118TSI Engine Failure - nothing more, nothing less, just numbers/details

[ninja2]

12,000 km and going strong

Everything working just fine at 12,000km. Nothing more, nothing less

[Sentinel]

Details of failure: Engine warning light on, rough idle, inspection at service centre revealed crack in Piston One.

Action: All pistons, rings and fuel injectors replaced.

kilometres at failure: 39,000

age in months: 23

model and transmission: Golf 118TSI, DSG

when it failed: November 2012

[Sentinel]

Drivetrain warranty was extended to 5 years / 150,000kms for DSG issues (can't remember if it covers engines as well)

Could you provide details on that? Such as a link to an official VW announcement? Because I'm not completely happy with my DSG at the moment.

Despite all that, I still love the car! I just want it to be what it's meant to be.

[adhock]

Everything working just fine at 12,000km. Nothing more, nothing less

Hope it stays that way. 2011 or 2012 build?

[noone]

Seems like 40,000k's is the unlucky range.

[Ryan_R]

Warranties < Technology & Service < Volkswagen Australia

[iamandrew]

Im up to about 70K with my car. No issues at all so far.
Got the 60K service done by a local mechanic instead of VW, due to it costing like $560 from him, instead of $950 from VW.

Its hard to find legit problems, yes Im sure there are a lot of people who have had motors replaced, but come on,
most the things are - Forum username "GolfTSI" - "My Motor Blew up and they had to replace it! its been in the mechanics for a YEAR!"
date posted - 2 days after car is released in Australia..... riiiigghhhhttt.....

[stickshift3000]

Its hard to find legit problems

You mustn't be looking very hard!

The 118tsi engine design is flawed. Plenty of documented evidence of this around. Flawed enough for VW to drop it from the MK7 range...

[adhock]

Im up to about 70K with my car. No issues at all so far.

Its hard to find legit problems

date posted - 2 days after car is released in Australia..... riiiigghhhhttt.....

70 k. When built? Congrats on the no issues. Wish I had a similar lack.

Hard to find... That's what this thread is to maybe investigate, vs broad comments like 'Dropping like flies'

Date posted. Find me some posts like that. I'm seeing Date Joined, then post, but the vehicles are 2010 or so, and the posts a year or so later.

Details, nothing more, nothing less. That's what the thread title says.

[iamandrew]

Hi, I picked mine up in April 2011, it wasn't in stock so had to wait.
According to my card VIN it was built in Germany in 2011, which is odd, I thought they were from the Chezk Republic..

As what I said before, about 10 minutes of searching comes up with the results I mentioned
and I quote exactly what stickshift said "You mustn't be looking very hard!" either mate

[Ryan_R]

All of our Mk6 Golfs were built in Germany (Wolfsburg or something like that I think).

Skoda is a CZ brand on the other hand, if that's what you were thinking

[adhock]

Golf wagons are built all over the place. Our late 2010 manufacture was from Mexico. Some 2011 wagons are South African apparently, and some are German. So some may be Czech. Hatches may be different.

[AdamD]

Golf wagons are built all over the place. Our late 2010 manufacture was from Mexico. Some 2011 wagons are South African apparently, and some are German. So some may be Czech. Hatches may be different.

All Mk6 Golf hatches for Australia were built in Germany (the main plant is in Wolfsburg, although there are several other secondary plants that were producing cars when demand was high; not sure if these manufactured any Australian cars). All Mk5 (not sold in Australia) and Mk6 wagons were/are built in Mexico only, AFAIK.

Skoda produces the majority of their cars in the Czech Republic. VW makes the Caddy in Poland.

[pologti18t]

You mustn't be looking very hard!

The 118tsi engine design is flawed. Plenty of documented evidence of this around. Flawed enough for VW to drop it from the MK7 range...

It was dropped (as was the old 90TSI engine) from the Mk 7 because it wont fit and was too heavy. The twin charger engine is still used in other VW products and has just been updated in the Polo GTI (CTHE engine code).

[ziggyboy]

It was dropped (as was the old 90TSI engine) from the Mk 7 because it wont fit and was too heavy. The twin charger engine is still used in other VW products and has just been updated in the Polo GTI (CTHE engine code).

Do you really know this as fact? Or are you just assuming this the same way the previous poster assumed it was dropped for reliability concerns?

Let's say maybe they did drop it for reliability reasons. Do you think VW will openly admit this to the public? While they are still selling cars with this engine and thousands of people are driving around with it? The simple answer is even if it was the worst engine in the world VW will never admit that it was a failure.

What I'm trying to say is that we may never really know all the reasons for dropping the engine, but don't be so naive as to think that reliability can never be a reason.