a VCDS cable and VAGCOM but I'm not 100% sure. Either that, or put on bigger wheels

[funtastic]

Generally pretty normal, it's a factor of safety. You can change it through a VCDS cable and VAGCOM but I'm not 100% sure. Either that, or put on bigger wheels

Also a factor of safety for speed cameras

[MJKooLio]

I did a U-Turn on the road and all of a sudden a Steering Wheel symbol came up on the dash, the steering stiffened and was difficult to control the car, as if there was no power steering....? Any ideas?
I turned the car off and turned it back on and it was working perfectly fine!

Also today, I cannot recall why it happened but it was raining, turned the wipers on and the headlamps on. All of a sudden a Light Symbol turned on on the dash! I turned te lights on off and still was showing on dash with the warning lights... I turned on off car ad worked fine!

Anyone else experience? I will take car to VW first thing Friday (after Aus Day)

[FJ Steve]

I did a U-Turn on the road and all of a sudden a Steering Wheel symbol came up on the dash, the steering stiffened and was difficult to control the car, as if there was no power steering....? Any ideas?
I turned the car off and turned it back on and it was working perfectly fine!

Also today, I cannot recall why it happened but it was raining, turned the wipers on and the headlamps on. All of a sudden a Light Symbol turned on on the dash! I turned te lights on off and still was showing on dash with the warning lights... I turned on off car ad worked fine!

Anyone else experience? I will take car to VW first thing Friday (after Aus Day)

Maybe your car was built by Microsoft?