Facebook Community Survey Results And Some Comments
There is a Facebook group that was started by a group of Malaysian Volkswagen owners who are extremely disappointed (to say the least) by the supposedly appalling after-sales service quality over at Volkswagen Malaysia. I am not surprised as I have written a couple or so times as regards how unreliable VW cars have been in recent years. And so, I am now pleased to report to you a survey conducted by the chaps running the Facebook page - VW DSG 7 Defects Community. About 163 people took part in the survey. Incidently the Facebook group mentioned herein had over that 1,200 Likes, so close to 15% took part in the survey. Most of them who took part were cars 2010 or younger and a majority were the Golf 1.4TSI and Polo 1.2TSI owners. More than half suffered DSG issues and about 11% suffered engine issues. On a personal note, I know of only two reliable VW owners.
UPDATE (April 2016)- Since writing the article, I have to add that my brother in law runs a Polo 1.6 Sedan. No issues whatsoever at all. Another friend runs a Passat for over three years. He's had software changes to the gearbox, a change of fuel tank caused by a faulty pump assembly, two batteries but he is happy with the car which seems to be sorted out after the first two years or so. Speaking about Proton, Volkswagen is actually the Proton of Germany. I have said time and time again that if you bought a Volkswagen, translated from German as 'People's Car', is actually the entry level German car. Yes, you get better material quality, the dashboard and controls are all nice but in reality the company will treat you as buying a bread and butter car. You are not buying actual designer products here. You are buying highstreet fashion here at the very most. The service experience will be like any other non-luxury car out there.
IF they all work as they supposed to most of the time instead of checking in and out of the service center most of the time. Oh, and to rub it in even a defective Proton Preve is more reliable than a Golf TSI these days. Volkswagen seems to be worse that owning an Alfa Romeo. It's like participating in an unlucky draw instead of a lucky draw with VW these days. Do you think over 200hp is easy to make? Do yo think over 100hp/liter is easy to make? Furthermore, note that VW Malaysia do not actually give 5 years of warranty. The last few years of their warranty is covered under an insurance company. Do you see Mercedes Benz doing that? Do you even see Honda Malaysia doing that? Both companies give 5 years MANUFACTURER WARRANTY (as of the date of this article in 2014). I do suggest you folks out there pay attention to warranty these days as cars nowadays are incredibly complex pieces of metal. Too complicated in fact. Do you know that any car made today may have more computing power and computers than the space shuttle? And as a conclusion, some VW owners in Malaysia are suffering. Oh, by the way, the group intends to give a memorandum of demand to the MD of VW Malaysia next Thursday 13th March 2014 at around 12.00pm-1.00pm at the VW Malaysia HQ in Bangsar. I hope things happen after this. Good things. Nothing bad okay.
The GLX US version was computer limited for emission reasons. You can get this reprogrammed for more horse power and higher delimiter on your RPM. Do some searcho on google, there are lot of shops that does VW tuning does reprogramming your computer. Vw bora 1.6 16v small timing belt teeth is brokn while iwas driving and the man timing belt is fine why&how' ? The Bora uses two belts: A main one driving one camshaft from the crankshaft, and another small one between the two camshafts. Either can break or strip teeth if maintenance intervals are ignored, it's most likely that your belts haven't been checked at the required intervals (they should be checked every 20,000 miles, but don't specify a replacement interval). If the car's done over 60,000 miles without replacement & the belts haven't been inspected, your engine's been living on borrowed time. Too old, materials have deteriorated with time and use. The small belt has suffered greater fatigue and failed. If you did not buy the car new then it is possible only one belt has been changed instead of both during maintenance. Will a body kit for a 2008 VW GTI fit a 2008 VW R32? I figure it will since the R32 is just an upgraded version of the GTI, all on the same Golf platform, but I wanted to know for sure before I bought a kit.
