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[mr_bzr]

Mine uses about that. But thats with any kind of acceleration at all. The only way to get less than 6.4l/100km i found is either highway driving with feather light acceleration, or just no discernable acceleration at all during city driving... The instant any kind of enthusiasm is introduced to the car... I find the fuel consumption jumps up to around 14 or so.

[FJ Steve]

Sent our Polo to the dealer yesterday. Shuddering in low gear changes. Service supervisor confirmed that its not the first one they've seen. Car shuddered during his test drive, so confirms theissue. Now rebooked for early January for a day of testing. They're going to check ECU etc for firmware updates and also checking for a new clutch pack.

And my missus forgot to ask about the "sticking" key issue...guess that will have to wait until January too.

That makes both our VWs on the sick list. The R32 has a dodgy aircon, and I'm waiting for thr dealership to get the appropriate equipment to check/rectify the problem.

At least the FJR (touch wood) is running. Thats in for a full enema next week.

[prcurrie]

Just spoke to the service manager. The orange check engine light isn't necessarily related to the Catalytic Converter. It could be anything and until they plug it in and see what the fault codes are, they can't be sure. He said if it turns red, then the car will go into safety mode and I'll struggle to get to them!

Awesome. Good times ahead!

[wilditr]

And today the GTI gave me a bit of a hairy moment and unsure what the story is as its only done it once.

Pulling out of an intersection in S and gave it a bit of stick and got a small chirp from the tyres, all of a sudden the power completely died and the car wouldn't move.
I had to put the car into D and then it car drove off as per normal.

Would have been damn scary if their was on coming traffic .

[prcurrie]

And today the GTI gave me a bit of a hairy moment and unsure what the story is as its only done it once.

Pulling out of an intersection in S and gave it a bit of stick and got a small chirp from the tyres, all of a sudden the power completely died and the car wouldn't move.
I had to put the car into D and then it car drove off as per normal.

Would have been damn scary if their was on coming traffic .

Was it something like this ..... More DSG problems with my 2011 Polo GTI TSI - YouTube

If so, possible DSG issue

[wilditr]

Yeah seems to be but I only have 600kms on the clock

Was it something like this ..... More DSG problems with my 2011 Polo GTI TSI - YouTube

If so, possible DSG issue

[RoknRob]

Mine uses about that. But thats with any kind of acceleration at all. The only way to get less than 6.4l/100km i found is either highway driving with feather light acceleration, or just no discernable acceleration at all during city driving... The instant any kind of enthusiasm is introduced to the car... I find the fuel consumption jumps up to around 14 or so.

I drive mine with a mix of styles - including pretty hard driving about 50% of the time - and return about 7.8 l/100km.

[prcurrie]

Yeah seems to be but I only have 600kms on the clock

Doesn't matter, mine has 800 on the clock and the check engine light is on. Just went to take it to the dealer but I drove about 500m and all I could smell was burning......so I turned around and came home. Waiting for the dealer to open so I can call them......

[funtastic]

And today the GTI gave me a bit of a hairy moment and unsure what the story is as its only done it once.

Pulling out of an intersection in S and gave it a bit of stick and got a small chirp from the tyres, all of a sudden the power completely died and the car wouldn't move.
I had to put the car into D and then it car drove off as per normal.

Would have been damn scary if their was on coming traffic .

These sorts of problems are really scary...especially if you consider if someone not familiar with the car such as another family member was driving or traffic was coming as you suggested. Maybe not quite on a par with toyotas "rocket" car issue but still very serious. To me this is even more disconcerting than the oil consumption problem.

[noone]

wow, not a nice list of issues for the new Polo...

[wilditr]

Yep agree totally I was just lucky that I could sit in the middle of the road for 15 seconds trying to work out what the hell to do.
Will have to take it out somewhere quiet and see if I can get it to do it again and contact the dealer.

These sorts of problems are really scary...especially if you consider if someone not familiar with the car such as another family member was driving or traffic was coming as you suggested. Maybe not quite on a par with toyotas "rocket" car issue but still very serious. To me this is even more disconcerting than the oil consumption problem.

[Koala231]

... not much comes to mind other then ... "what the fudge cookies in a firey pit of shet????"

omg read all these issues from page 1-well to here .. expecting a vw history to prevail and to solidify my conviction to buy a Gti polo ... now i dont know whether or not to warn anyone of whom i see own one on the road ... personally thank you everyone from helping myself and possibly others from buying such a lemon series of vw ... i really do wish you all the best with the issues though, and hope the dealers start obtaining some foresight to fix these issues at-house before final delivery to future customers, kudos to everyone of whom have given those in need advice

i find it pretty funny at the incompetence of some dealerships that a lot of you have had to use your own spare time to find the source of the problems that have arisen ... lol i have a sore neck from shaking my head so much from reading all these consistent problems ...

before i get flamed i understand that cars have problems, but i personally have not witnessed the numbers that are seemingly being faced by polo owners

[Hail22]

more or less the issues have increased more from the GTI side of the Fence the TSI is the constant silly cabin sounds rather than critical components such as turbo/supercharger chirping, high oil usage etc.

[mythik]

Ok, so, this is a new problem:

The glovebox lid down to bottom right side seems to have come apart. Probably a manufacturing defect or a monday morning production run. I don't often open the glovebox hence I have not noticed until now.

I'll book in the car at Burwin VW and also get the fuel line / AC line rattle fix at the same time.

Anyone else had this glovebox coming apart issue?

[Hail22]

Ok, so, this is a new problem:

The glovebox lid down to bottom right side seems to have come apart. Probably a manufacturing defect or a monday morning production run. I don't often open the glovebox hence I have not noticed until now.

I'll book in the car at Burwin VW and also get the fuel line / AC line rattle fix at the same time.

Anyone else had this glovebox coming apart issue?

If they agree the part was installed faulty request immediately the entire car is checked from front to rear to check that all bolts etc have been fastened, they should provide you with a loan car until such time a check is undertaken to make sure the entire car is in safe working order.

Honestly that whole press release saying that re-opening the South African/Spanish Plant to build Right hand drive Polos (like in the past making MKV Golfs) was the worse decision VAG made.