I am going to burn this car...found loads of issues with it, its going back to the dealer to get addressed
· Lower suspension arm front bush move moving backwards and forwards, could be causing a slight knock when reversing with full lock to the right and braking, as arm is moving? Also if you turn right and go forward up a curb (drive way entrance) and brake while turned to the right, again knocks
· Needs a new battery, as old one dies very fast
· Air Filter is covered in some sort of substance, it is not soft foam as it should be, instead feels like an oil contaminated air filter, possibly causing restrictions to air flow to the engine at higher revs, causing heat soak?
· Map issues – Car has been sold with an apparent Stage one map by viezu tuning, no proof of this map has been provided, and Viezu Tuning say they have no record of this map, the car itself does not feel stage 1 mapped and is down on serious power, according to forums and online groups stage 1 should be between 300-310bhp with a power increase, this car does not feel like it has that power increase
· Two friends have Golf R’s, one manual, one DSG, this Golf gets the upper hand slightly to third gear around 120mph, then holds back, and slowly creeps up the speedo after, but struggles and you can feel it struggling, which is strange because it should be pulling all the way. Both other Golfs with stock maps pull all the way to the limiter of 155mph, and have both pulled past this golf with ease and left it behind pulling 4/5 cars on it, this is concerning because this is meant to be a stage 1, my concern is parts have been taken off the vehicle, and the map not adjusted accordingly, causing it to run wrong, could this also be the filter? Really a stock air intake pipe should be put back on the car
· With the map issues and the car running wrong this could of also done engine damage due to running to lean
· The engine also on idle, ever so slightly misses a beat, you can hear it in the exhaust note, and also feel it by having your hand on the engine cover
· No launch control – This feature isn’t in the map, or on the car anymore, again the other Golf R’s have had launch control used on them, but this one no longer has that feature. Which should be on from stock.
· Oil pressure Low warning light – This came on after hard cornering to the right, again after searching online, this has been narrowed down to oil pick up pipe being blocked, or oil pump. The car was topped up with oil before sold to myself, and was on minimum when checked on 2/04/2016, so between 42,463 when it was purchased and 44500 which it is on now, it has used a lot of oil. Oil breather pipe towards the back of the engine under the cover is also leaking slightly
· Problems found when connecting the car to a snap on computer, snap on computer screen photos attached, these codes haven’t been deleted, and have been left to be seen to and addressed by your selves.
Pay big money for a car n have problems like this, should of just stuck with me 3k astra lol