Bora 4Motion: What to look for?

[HaydEn]

Do not own a mk4, but of the wheel was spinning and a light flashed, that would be the ESP?

[Golf-Sam]

Hi all,

I too am looking at getting a Bora 4motion v6. After reading through this post it really helped in knowing what to look for.

I drove one today and did the small circle/u-turn test and the car virtually stopped and then clunk clunk clunk as I kept moving the circle.

I could hear the rear wheel slipping and the little orange light came on on the dash.

Does this mean the car is.... far from perfect?

I assume doing a u-turn should be as smooth as a normal car regardless of whether its 4x4 or not right?

Does anyone have a service guide from VW?

mate id say that's not a good sign .. could be a number of things wrong with the drivetrain .. i'd get it looked at by a mechanic

[kapowww]

I drove one today and did the small circle/u-turn test and the car virtually stopped and then clunk clunk clunk as I kept moving the circle.

I could hear the rear wheel slipping and the little orange light came on on the dash.

Exact same problems I had an had to replace the rear diff ($2k was the cheapest quote I could find). Stay away! Rear diff oil and haldex should be serviced every 60000km IIRC?