Had enough of the mk5 after less than a year!

[ReflexRob]

I can't believe it's come to this already!

My car is an 05 and has only 58k on the clock.

I replaced the torn revG dv 6 months ago which made the car fast again. I've had a serious boost pressure loss again so decided to check the dv. In the process the loom clip snapped and the most awkward dv bolt has rounded off.

Add to this the cam chain tensioner issue,  cam follower (done that at least)  and faulty main thermostat.

I thought vw made high quality cars.

I love driving the gti it's awesome,  but awful build quality compared to my old 144k 2001 bmw 325.

Just had to rant.

[r5gtt]

Sorry youre having such bad luck with your gti mate.

[stuart-88]

Unfortunately all the things you listed other than the thermostat are common items on these engine! It's just a shame it's all come within the year of you having it. If it makes you feel any better, my thermostat is shagged too 

No point in fixing it all and letting some one else have a good reliable GTI though. It'll get there in the end 

[dazza]

Sounds normal for an axx. I love mine always something to fix.

[Patrick2691]

Hardly a lot. Mine has had the thermostat, cam belt, new DV, new N75, cam follower, fuel pump etc all go wrong and be replaced within the last 2 months. This is from a 58,000 mile full service history car. Just life. Don't let it get you down.

[Andy]

thankfully my tdi hasn't gone wrong in ages but i keep spending it on mods instead

[AJP]

It's all part of the fun, surely?

I've replaced the dv, pcv, cam follower, cam belt & water pump, it's going in for a new clutch and flywheel in a week or so, and I haven't even had the car a year!

I try to keep my cars as long-term projects, so 5 years at the very least. For me, all these jobs are just part of the bigger picture in eventually getting to the point where it looks good, handles like it's on rails, goes like a stabbed rat, stops well, and of course is clean, tidy and reliable.

It'd be great if the whole of my budget went on upgrades and shiny bits, but that's just not the way it is unfortunately.

If I wanted a car I could just get in, drive, and not worry about maintenance, I'd have bought a brand new far eastern sh*tebox with a 9000 year warranty.

That just doesn't appeal to me though.

[ReflexRob]

I know it's not the end of the world but a good 900 quids worth of work that apart from the thermostat seems to be poor design. I expected better from vw.

I agree that there's no point getting it fixed and sell on so I will stick with it for a while

[howie1987]

I feel your pain. had the car 6 month and mechatronics went. not even a week back on the road the radiator fans are done.

Crossed my mind to sell aswell once its fixed but then i drove it lol.

[Dan_77]

I love driving the gti it's awesome,  but awful build quality compared to my old 144k 2001 bmw 325.

You must have been lucky with your bmw and not had the common faults they tend to have after a while , water pumps, thermostats, bowed radiators and bad air locks basically anything to do with the cooling system, I spent hundreds on mine changing the above and after getting everything sorted got fed up with it , its now sat on the drive waiting for me to get round to selling it

[r5gtt]

Depends on the mileage with the golf imo and my tt mk1 took most of my money when it hit 115000k full suspension new shocks springs forge tie bars four wheel aligned. full polyurethane bushed as I didn't want cheap bushes. Brembo brakes after the map as the power was a lot and braking was poor. other than that 5 years of happy driving 

[ReflexRob]

I love driving the gti it's awesome,  but awful build quality compared to my old 144k 2001 bmw 325.

You must have been lucky with your bmw and not had the common faults they tend to have after a while , water pumps, thermostats, bowed radiators and bad air locks basically anything to do with the cooling system, I spent hundreds on mine changing the above and after getting everything sorted got fed up with it , its now sat on the drive waiting for me to get round to selling it

It was honestly such a great car. Only poor bit was that it had the front wing rust issue but the Golfs suffer from that too!

All I ever did was service it and drive it. Radiatior is a serviceable part every 100k in my opinion,  the Golfs seem to need to have major work done less than every 50k which in this day and age from a prestigious manufacturer is disappointing. 

[Juliand]

Golfs seem to need to have major work done less than every 50k which in this day and age from a prestigious manufacturer is disappointing.

I agree. I thought that I had bought into quality German Engineering, having had very few problems previously with new Porsche and BMW high end cars, so it is disappointing to read of all these faults, even on low mileage cars.

I have put up a post yesterday to try and get these identified, with some commentary about prices to fix and what mileage these problems commonly crop up at, but only 1 contributor so far.......maybe being Easter people are busy doing other stuff.

[amanda]

I know it's not the end of the world but a good 900 quids worth of work that apart from the thermostat seems to be poor design. I expected better from vw.

I agree that there's no point getting it fixed and sell on so I will stick with it for a while

Be lucky you don't own an rs6........everything but everything costs at least£1000 

[ReflexRob]

Just discovered that the alarm siren no longer works too.

My old £300 banger Celica worked better!