Wastegate Rattle on Accelaration - Fix issued by VwAG

[Weekend-Warrior]

$80 for a $2 clip... wow!

Nice bandaid fix VW.

[The Speedfighter]

$80 for a $2 clip... wow!

Nice bandaid fix VW.

mate you don't understand. It's worth the $80. As it has an Audi logo on it!!!! Totally worth the money *turns sarcasm off*

bwahahaha, seriously the whole clip is 1 big joke

[TuNeS]

I have been off these forums for a couple of years. Was just looking through the threads trying to find info on the 2013 car and I saw this thread! It's nice to know that I am not going insane. I have complained about this issue every service and they reply "we can't hear anything". I am going to call them today.

[daft1014]

If you go to Brisbane Prestige I had the clip fitted under warranty in 2011. It was not a recognized warranty fix but rather treated as a goodwill fix. It took many months of badgering but in the end Adrian got Skoda to pay for it.

[TuNeS]

If you go to Brisbane Prestige I had the clip fitted under warranty in 2011. It was not a recognized warranty fix but rather treated as a goodwill fix. It took many months of badgering but in the end Adrian got Skoda to pay for it.

Nice to know. I bought the car off them and it has been serviced there since new! Anyway, let's see if they can fix it for me as my warranty finished in October. However they have been brilliant as they found a small leak near the turbo charger just before my warranty ended and they said if I have any issues in the next 12 months they would honour the warranty.........and they did! It was only a seal though.

[candy_wagon]

Just reviving an old thread!

I had my 30,000km service on Friday at Peninsula VW/Skoda in Frankston (SE Melbourne).

At the 15,000km service I told them about the wastegate actuator rattle and simply wanted it fixed. They said there was no campaign to fix that and because it wasn't an issue that affected reliability that it won't be fixed.

This time around I made a bit of a song and dance that it was getting worse and I just wanted it fixed. Much to my surprise they did and the problem is gone! I enquired if there was a campaign number regarding it and the exact response was "no there is not, but we have been told that was can fix it with the clip as needed from now on".

I know this is not definative, but as least it means some dealers might be more willing to do it if they are made aware of the problem .

As an aside though - I got home with the car smelling badly of oil - so I opend the bonnet to find I had no oil cap and the top of the engine and underside of the bonnet was covered with oil! Freaked out and angry I called the dealer and to their credit they sent someone to my house with a new cap and offered to steam clean the engine for me. Still, not a nice experience.

[dArK5HaD0w]

As an aside though - I got home with the car smelling badly of oil - so I opend the bonnet to find I had no oil cap and the top of the engine and underside of the bonnet was covered with oil! Freaked out and angry I called the dealer and to their credit they sent someone to my house with a new cap and offered to steam clean the engine for me. Still, not a nice experience.

hope they also topped it up with oil too!!!
hopefully there was no damage caused driving without the oild cap, due to no pressure being held.

[k_rider]

Wasn't there a thread here somewhere, about the exact same happening with a Corolla after a service, with photos of the aftermath (it caught fire)? Guess you were lucky it didn't go that far candy_wagon. Not surprised you were annoyed! I'll bet you could steam clean it every week for the next three months and still not get all the oil cleaned up. I think I'll be popping the bonnet before I drive away from my next service...

[candy_wagon]

Yep, I'm still annoyed but I went back to the dealer yesterday and had the engine cleaned and demanded an error check, oil top up and good look over by their senior tech. Luckily all seems fine and they have given me a token $100 off my next service.

The service manager I spoke to when I called tried to fob me off by saying that caps pop off from time to time, but I have never ever heard that happening before. The tech who helped me yesterday honestly said someone has stuffed up and I was lucky it wasn't a whole lot worse.

Aside from all this though, its very nice not to have the wastegate rattle any more!

[woofy]

I'm always paranoid about them leaving the oil cap off, it's such a common and rookie mistake.