horror of horrors,terrible start to 2010,25yards into 4km journey home from business last evening,all warning lights came on along with triple audible warning chimes&dash readout msg.; ENGINE FAULT,GARAGE! gruff sounding engine,hardly any power steering assist.,acceleration surge.ALL THIS WITH ONLY 4395km ON CLOCK? stopped car immediately& consulted handbook,took ages to check for all warning light definitions.DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY TO NEAREST DEALER OR PHONE ASSISTANCE.Drove home, 2 more scary power surges on way,phoned VW assist.Girl v helpful,wanted to send help within the hour,i wasnt going anywhere so opted for callout today,AA guy called spot on time,told me he had visited Skoda Octavia VRS diesel earlier v same prob.! he checked every thing,strong fumes in engine bay also,i also got those in car 2wks ago on way to work.He reset car by disconnecting battery.went for a drive all ok,will have to keep v v close eye on things,if it happens again car straight into dealer.I'M NOT IMPRESSED. THIS CAR IS REALLY ANNOYING ME WITH ALL NIGGLY FAULTS ALREADY&NOW THIS. COULD BE THE END IN SIGHT FOR ME SOON WITH SCIROCCO.TOO BUSY TO BE DEALING WITH THIS TROUBLESOME NUISANCE. Warning lights displayed; Orange; steering wheel,traction control,engine icon,low fuel[car 1/2full fuel],ABS,glow plug warning. Red; brake fail indicator[brakes felt ok but didnt take chances].No speedometer working,rev.counter ok.engine management sys. fault
engine management sys. fault
horror of horrors,terrible start to 2010,25yards into 4km journey home from business last evening,all warning lights came on along with triple audible warning chimes&dash readout msg.; ENGINE FAULT,GARAGE! gruff sounding engine,hardly any power steering assist.,acceleration surge.ALL THIS WITH ONLY 4395km ON CLOCK? stopped car immediately& consulted handbook,took ages to check for all warning light definitions.DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY TO NEAREST DEALER OR PHONE ASSISTANCE.Drove home, 2 more scary power surges on way,phoned VW assist.Girl v helpful,wanted to send help within the hour,i wasnt going anywhere so opted for callout today,AA guy called spot on time,told me he had visited Skoda Octavia VRS diesel earlier v same prob.! he checked every thing,strong fumes in engine bay also,i also got those in car 2wks ago on way to work.He reset car by disconnecting battery.went for a drive all ok,will have to keep v v close eye on things,if it happens again car straight into dealer.I'M NOT IMPRESSED. THIS CAR IS REALLY ANNOYING ME WITH ALL NIGGLY FAULTS ALREADY&NOW THIS. COULD BE THE END IN SIGHT FOR ME SOON WITH SCIROCCO.TOO BUSY TO BE DEALING WITH THIS TROUBLESOME NUISANCE. Warning lights displayed; Orange; steering wheel,traction control,engine icon,low fuel[car 1/2full fuel],ABS,glow plug warning. Red; brake fail indicator[brakes felt ok but didnt take chances].No speedometer working,rev.counter ok.-
Scirocco Bhoy
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 10:10 pm
- I drive a: GT 2.0 TSI
- In: Sumatra
- With a: Manual box
Re: engine management sys. fault
i wouldn't wait for it to happen again. You could be doing 70mph on a motorway next time it happens and could lead to an accident.
You should be straight back to the dealer with it on Monday morning. The AA man may have sorted it but i'd make sure a VW mechanic had a good look at it and viewed the fault messages.
You should be straight back to the dealer with it on Monday morning. The AA man may have sorted it but i'd make sure a VW mechanic had a good look at it and viewed the fault messages.
Re: engine management sys. fault
i think your right Bhoy,i cant see myself keeping car,have lost all interest in it since they changed steering wheel,dials,heating/ventilation/air-con controls etc.,.7month old car already outdated,plus lots of niggling problems too.i have spent a hell of a lot of v hard earned money on my car,frankly i'm disgusted with VW. thanx for the reply.anyone else as disgruntled as me out there? i think VW need to sit up&take note of how many problems associated wit scirocco so far,
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Scirocco Bhoy
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 10:10 pm
- I drive a: GT 2.0 TSI
- In: Sumatra
- With a: Manual box
Re: engine management sys. fault
brendan wrote:i think your right Bhoy,i cant see myself keeping car,have lost all interest in it since they changed steering wheel,dials,heating/ventilation/air-con controls etc.,.7month old car already outdated,plus lots of niggling problems too.i have spent a hell of a lot of v hard earned money on my car,frankly i'm disgusted with VW. thanx for the reply.anyone else as disgruntled as me out there? i think VW need to sit up&take note of how many problems associated wit scirocco so far,
Sorry to hear you're not happy with it. I've not even got mines yet (ordered July). I'm picking it up next week so i'm hoping to have a better experience that you seem to have had.
I know what you mean about the outdated models etc. They started building the 210bhp model the week after mines was build.
hope you manage to get everything sorted
Re: engine management sys. fault
They keep on increasing the prices of the scirocco as well......
Re: engine management sys. fault
good luck wit new delivery this week Bhoy! every car s differant so you could well be trouble free.I am contacting dealer tomorrow,will report back on their handling of complaints.210bhp intro s a bit of a pain ok,as was 170bhp diesel... they just seem so hellbent on complicating model line up as much as possible, since Jan.09 it seems to be a very complicated/messy line up of models for such a new model car.Mode s right, prices seem v v high, compared to better specced alternative makes&models. I'm DEFFINATELY finished with VW. reliability/quality seems to be a major new issue for VW, new Passat electronic handbrake s dogged with trouble also, jamming in on mode with NO emergency release facility.