Mk5 Golf/Jetta Problem Registry

[bazzle]

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[Guest212]

anyone else get twang noises from under their car when coming to a stop?

and a knock under their feet?


theyre getting annoying would like to throw some suggestions to the dealer when i book it in for an inspection

[acdcfan]

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But I got manual.... or is it just standard across the range regardless of transmition type

[Russ59]

Could just need a little bit of lube, have you tried spraying it with WD40 or the like ?

[bazil]

yeah i get the red alarm door light staying on while driving all the time. Just seems to be a bug?

I also had to get the front springs replaced too.

[Spoddy]

yeah i get the red alarm door light staying on while driving all the time. .

There is a software update for that. Amazed that 2 years down the track they still do it and have to update it????

[Spoddy]

Power Window Buttons

Has anyone figured out what it is that makes the black coating come off the power window buttons?

Ours are now white (being replaced at the 30k service) but concerned what ever it is it will happen again..

Its not just the diesel cars doing this either so its not diesel on the hands

[phaeton]

As I was changing the brake globe on the RHS Light Assembly in the Mk5 I decided to investigate why the LHS was fogging up ???

How did the water get in ??? anyone had this problem before ?

[daft009]

I noticed this too on my RHS rear light assembly.
Dried up after a couple of days, haven't seen it again since.

Will bring it up during the next service.

Happy to say most of the annoying rattles are now fixed (both front doors and dash)

[acdcfan]

Could just need a little bit of lube, have you tried spraying it with WD40 or the like ?

No I didn't... It comes and goes

[Guest212]

Well mine has developed a rattle from the rear end which is loud enough to get people looking from all directions.

Its like I'm driving a ute with an alloy tray filled with metal objects bouncing and rattling around.

[Russ59]

Well mine has developed a rattle from the rear end which is loud enough to get people looking from all directions.

Its like I'm driving a ute with an alloy tray filled with metal objects bouncing and rattling around.

I'd be checking some of the heat shields around the exhaust or maybe even the large metal guard that protects the fuel tank I think (fits up underneath the floor in line with the passengers side rear seat) its only held on by half dozen small bolts.

Russ

[Guest212]

Cheers for the suggestion.

But according to others on this forum you shouldn't go playing with your Golf because its a very complex piece of technology and untrained hands might ruin it all.

[acdcfan]

Well
Finally I got authorisation for my buckled rim to be replaced. It took nearly a year. An official VW representative/ manager has come for a visit to at John Hughes VW Osborne park and gave the nod.
John Hughes VW will order a new rim and advice when ready for replacement.

At first they didn't believe me, but me being persistent bastard, kept on nagging and nagging, because it is really hard to notice. Once I point it, it was dealt with professionally.
Reason for being so hard is that the lip of the rim is buckled and unless buckled part is at the top, you'll find it very hard to see it. It took me a quite a while to find it. Even the VW guy, Andrew was his name, took about 10 min to notice it

on another not is there anyone in Perth with Vagcom that is willing to look at my air-conditioning? VW says it works OK but I still have doubts.

[Guest212]

here's a nice new one for me to add to the list.

My aircon isn't working very well.

I have to set it to LO and have the fan at full speed to keep the car cool in the heat at the moment.

Quite annoying because I know it was working extremily well a couple of weeks ago when we had some unusually hot spring days.