Almost brand new GTI
on October 06, 2025, 04:23:50 pm
Maybe for somebody who’s Looking for a GTI I don’t know how this works but a YouTuber “Saving Salvage” is giving a GTI away on “Compete for cars” Looks like it has been in a timecapsule…  Don’t shoot me of how this “Compete stuff” is working😅 Hopefully sombody can be the owner of this nice & clean example 😎👍🏻 For some reason I can’t upload a screenshot of it on here now?!?🙄 Go check it out on YouTube…
Edition 30 for sale soon
Last Poster: agmac in Mk5 General Area on Today at 06:33:19 pm
Edition 30 coming up for sale. I have Ed30 no 0731 - a 3 dr in tornado red that I'#039m prepping for sale. It hasn'#039t been used much of late and I'#039m being told to sell it. Its going for MOT next week but I know it will need a new rear section on the exhaust. There may be other issues, not sure. Mileage is 54444 on a 2007 plate. Its pretty standard though has factory cruise control wh
Backup lights keeps blowing fuse
Last Poster: MPAZ in Mk5 General Area on March 07, 2026, 03:08:31 pm
Hi to all
I mm new here. nbsp I have a 2008 Gti and I know nothing about it.
A friend of mine left the car to me when he passed
My problem is that when I put the car into reverse it blows the fuse
I think there is a direct short in the wiring but
Don'#039t know where to begin trying. To find it
nbsp The car had a lot of rat damage to the wiring which ha
Re: clutch pedal stuck half way/not returning
Last Poster: hcmzah in Mk5 General Area on March 06, 2026, 09:13:33 pm
i'#039ve now resolved this issue. since changing the master cylinder, i couldn'#039t get the clutch bleeded correctly. i kept pressure bleeding and pressure bleeding but the pedal would still feel terrible.
i then found a single post about this online where someone had the same issue. they suggested to have the car tilted downwards, pressure bleed, tilt upwards and bleed again.
Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
Last Poster: rex in Members Rides on March 01, 2026, 08:01:30 pm
Due to the recent warm weather, I managed to drive the Golf... And I have to report the seating position (with the lower seats and steering wheel adapter) is awesome. I truly love it. I feel much more connected tot the car than previously.
As of now, so after only a 15km (9 mile) drive, I have to say the mods are worth it.
Compared to the driving position in my previous 7
Re: Forum search broken?
Last Poster: GVK in Random Chat on February 27, 2026, 12:44:01 am
I find Google better as it deep dives better into the forum
Just add mk5golfgti.co.uk to the search keywords and you're golden.
Re: Stuck Engine Cover Mounts - Cold Air Intake
Last Poster: dadawg22 in Performance Modifications on February 24, 2026, 02:10:37 pm
Hey mjamallia sorry for the late reply, a bunch of other things on the car decided to stop working.
Turns out that there'#039s a hex nut holding the mounts in place on the rear, so I just held them in place with a wrench and managed to take the mounts off using the 24mm socket. nbsp I checked the mount centers, they do not have an Allen key hole but damn that would'#039ve made t
2007 FSI - Looking for tips on seating Low Pressure Fuel Hose
Last Poster: dadawg22 in How to Guides / Troubleshooting on February 24, 2026, 02:04:06 pm
My GTI'#039s low pressure fuel line was beginning to split so I began the process of replacing it. Unfortunately I'#039m unable to fully seat it on the barbs of the high pressure fuel pump and wherever the other end goes.
Pic shows the progress I'#039ve made, the barb end was lubed with petroleum jelly before I began trying to seat the hose. It'#039s pretty stuck and I'#039m also havi
Rear LEFT fog light error
Last Poster: Marc N in How to Guides / Troubleshooting on February 24, 2026, 11:42:41 am
Hi,
First off the car is actually a TDI, but have used this forum before for my old MK5 GTI and found it very useful so hopefully someone can help.
Just bought a 2007 UK right hand drive TDI. It come up with an error in the main display and the bulb/light fault complaining that the LEFT hand side rear fog light is not working. It has a right hand/offside fog a
Speed-dependent differential noise (JCR trans)
Last Poster: Hobo Ben in Mk5 General Area on February 22, 2026, 01:22:39 pm
Hi All, I have a 2008 Golf V Variant with the 1.9 PD TDI BXE engine and a 5-speed manual JCR transmission. The car has approximately 372,000 km on it. Last year, it suddenly developed a loud humming/growling/whining noise above 70 km/h, which gets progressively louder as speed increases. [Here'#039s a video ( https:/
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