I bought mine as a 1500km demo from Beachside VW at Frankston, Vic. I was quite happy with them, and very happy with the car, except that I cannot stop fumes getting into the cabin when following a smoky vehicle, even in recycle mode. It's not a problem for me, but my wife gets very sick from such fumes. We bought a Golf GTI Mk V in 2006 and she was so impressed with the air conditioning system that she has since bought a Mk V1 and the a Mk V11, all GTI's and all new. I have bought a few larger VW's in the same time, and they all have had faultless cabin sealing.

The car has now had 3 visits to 2 different dealers to look at the fumes problem. At the 2nd visit to the 2nd dealer, they took the problem more seriously and discovered an air leak in the firewall around the air conditioner expansion valve. They did not fix the problem though, as it will take some time to correct, and they have to get approval from VW Australia to fix it under warranty, because VW reimburse them for warranty work. That was over 3 weeks ago, and we haven't heard back from them. Of the 6 new VW's we have had since 2006, we have only had one warranty issue, a faulty turbo on wifey's 2016 GTI 40 year special, and that was replaced, probably at great cost, without hesitation.

What has been your warranty experiences?