Golf Alltrack

[ToomanyVWs]

Very luxurious Kachingg. My white mirror caps arrived and are fitted, thanks to some videos on youtube. Car looks much better. I now want to source some 4-way headrests because I do a lot of snoozing in the passenger seat while wifey drives - I'm 73. I tried the ones from my Mk2 Tiguan and they fit, so the search has started. I also want extending sunvisors like our 2005 Mk5 GTI had, and the US Alltrack SEL has them. I will advise the outcome in due course. I like this VW ability to mix 'n match. Perhaps they should feature it in their advertising.

4-way headrests arrived yesterday and they fit! $US180 from AliExpress, leather covered, good quality. They only need to have an indent filed into one of the support rods to index with the retaining clip, although this is probably not really necessary.

[banger2]

Hi All,

.........................................And now onto the biggest minus and my question....the LED headlights! I love the cornering function, and I love the quality of the light.....BUT....the throw of the light (distance) is woeful in low beam. Travelling on unlit roads they just don't project far enough..whilst hard to quantify, the beam seems to properly light up around 3 car lengths ahead only (basically 3-4 "dashed" road lines). When the car is loaded with passengers, the beam is automatically adjusted down, the beam distance reducing again and frankly its dangerous. I spoke to the service department about having them adjusted on 1st service, to be told they aren't adjustable. Next service I'm going to be more forceful about having them checked/aligned....I doubt Ill get any favorable outcome...so VW will be my next step. I fear there is no solution and Ill just have to put up with them. Obviously high beam isn't always a solution, but the high beam is fantastic however!

Can anyone with LED headlights on their car make any comments about their performance? I've googled and cant find any other negative comments on factory LED headlights. Other than automatically lowering with load, they are OK on lit roads for obvious reasons....the roads are already lit!

Sorry for the long winded post...

Hi All,

Just a quick update if someone finds the same problem with the LED headlights. Went in to drive the Allspace Tiguan for the GF, and also spoke to one of the mechanics. He checked the settings, rekoned it was set for the wrong side of the road....woohoo thinks I - a solution. Wrong! Not only was the light more woeful, the cornering function is all but disabled. I now know this is normal behavior when you change from standard to opposite side in the menu. Anyway....he did also show me where you can manually adjust the headlight on the headlight unit.

The 30k service came up, I asked them to realign the headlights, not expecting any change, but not only was the service $100 cheaper than they quoted - the headlights are massively improved! The light is a little less focused up close but I am more than satisfied with the standard beam throw now - much improved So headlight alignment has solved the problem.

When we picked up the Tiguan, the salesman made a comment about the headlights (also LED) should be fine this time round.....but they are worse! So 1st service...align headlights please! The problem is not really evident on roads with streetlights, but on unlit streets, of which there are plenty around my area, it is truly scary - especially as many of those streets have no gutters, and telegraph poles are literally at the edge of the road surface on a couple of the roads I regularly travel.

The Allspace has the high beam assist....which I was nervous about using. Its just very alien leaving high beam on with approaching cars....but so far no-one has flashed me with the system activated! ....on the occasions I get to drive her car

I've replaced the tyres on the car....how lucky (sarcasm) front left outside edge was worn, front right inside edge was worn and rear tyre had a nail in the sidewall...grrrr. 29000km out of them.....not really good enough. I've changed them for Bridgestone RE050A which I had great success on another car....I must admit they don't seem as sharp as the stock Goodyear tyres...but they have great grip. Only done 1000km on them so time will tell.

Fuel economy continues to be good, long term average up a little to 6.4, but I've kind of given up chasing hugely low fuel economy and just enjoy the car!

Thats all!
Ash

[hkogti]

Hi all, i have got the audi wheels on the alltrack now, but the vw hub caps are slightly smaller to fit, anyone have an idea any vw hun caps can fit?

