3 day old Golf R broken down

[Gregmitchell]

After 3 days and 200 miles I've got the following errors.....

Airbag
Start stop
Auto hold
Acc and front assist
Electronic parking break

Not the best start to ownership....... waiting for it to be taken away as we speak.

[Gregmitchell]

Shaw Tarse said:

Broke ?

Just errors on the computer saying they're disabled....

[Gregmitchell]

Had all the connectors checked, battery disconnect and reconnect, vw assist couldn't sort it out so it's at the dealers now for repair....

[Gregmitchell]

[Gregmitchell]

Apologies for photo quality.... My phone camera had stopped focusing.

[Gregmitchell]

It had done a short journey, sedately drive, parked up for an hour then the faults appeared. Then they disappeared and were replaced by an airbag error, then just parking break error, then they all came back again.... This was after turning the engine off and restarting. The AA man read the car for fault codes and couldn't find any... Lucky I live 5 miles from the vw garage.

[Gregmitchell]

Jazzer said:

You're not supposed to track it early doors!!

The car will be fine, just software glitches, don't worry!

It's been absolutely amazing until this, but yeah I agree software update will prob sort it.

[Gregmitchell]

Cupramax said:

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yeah yeah i got it... auto correct and reading on a phone.... :-)

[Gregmitchell]

Nothing in the glove box, they were looking at the car this afternoon but I've heard nothing back, hopefully I'll have some news tomorrow.... The service guy did say... Oh registered on the 5th go August, that's a new one. They haven't had a MK7 R in yet, I hope they can diagnose and fix quickly.

[Gregmitchell]

So.... It turns out the waste pipe from the air conditioning unit was draining away into the ecu.... Not through the floor... So new ecu being fitted tomorrow and I should be back in business :-)

[Gregmitchell]

sumo69 said:

Greg

Any update? Have VW given you something decent to get around in?

David

Well they've had to take the whole dash out and now replace the heater matrix or something.... Still not got the car.... The dealership have been awful, my courtesy car is a 2013 Tsi blue motion covered in dents and scratches.... Had a moan at vw corporate who are going to offer some kind of goodwill.... Seriously lost faith in the VW brand having come from Mercedes and bmw who in my past experiences always go above and beyond. I'll keep you posted on any outcomes.

P.s. They offered another car now but it's a bit late and just more inconvenience,

[Gregmitchell]

Also forgot to mention I am having to chase the dealership for updates as they don't seem to give a crap to be honest.

[Gregmitchell]

Car is back! Ecu/abs unit & heater matrix replaced..... Now the clutch release bearing is making a noise.... Hopefully that's going to go away! It was like getting the car from new again, as I'd only had it 3 days prior.

[Gregmitchell]

Quick update, the ACC has stopped working, and the clutch release bearing is now making a noise.

VW corporate have said they are going to inspect the vehicle top to bottom and consider offering me a brand new car instead of a few hundred £££, I'll keep you posted.