A Bunch Of Merged "My New Car / Order" Threads

[Nick]

Newbie w/ MKVI w/ small ligthing issue

Hi Guys

Just bought a MKVI TDI DSG. What a car!

Bought the car second hand, was purchased in March and done just over 17k kms. Its spotless, mostly freeway driving.

One issue i have is that the interior light seem not to be working. This means, no map lights and no boot lights. Is there a setting to disable interior lights orsomething, fuse maybe??? Footwell lighting is fine.

Can anyone shed any light on the matter (boom, boom haha)??? May save me a trip to the dealer if it's a simple/silly fix.

Thanks in advance.

N

[chylld]

Picked up my new 118TSI on Monday 29th June.
I'll post some pics as soon as I get a chance.

nice! How much was the bluetooth? (i.e. what was the dealer's standard pricing before haggling?)

[guliver_twist]

Not to that extent....
sounds like a simple warranty claim...
Let the dealers fix it... that's what warranty is for..

[guliver_twist]

Jason, how is Dynaudio?

cheers,

[blutopless2]

dont think you can disable them using the MFD. more likely to be a fuse.

[JasonP]

Dynaudio is fantastic!!!!! Definitely worth the extra funds.
Very glad I ticked that box, considering that I typically don't change audio headunits for aftermarket ones.
Basically, the clarity of the sound is very good at all volumes, & it works very well wth the RNS510.

[JasonP]

The Premium Bluetooth sarted out at $1899 from the dealer......

It is very good, & intergrates well with the RNS510.
I have an iPhone 3G, & it hooks up via Bluetooth very quickly, & copies the phonebook numbers over.
I have noticed that if you have a huge amount of phone numbers, not all of them will copy across. Deleting some old entries fixed that problem.

Also, when finishing a call, you must hangup via the RNS510 screen, otherwise it will "hang" the system, & won't allow audio playback to resume.

Once you get the hang of that, it all works flawlessly.

I would definitely get the RNS510 again in another VW, or something similar in an Audi.
Expensive, but worth the money.

[chylld]

Sounds like the dynaudio option might be worth it Did you have a chance to compare it to the standard sound system?

Thanks for the bluetooth pricing, that's pretty expensive but the integration is impressive. I use my blueant unit maybe once a month so I don't think I can justify the VW version

[Nick]

Checked out the fuses and all look fine. Not sure if this is good or bad news but anyway. S#!ts me all the same. What nis interesting is that at some stage in the past 17k kms the fuse cover has been removed before. Has me a tad worried...

Hope the dreaded VW reliability prophecies arent comming true already for me....

[JasonP]

I basically use the bluetooth connection nearly every time I drive. (I'm a Mortgage Broker).
For that reason, I have bluetooth in my other car (08 Mazda 2), & also had it in my previous one (07 VE SS).

Of the 3, the better system by far is the one in my Golf.
The Holden Factory Bluetooth (standard with the car I had), worked quite well, but always echoed for approx 30 secs afte each call connected.

The one in the Mazda 2 (factory option) works reasonably well too.

[Nick]

Hey guys,

Nice of you all to rush with responses haha

Just an update, car spent two days with VW dealer who finally think theyve located the problem. They think it lies with some 'on board power' which apparently has 3 parts, one of which controls the interior lighting (other than the footwells it would seem) and the wiper sensor. 12-14 days wait on the part from Germany....really hoping this isnt the first of many problems with my first VW.

Cheers
N

[Lima]

windyzz, have you heard anything lately? I'm hearing October as a date for the GTI launch now???

[sillygogo]

A Bunch Of Merged "My New Car / Order" Threads

Hi all,

Been reading this great forum for a while and this is my first post. Got a new Tsi dsg for about 1 month, done around 1700km, very happy with the car but regret on not getting the sports pack. The suspension felt softer than the test vehicle, the car is bouncing when drive on concrete highway around 100km/h.

Brought it back to VW but couldn't find the problem. Had the Tdi for the loan car. The Tdi feels great, firm suspension and great handling. Don't know what are the different in the setups. Another feature that I like in the Tdi is hillstart assist. With the Tdi the car hold and moves forward when you let go of the brake pedal but with the Tsi the car roles back if you don't accelerate straight away.

I am keen on getting the APR chip but concern with the 250nW specs on the gear box and the soft suspension not able to use or handle the extra power. Any suggestions for the suspensions or if other experience a similar issue?



2009 118TSi Dsg

[ope126]

Hey Mate, great choice of car there!

I had my Passat getting a service yesterday and was given a MK6 Golf 118TSI DSG as a loan vehicle for the day. I was suprised that when I took my foot off the brake, it actually held the brakes momentarily, then would roll back. When I drove my first DSG back on 2005, It rolled back as soon as you took your foot off the brake. So not sure if there is a problem with your car, or it is just a flook. Just my experience!

Still a great choice though!

[coastie]

The Hill assist in the TSI works like that, the TDI has the torque to make the vehicle moves off whereas the TSI needs some throttle to tell it to move. It's only minor but not hard to get used to. I got the sports pack with mine and feel that the suspension can be a bit harsh at times and regret not getting the fully adjustable suspension. Sometimes you can't know all the best bits.

In other threads on here they talk about the DSG being a manual concept so if you don't add some throttle then its like the clutch is still in and you roll backwards. Not sure if it will roll more than 0.5m though. Never tested it.