[brad]

Hi all, i have got the audi wheels on the alltrack now, but the vw hub caps are slightly smaller to fit, anyone have an idea any vw hun caps can fit?

Pull the Audi badge of the original and stick a VW decal on it. You can get them from eBay or AliExpress. I've had 3 sets of Audi wheels on the Skoda and I've done this each time. It passes the 1 metre test.

[brad]

I've changed them for Bridgestone RE050A which I had great success on another car....I must admit they don't seem as sharp as the stock Goodyear tyres...but they have great grip. Only done 1000km on them so time will tell.

RE050A are a really old tyre now. They came out 15 years back. They are OK but nothing special. I've had 2 sets on the Skoda and am always surprised how much they spin. At least they last a reasonable amount (for a 180 TWR)

[hkogti]

Good idea... cheap quick fix!

[hkogti]

Got 235/40R19 with conti 5, the ride comfort is maintained with a more secure feeling on straight amd corner, but the car pull weaker...

[Rooboy]

Perfect Melbourne day today - the kind that made me glad I ordered the sunroof Really nice to drive down the beach area with the roof open

[ToomanyVWs]

Hi Rooboy. Yes, sunroof is very nice. I was a bit dubious about the amount of heat that would get through the blind, but very good so far. I'll have to wait for a 45 degree day to really test it. I had a 2009 C class Benz with a blind under the sun roof years ago, and that got very hot inside, even on only a warm day.
I notice that a few US owners have complained about water leaks in their Mexico-sourced Alltracks. I haven't heard of any problems yet with the German ones.

[Kachingg]

Hi Rooboy. Yes, sunroof is very nice. I was a bit dubious about the amount of heat that would get through the blind, but very good so far. I'll have to wait for a 45 degree day to really test it. I had a 2009 C class Benz with a blind under the sun roof years ago, and that got very hot inside, even on only a warm day.
I notice that a few US owners have complained about water leaks in their Mexico-sourced Alltracks. I haven't heard of any problems yet with the German ones.

I have had a leak with my German sunroof unfortunately was off road for 2 weeks

Apparently one of the rear hoses was kinked from the factory i ended up with a 1/2 full spare wheel well of water which shorted out the subwoofer all repaired under warranty had to drive a crappy rav 4 hire car for 2 weeks ugggg what a unappetizing car

Keeping a close eye on it now

Tho i was approached by a lady in the coles carpark on the weekend asking me if i had a issue with the sunroof leaking!
Apparently her's was in for the 4th time and was getting a whole new sunroof as it kept leaking

Fingers crossed it was just the hose and nothing more with mine

[Rooboy]

I've enjoyed it since I've had it and passengers love the view out of it at night. As you can probably guess, I keep the blind open and I can't say I noticed the heat anymore in it than in my old Yeti but you can certainly feel the sun when the roof is open. I've not experienced leak issues which maybe due to it mostly being garaged during the week, but it did spend 2 weeks buried under a metre or so of snow with no ill effects.

That wasn't a good experience with yours Kachingg - hopefully no more issues.

[brad]

Got 235/40R19 with conti 5, the ride comfort is maintained with a more secure feeling on straight amd corner, but the car pull weaker...

10mm bigger diameter means slightly taller gearing but the biggest reason will be the increase in weight. Heavy wheels accelerate slowly. Flywheel effect.

[hkogti]

Yea, from standstill acceleration i feel the most, its like a massive turbo lag till 3000rpm...

[hkogti]

I found there is a whining noise at low speed around 1-30km/h, and when it is at 40km above or complete stop the noise stop, went in to a near by vw dealership and the tech thinks is the haldex pump, they booked me in for a check next week, finger crossed...

[Tuan]

Hi guys, noticed that the Alltrack has the foamy rear number plate backing as well - if you left your standard plates on as opposed to wasting $400 to get bigger Euro plates, how did you go about getting rid of the excess backing ? Does it just peel off ?

Thanks Alltrack guys.