118TSI Engine Failure

[Intensive]

Have a six month old 118TSI Golf. All fine until last monday when exhaust warning and the EPC light up. Sounds as though was running on three cylinders. Apparently it is and a new engine will be shipped from germany. Not thrilled.

[Tim]

Ive heard of a few failing now so youre not alone. Hopefully VW have looked after you with a courtesy car

[dylan8]

wow, thats not good. hope your looked after.
Why is this happening? is it just because VW are trying all new concepts with the engines that havnt been done on production cars before?

[Frankenstrat]

That's really disturbing, Intensive. Presumably it's too big a problem for the dealership to attend to, hence the new engine. Gone are the days of simple four cylinder engines you could diagnose and work on yourself.

[h100vw]

It depends what the exact fault is. VW replaced more than a few G60 motors when they first came out. A lot of big end bearings wore out early on.

I think I'd rather have a new engine than a repaired one. Especially if there is a problem, it's more likely to have been worked out and not happen again.

Gavin

[kustomfreak]

epc light.

hey mate.got a 04 1.8 turbo beetle.the epc light came up on ours.got on the computer,turned out to be the brake pedal switch(activates the stop lights).got a new one and had no more trouble with it(touch wood).did nt affect performance though.good luck..........

[Intensive]

Ive heard of a few failing now so youre not alone. Hopefully VW have looked after you with a courtesy car

The car developed problems monday evening and was stored overnight prior to transport to the nearest VW dealer Tuesday morning. I received a call about 930 from the dealership closest to work- couldn't tell me when they could look at the car "but not today" and no loan cars available.

Phoned the dealer I purchased from- apology, VW Australia car that day, my car transported across to them, looked at that night and great communication. I know which dealership I will refer to.