i just sold my used mk5 gti last month..
when i got it,it had done 56k.belongs to 1 lady owner.car in very new and good condition inside out.car year 2007,i got it when may 2011 from a used car dealer.full vw service record.
the 1st week i got the car,1 of the ignition coil gone.car sounded like subaru and jerk like no tomolo.
2nd week,the check engine light came up.ignore it,since im going to service the car soon.
3rd week sent the car to vw service center ipoh to do full service include dsg oil change and ecu reset.
the following weeks and months im busy spending on the mainatainance only.dont even think bout remap or other things
bought timing belt kit,cam follower,water pump,rear brake pad to change when it touch 75k milieage.
got whistling sound from engine bay,crankcase pcv valve gone.changed,reset airbag light also.
bought used ignition coil to keep in car when got to know that the car ignition coil prone to fail.
car lost power,suspected the wastegate control valve gone.sent to service center,did a full service and check the valve.the vavle diafram gone.change new valve,car running good again.while in the service center,mechanic said he will check my coil see whether it fall into the recall campaign bacth.car done,didn manage to ask whether the car got the coil replace or not.few days later,service center call me to ask me send my car in to get the ignition coil replace for free.so i send the car in,while the car in the service bay i wait at waitiing area.mechanic hand back the key to me so i ask how much i need to pay for.who knows,coil is free and u need to pay for the workmanship.mechanic joking tell me he wont mind to receive the payment,but it was free from vw.so happily drove the car off.
week after that,god damn car jerk again.1st thing came in mind what the fucking coil the service center change,so drive slowly back home and diy change the coil.lucky i bought a spare one.to my horror,3 of the coils looks old and 1 look new.means they didn change shit,wtf with them.
engine light came on again,suspected charcoal canister system problem.change one of the valve,light still came.change the charcoal canister itself.done,engine light never came on till i sold it.
airbag light reset so many times,still came one.it was still on when i sold it
mileage touch 90k km.HORROR start,tested with my fren m3 in traffic light.launch with launch control
after stop for lunch,heard theres noise in the drivetrain,sounds from gearbox.tow to workshop,at 1st the mech said nothing wrong with gearbox.is the dual mass flywheel problem,then replace with a used one from chop shop.noise still there then mech said is gearbox problem have to change gearbox,gearbox alone cost rm12k from halfcut.
doubt what he said since at 1st he said was from flywheel,then sent it to another so call pro shop that do lambo,ferrari and etc.the mech insisted the flywheel problem,changed 2 flywheel from chop shop still got noise.mech still insist is flywheel problem and said a new one should be ok.order one all the way from singapore,after waited for months part reached.installed,still got noice :(
this time the mech said something inside the gbox broken,so quoted a price to get it repair.agreed and proceed,still got noise.so mech said need a whole gearbox change,so chage the whole gearbox again.
car done,no more sound.but when car move from standstill it got minor jerk,sent back to the shop twice and said need to do adaptation and ecu reset.done,still jerk.since it was near to new year and i need to use car,so get the car back since mech said got 3 months warranty.
got the car back and drive for a month,cant really accept how the car jerk.sent back and ask the mech to get it done,waited whole week.got the car,problem still there.ask the mech,the mech said if i still cant accept then he will take the gbox out and refund back the gbox money to me.wtf,he should get it rite instead of suggesting like that,so ask him refund and tow it to another shop to get another dsg gearbox change.
change another dsg gearbox at another place,car felt like new.
drive for 2 months,another ignition coil burn.steering rack and driveshaft got sound..
got real fedup edi,sold it cheap cheap in as is condition to used car.
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u need to check engine oil now and then...
it gone so fast
it was the only car in the world u need to keep spare coil and engine oil at the boot
will i get another vw in the future?yes,if i can afford.i will buy a new one and sell it after the warranty period
.used one?NEVER
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another thing,when i sold the car.the fueling system also got problem,fuel cut when whether is hot.
this is all common problem,try to google around.u will amaze how many to read