118TSI - General Discussion

[prise]

Report after 31 months and 47000 km on my 118 TSI DSG

Heat shield rattle - shield adjusted, fixed
Leaking drivers side door seal - door adjusted, fixed
Leaking rear shock absorbers - fixed
Clunk in front suspension - reported 4 times, reproduced on test drive each time, attempted fix each time, suspect lower control arm bushes, new control arms ordered after 4th report.
Shuddering in DSG - faulty clutch pack replaced, fixed
Rattle in passengers side door trim - reported twice, door trim tightened, noise came back each time, not fixed
Intermittent buzz from dash when accelerating at low RPM, couldn't reproduce on test drive, not fixed
Faulty engine software - updated under service campaign
Faulty gearbox software - updated under service campaign


This was the fifth new car I have purchased and it has had significantly more defects than any of the others at the same age. I will be reluctant to buy another VW and will not be keeping the vehicle as a long termer as originally planned.

[Jmr84]

Please ppl for the love of god and VW do not use e blended fuels in your vw's. I have worked on countless 118's and other variants with engine faults and many failures due to poor fuel, aka eblended fuels. Minimum 95, be good to your vehicle and it will be good to you. That's just my professional pov. Cheers.

[Ryan_R]

Sorry to hear all of your issues prise. I've just had the DSG problems (clutch + mech replaced, then I purchased a DSG tune to fix the underlying cause imo), and have had the odd noise, but the car is otherwise fantastic and I look forward to each drive, so I'd rather take the bad with the good rather than spend 5 figures on just "some car" to borrow a phrase from TopGear. I sort-of get why they like Alfa's now

[Rawcpoppa]

Please ppl for the love of god and VW do not use e blended fuels in your vw's. I have worked on countless 118's and other variants with engine faults and many failures due to poor fuel, aka eblended fuels. Minimum 95, be good to your vehicle and it will be good to you. That's just my professional pov. Cheers.

Another person I know tried a full tank of 92 cold turkey because of the price hike for 95 here. His check engine light came on after 4 days! You're right.




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[brad]

Anyone ever run RON 91 in their 118tsi?

yes, dealer put a tank full in my car when it was new. Power & torque dropped noticeably & fuel ecomy was much worse. Not worth it.

[mataempat]

I have been driving my Golf mk6 118tsi for almost 2 years now. current mileage is 95000km as of this morning. So far only had one problem where the mechatronic was replaced at approx 88000km. I bought the APR tune at 92xxxkm. After the tune, the car misfires. Solved it by installing the NGK BKR7EIX plugs.

[fully]

I have been driving my Golf mk6 118tsi for almost 2 years now. current mileage is 95000km as of this morning. So far only had one problem where the mechatronic was replaced at approx 88000km. I bought the APR tune at 92xxxkm. After the tune, the car misfires. Solved it by installing the NGK BKR7EIX plugs.

Good to hear its still going great after 95,000km....

[kaktusdigital]

118tsi oh to sell or not to sell

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated as I'm torn on what to do.

2 years on, my MY11 118tsi is approaching 1 year left on warranty. Hasn't missed a beat so far except for small DSG niggles which the latest reflash has greatly improved. So my question is, how likely is it that my engine could give in after the warranty period? Would it be best to just take the financial loss and sell it now?

Am i just being paranoid? As I said, i haven't had any issues so far so it may well drive all the way into the 200K+ without a hitch. My initial thought is that after 2 years any potential engine problems would have probably arisen by now?

very wallet itchy right now considering the good deals on gti's atm

[AdamD]

2 years on, my MY11 118tsi is approaching 1 year left on warranty. Hasn't missed a beat so far except for small DSG niggles which the latest reflash has greatly improved. So my question is, how likely is it that my engine could give in after the warranty period? Would it be best to just take the financial loss and sell it now?

Was your car built after the 24S4 campaign, or was it flashed? I'm not aware of any instances of major problems with 118TSI engines built after the campaign was rolled out, although the odd car that has been flashed has had subsequent problems (probably due to pre-existing damage).

All Mk6s will definitely take a beating in depreciation about when the Mk7 comes out (in fact, from about now really as the market is anticipating the new model release), so that's worth bearing in mind - you might be better off holding on to it for another year or two until the values settle some.

[kaktusdigital]

Was your car built after the 24S4 campaign, or was it flashed?

I'm not sure if it was after the campaign, but I didn't get a letter in the mail for the recall so I assume it was ok. Is there anyway to check this? Considering I'd be lucky to get 24K for it, you're probably right on holding onto it. Might just APR it and drive it for the next 10-15 years until it falls apart.

[Ryan_R]

Open the driver door and you should see a silver plate on the A pillar

[Mountainman]

Am i just being paranoid? As I said, i haven't had any issues so far so it may well drive all the way into the 200K+ without a hitch. My initial thought is that after 2 years any potential engine problems would have probably arisen by now?

Going by my only first hand experience with my brother's 118 TSI DSG purchased new late in 2009 I'd be dumping it. The DSG had a new mechatronics after coming to a dead stop on the freeway and later a new clutch pack. Then at 58,000km it got a new long motor after piston failures and recently needed new pistons and rings at 95,000km. All this has been inside warranty and he has just purchased an extra 2 years. A wonderful car to drive, look at and travel in but long term ownership is crap. And the inconvenience of those warranty problems would kill it for me - I don't buy cars to go though that.

[kaktusdigital]

there wasn't any plate on the drivers side, but there was a sticker on the passengers side with few details such as the vin etc.. is that what you're referring to? Is there something there that I should be looking out for?

Open the driver door and you should see a silver plate on the A pillar

[Cavill]

my my2012 118TSI with 7sp dsg - got stuck in 2nd after 6 months and 6,000klm. gearbox had to be replaced. electrics later failed and doors would not close.intermittent flickering of lights on dash warning about gears.

Thanks Ryan. If anyone has come across issues with the more recent versions, please do share.
Cheers

[kaktusdigital]

Ah, Build date AUG 2010.. should have had its flash in the factory I assume.

there wasn't any plate on the drivers side, but there was a sticker on the passengers side with few details such as the vin etc.. is that what you're referring to? Is there something there that I should be looking out for?