What to look for when buying a VW Polo?

[smashing]

Hello people,

My sister is looking to buy a VW Polo in the next few weeks and I was wondering what sort of things she needs to look out for apart from the obvious i.e service history.

She has been looking at some X reg cars and is quite interested in this one http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

Any help would be great

[Blakewater]

Electrical faults are a big issue. My mum had an S reg Polo from new and after about four years she had to get rid of it because of an electrical issue the dealer couldn't resolve. Sometimes the indicators would stop working until she called someone out or took it to the garage, then they would work again. The whole indicator mechanism was replaced and then she got stranded in a rainstorm because the indicators and wipers together stopped working. She lost faith in the car and decided it wasn't worth spending money on so got rid of it. Turn the engine on and off a few times and try all the switches each time to make sure they always work.

[smashing]

thanks will pass that on.

[Diabolik]

IIRC there was some major issues with the gearbox and pedal box.

[jr123]

The electric window motors are know very well to fail, lots of info available on club polo, the model your looking at is known as the 6n2 HTH

[icepop]

Looks a cracking car, any problems with electrics will have surfaced years ago, agree with gearbox probs though, sons friends GTi model, 2000, has needed repair just recently, but they don't all do it I guess. Very solid little car otherwise.

[Swoxy]

Gearbox.