Volkswagen Golf 2.3 V5 Review

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Volkswagen Golf 2.3 V5
3.8 stars
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ronlebon's Review of Volkswagen Golf 2.3 V5

27th Jan 2004

Overall Rating

2.5 stars
  • Value for money
    2.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    Not supplied
  • Practicality
    2.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2003
  • Performance
    2.5 stars
  • Reliability
    2.5 stars
Bad Points

Brakes screech and vibrate heavily
Response from VW has been very poor
Warranty not worth the paper it is written on


General Comments

I bought a VW Golf 2.3 V5 in August 2003. Soon after buying the car I noticed that following a spell of rain, the brakes screech very badly when parking or pulling up to traffic lights. Sometimes they vibrate heavily. Where the brake pads come into contact with the disks, a rusty deposit forms rings on the brake disks.
I have a 3 year parts and labour warranty with VW valid until August 2006. However, each time I leave it to get it fixed at the VW garage the car comes back with the same problem. They refuse to put on new disks or brake pads or carry out any other brake replacement work. All they do is brush off the rusty layer on the disks and pads and within a few days the same problem is back.

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