mk 6 golf gti

[NickHKent]

Afternoon all, the missus is on my case about getting a car with 5 doors so the A5 has got to go. I flirted with the idea of leasing a new Golf R or a buying a used A7 but as we live in work and central London it seems pointless to have all that cash tied up in something we use once or twice a week.

I'm fairly ambivalent about cars these days so thought a 5 door mk6 golf gti with the DSG box would fit the bill.

Am I right in thinking that the DSG box in this is different to that in the MK5 but still requires the same tender love and care?

Google flashed up with "timing chain mega problems" or something, can I merrily ignore this or is it actually an issue?

Does that hill assist thing come as standard?

Cheers

[va1o]

A 5dr Golf GTI DSG is one of the best all round cars you can buy, does everything you could ask of it

I toyed with buying an early Mk6 at the start of the year but decided against it. They are too expensive at the moment to represent decent value and a lot of the 2009 cars are suffering timing chain failures. From what I've read it's so bad that you couldn't really risk running one without a warranty (unless chain already replaced).

I settled with a tidy Mk5 in the end as it's basically the same car (shares platform and gearbox) but for less than half the price. The Mk5 engine is cambelt so provided that's changed to schedule they tend to be quite solid.

[Patch1875]

There are issues with the timing chain either make sure you have a warranty or pay £350 to get the tensioner changed for the modified one.

[MattS3]

Patch1875 said:

There are issues with the timing chain either make sure you have a warranty or pay £350 to get the tensioner changed for the modified one.

So are you saying £350 negates the issue of the timing chain failure? I've put off changing my wife's MKV due to the issue of chains on the MK6 and don't want to keep extending a warranty to cover it.

[SMB]

MattS3 said:

So are you saying £350 negates the issue of the timing chain failure? I've put off changing my wife's MKV due to the issue of chains on the MK6 and don't want to keep extending a warranty to cover it.

He's saying that £350 would get the tensioner replaced with the latest version, if that is a full fix we don't know. Also the tsi engine suffers intake manifold failures in 2.0t form, fix is between £440-£600.

[NickHKent]

My initial plan appears to have been foiled- decent Mk6s are circa 14/15k.

Might end up with an auto BMW 330 as this rate

[MintyChris]

NickHKent said:

My initial plan appears to have been foiled- decent Mk6s are circa 14/15k.

Might end up with an auto BMW 330 as this rate

Indeed, I've been eyeing up mk6's aswell. Good looking car.

Anyone know what year's this chain problem effected? I've also being looking at a5's with the 2.0T and I believe they are basically the same engine with chain.

[va1o]

It's mainly the 2009 cars affected