Is VW Golf a reliable car ?

[Queen Seok Duk]

For Golf owners, what's your experience ? Expensive to maintain ?

Do you have to visit the workshop often ?

 

[Equalisation]

It is an extremely reliable car if analysed from a "Day by Day " usage kind of pattern..

 

[bryanlim1972]

For Golf owners, what's your experience ? Expensive to maintain ?

Do you have to visit the workshop often ?

you ask in the wrong forum... pple here kpkb over few cents transport increase. doubt they are the demographic group who can answer your question.

 

[sleaguepunter]

For Golf owners, what's your experience ? Expensive to maintain ?

Do you have to visit the workshop often ?

VW have great engine, superb 7DSG gear box. There even a 1.4L version of the Golf with turbo. Cost ard $80-90K due to the high COE. I got my Polo at $62K, now going for $80K. A bit regret that i didnt go for the Golf instead which only $10k more. But having say that, the interior of a VW cannot compare to japanese workmanship as my side mirror adjuster broke within 2 mth of getting the car. Many of the knobs look flimsy, and not as well made compare to honda that it replace.
If u really want a Golf, look at the parrell importers too to compare as local version of the Golf has less functions than a Golf in Europe. VW will do away with some functions they felt not neccessary for spore enviroment so as to keep the cost down. But at least can have option to switch off the traction control to play with the car which is not available to most jap/korean cars of the same class.
As for is it expensive to maintain, it a much heavier car than a jap/korean due to many safety devices onboard. It has 7 airbags compare to 2 airbags for most jap/korean cars. The traction control help the car make high speed turn without the risk of the car roll off the road. Fuel comsumption ard 12km/L in spore despite being a heavier car. And lastly, i think i rather pay more for safety than some lousy china made death box.

 

[Leongsam]

For Golf owners, what's your experience ? Expensive to maintain ?

Do you have to visit the workshop often ?

Stay well away from German cars in general and Vee dubs in particular. The days of German reliability are long gone.

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Engine problems
• The 1.6 & 2.0 FSI engines are extremely sensitive to
petrol quality. Their fuel must have less than 10 parts
per million of sulphur.
• The timing belt tensioners on the 1.4 & 1.6 engines
are made of plastic and bite the dust at absurdly
young ages. This usually doesn’t cause major engine
damage because the belt doesn’t generally fly off, but
this problem will strand you and may cause ongoing
unreliability problems in the future.
• Timing belts on the 2.0 engines must be replaced on
time or massive engine damage may occur.
• See our article ‘A Question of Timing’ in the links page
after this review.
• Water pumps must be changed along with the
timing belt or they are likely to fail without warning,
causing the timing belt to come loose. This will cause
massive engine damage.
• Turbochargers are common failure point on all these
vehicles. They frequently fail just after the warranty
has run out and are very expensive to fix.
• (Touran) The 1.9 PD 105 engine may develop
internal leaks that cause the engine to start running
on its own lubricating oil and be extremely difficult
to make the engine stop running. The symptom of
this problem is that the oil level may appear to rise by
itself. This problem may also be related to the recall
below:

Gearbox & drivetrain problems
• See our general automatic transmission warning at
the end of this review.
Touran models built between
December 2003 & May 2005 • The flywheel may fail and
catch fire. VIN numbers:
WVG0001T04W04W044331 – WVG0001T04W177262
Google ☛ AA R/2005/091
• Clutch shudder and dual-mass flywheel failure is a
known problem on these vehicles.
Steering & suspension problems
• Steering racks die young. These will be heinously
expensive to fix once the vehicle leaves guarantee.
• (Touran) Tourans are notorious for having shuddery
front wheels.
Brake & safety problems
• The ABS control units aren’t very robust and tend to
fail not long after the vehicle leaves warranty, at great
expense.
• See our general airbag and ABS warning at the end
of this review.
Body problems
• The safety reflectors on the doors drop off.
• Door seals commonly fail or fall off.
• Sunroofs leak.
• (Touran) Tourans are notorious for water leaks.
Interior problems
• Squeaks and rattles are a common problem
• The Golf has clever individual climate controls.
Unfortunately they are unreliable in operation and
sometimes don’t work at all.
• Electric windows and central locking are prone to
erratic operation.
• Factory CD players aren’t all that durable.
• (Touran) The air conditioning condensor is
extremely vulnerable to being damaged by stones,
which will stop the system working and isn’t covered
by warranty.
Electrical problems
• Central locking develops Alzheimer’s and forgets to
work half the time
• Factory stereos give grief and may flatten the battery:
if you don’t have a CD in the player, the player may
turn on the radio, which eventually flattens the
battery.
• Alarms give grief
• The Golf has headlight light sensors and wiper rain
sensors. Both of these are hopelessly over-sensitive and
prone to erratic operation.
Jetta & Golf Estate diesel models
built on 8 & 9 January 2007 • A faulty earth connector
on the heater could start a fire.
VIN numbers @ dogandlemon.com
Search theaa.com ☛ R/2008/009

 

[moolightaffairs]

fiat grande punto not bad. 1.4l engine.