Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[OilBurna]

Final gear has been shut down now right?

[jonoz]

That episode is really not worth watching.

They do some really lame testing of the R versus the Porsche and Lambo in car parks and "agility" testing going around cones etc then getting to the Nurburgring the guy drives a race version of a Golf with 450BHP, roll cage etc so you cant even compare it against the Porsche and Lambo.

Felt really jibbed.

[Tubby]

Vibration noise

I get the same drumming and pretty much agrees with what's said above. I doubt it can be 'switched' off like the soundaktor. The downshifting is an interesting idea - will have to give that a go and see if it helps when it gets too much during city driving where it tends to be below 60kmh.

Hi guys, has anyone had any luck with this noise? My Golf has started doing it to and it's driving me nuts. Only happens when I'm off the throttle and cruising down a hill or braking and it sounds like its coming from the door. Can anyone help? I've got the car booked in to be checked next week but am worried they won't find anything!!

[jase1972]

Golf R Rattle Fixed

Great work from VW Southern yesterday regarding a rattle I started to hear in the dash. With only 700KMs on the clock I took the car up through the Adelaide hills, it was the first time I opened it up a little. Probably 45 minutes into my fun I heard a rattle as I was slowly accelerating mainly at low rpms ..... I am thinking noooo!!! I started to pull everything out of pockets etc but no luck. So I did the dreaded call to VW and to my surprise they said bring it in straight away and were really great about it.

The issue was a cable in the back of the engine bay going up through the plastic cowling, probably for the wipers. The cable work itself loose as I was giving it some. All fixed and away I went.

I also realised the importance of the individual mode, I found the roads I was driving on in the hills were shocking and I need to soften up the suspension, so a great option to have.

[andrew7]

Good news Jase, very annoying the rattles and a bonus when they're quickly fixed!

[jase1972]

Yes Andrew7, before I got to VW, I had images of them having to pull the dash apart, which is never a good with with a brand new car.

[kimba1145]

Hi guys, has anyone had any luck with this noise? My Golf has started doing it to and it's driving me nuts. Only happens when I'm off the throttle and cruising down a hill or braking and it sounds like its coming from the door. Can anyone help? I've got the car booked in to be checked next week but am worried they won't find anything!!

My G7R makes the same noise and it's definitely exhaust drone. Perhaps someone on the forum can suggest a way of making the exhaust quieter without losing performance.


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[aj555]

Hey jase, did the rattle you had in the dash sound like the one in the you tube video I found?

[jase1972]

aj555, yes it sounded like that at the low rpms. Have you sorted your issue out? I will take a picture of the cable I was talking about.

[jase1972]

See the clip on the holding the cable, this was loose.

[aj555]

See the clip on the holding the cable, this was loose.

Haven't sorted it out yet - it manifested itself a week or two after I took delivery of the car, now it comes and goes intermittently.It is the most annoying sound...
I was hoping it wouldn't involve the removal of the dash. Did the VW replace the clip?

[jase1972]

The clip was just clipped back. If you pull back the rubber seal there is a lip that the connector gets pushed onto.

[Jimi]

Hi guys, has anyone had any luck with this noise? My Golf has started doing it to and it's driving me nuts. Only happens when I'm off the throttle and cruising down a hill or braking and it sounds like its coming from the door. Can anyone help? I've got the car booked in to be checked next week but am worried they won't find anything!!

I have this on my GTI. It's definitely different to Jase's. It feels like something rattling around in the dash or behind the instrument cluster. It's a slower rattle than the other ones described here and I only get it when coasting over anything other than the smoothest of bitumen. Let me know what you discover

[jonoz]

Believe these have been seen before but I think they are probably the cheapest aesthetic change you can make to the Cadiz rims without replacing them.

[andrew7]

Nice work Jonoz, where do you source them?