Things you don't like about your MK7

[Baz 55]

Brew69 - yeah it is so tempting to flick back the gear shift the 2 cm and go nuts !!!

[Nauend]

Brew69 - yeah it is so tempting to flick back the gear shift the 2 cm and go nuts !!!

it's too tempting.....and does not help the pursuit of low fuel usage, but surely flicking it into S one more time will be ok....... And if this is what the 90 or 103 is like, what is the GTI like?

[readerr0r]

Wassereinbruch in VW Golf VII, Audi A3 und Seat Leon - autobild.de

Worth keeping an eye out for all current Golf 7 owners. Basically water may build up in the front passenger footwell (or, depending on how the RHD conversion was done for us, the driver footwell).

This is a German report so not idea if RHD cars have the problem at all.

[Nauend]

These are most likely just random but....

. have had one situation where the car seemed to, i dont know, take a few seconds longer to decide it needed to move forward from a stopped position when I pressed the accelerator
. the auto brake engages based on the pressure you put on the foot brake, so if you press lightly it won't engage - all good, but there have been a couple of times when I'd expected it to have engaged and it didn't as the car started rolling backwards - might be a fine line between engaging or not, but am monitoring now to see if it's me or the car. I have to read up about auto hold too I think
. switching from D to S occasionally confuses the DSG and it seems to drop into a gear that is too low - the engine roar is a bit harsh (I need to limit use of S anyway as not eco enough, and also practice timing of changing into S perhaps)
. car forgot/reset the long term fuel usage info

[Ryan_R]

It may take a little longer but instead of shifting to S you could go sideways and down 2-3 times to shift down manually. Then either push up to go a gear higher manually or back into D and it'll pick a higher gear again.

[Mountainman]

My only real dislike is the dull halogen headlights. No wonder the bi-xenons (not available on the base model and $2000+ is a ridiculous amount to add to a $21500 car) are such a popular option on more expensive models (even if they are the ugliest looking lights that really spoil the front design). When you think how VW has set such a high standard of design for the rest of the car it makes me wonder why they think the standard headlight system can be acceptable. My Forester (and Camry before that) are so much better.

[Nauend]

It may take a little longer but instead of shifting to S you could go sideways and down 2-3 times to shift down manually. Then either push up to go a gear higher manually or back into D and it'll pick a higher gear again.

good idea!

[rpps]

These are most likely just random but....

. have had one situation where the car seemed to, i dont know, take a few seconds longer to decide it needed to move forward from a stopped position when I pressed the accelerator
. the auto brake engages based on the pressure you put on the foot brake, so if you press lightly it won't engage - all good, but there have been a couple of times when I'd expected it to have engaged and it didn't as the car started rolling backwards - might be a fine line between engaging or not, but am monitoring now to see if it's me or the car. I have to read up about auto hold too I think
. switching from D to S occasionally confuses the DSG and it seems to drop into a gear that is too low - the engine roar is a bit harsh (I need to limit use of S anyway as not eco enough, and also practice timing of changing into S perhaps)
. car forgot/reset the long term fuel usage info

I had the same problem with the Auto Brake and HSA function with my Golf, I applied the brakes on a hill then took my foot off the brake pedal and the car started rolling back. A orange warning light came on the dash plus a warning message saying "Park Brake Malfunction". I could only get the HSA function to work again by stopping the car and turning the engine off and then on. Hopefully there's a code been generated and when I take it into the dealer they can find out what's wrong. Makes you wonder how problematic this feature will be as the car gets older.

[Nauend]

I had the same problem with the Auto Brake and HSA function with my Golf, I applied the brakes on a hill then took my foot off the brake pedal and the car started rolling back. A orange warning light came on the dash plus a warning message saying "Park Brake Malfunction". I could only get the HSA function to work again by stopping the car and turning the engine off and then on. Hopefully there's a code been generated and when I take it into the dealer they can find out what's wrong. Makes you wonder how problematic this feature will be as the car gets older.

let us know how you go. I didn't see any warning messages when it happened in my car.

[LMF]

Wassereinbruch in VW Golf VII, Audi A3 und Seat Leon - autobild.de

Worth keeping an eye out for all current Golf 7 owners. Basically water may build up in the front passenger footwell (or, depending on how the RHD conversion was done for us, the driver footwell).

This is a German report so not idea if RHD cars have the problem at all.

I haven't had a chance to turn on the air con more then 10mins while driving (it is still cool here in Canberra) and I would like to know if the RHD version having this potential problem or not. Is anyone here experienced this?