Brand new 1.6 DTI 2010, two weeks old and had to have a new box fitted, ever since then I have been getting a banning sound now and then.I tend to keep cars for three years, cant wait to get rid of this one. Mind you the doors are quite when you close them.

lOOKS GOOD AND DRIVES WELL. VERY ECONOMICAL. WOULD HAVE PREFERED THE 5 DOOR AS THE 3 DOOR, THE DOORS ARE TOO BIG AND DIFFICULT GETTING OUT OF THE GARAGE. FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY. WOULD RECOMEND THIS MAKE.

Have just bought a VW golf 1.6se automatic 2000 reg. Thought i couldnt go wrong buying a Volkswagen, but how wrong i was.

Terrible drive and handling plus the automatic gearbox races and struggles to find fourth gear. Just paid 2 grand for this car with only 66k miles and cambelt changed. Be interested to hear of any other drivers experiencing same problem on the automatic.

Car is going back to garage where purcased from. Bloody frustrating.

Had i known this beforehand about the reliability on the auto gearbox i would have walked away.

Would certainly never consider buying a Volkswagen again for the remainder of my life expectancy.

I bought an 1.6 SE golf about a month ago. It is a lovely looking car but it is taking a lot of getting used to. I find that you have to give the car quite a lot of revs when setting off to get the car to move with out chugging (or stalling sometimes!)may be the having to get used to a new car but i have never had this much trouble getting used to a car before, dont get me wrong when you are on the move it is a very nippy thing doesnt take much to get it moving.

I bought a Golf Varient in 2008. The Gearbox needed to be changed after just 20,000Km and thank God it was still covered.
My brother bought a Scirocco and his Gearbox was fried at about 20,000Km as well!!!!!

I don't think I will be buying VW anymore

I have the 1998 Golf S mk4 1.6. I have been looking to get a second hand g/box for over 3 month now. My Garage told me that this is a common problem and that the g/box are quite a nightmare to find. At first i did not believe them but now my car has been at the garage for over 3 months and i do not know what to do with it, Rang VW dealer and they said it will cost me about £1300. Only if i knew this, i wouldn't have got rid of my previous car to car a car that looks nice but cannot do what it was bought for in the first place.

Excellent little round around and i haven`t had any major problems. All MOT`s passed except for tyres- which was my own responsibility. Good on petrol. It`s taken me further a field to London and Leeds a number times and never caused problems. Fast and nippy for what it is. I would definately look to get another Golf in the future as they`re great cars and also keep their value.

DO NOT BUY A VW GEARBOXS WILL FALL TO BITS

Same issue with gearbox. $12,000 for one in Australia so I got a second hand one. I bought the car new for $26,000 and after 80,000kms the gearbox went, leaking oil, cracked bell housing and so on. I complained to VW and they would not even send me a letter just ignored it. It really will come back to bite them as I tell everyone not to buy a VW so far put of about 5 purchase. I spread the word stay away. Bad move VW. I sold it to get a Toyota as 300,000kms and no issues. I don't want to see a person ripped off as I was. I had to get another loan to get to work on a car just over 3 years old (just out of warranty) .

Greetings people i have had exactly the same problem with my Audi A3 1.6 Sport. I cant understand how a company like VW can get something so simple so wrong. I havent got a quote on getting it fixed but i know it is going to cost a bomb to get sorted. i do know Theres a company based in kent that sell a refurbished box with the bolts instead of the rivets so im exploring possibilities at the mo. i know if i can get it sorted it will run for ever and i dont really wanna part with the car as there damn good cars apart from this obvious problem.

Hi!

I own a Seat Leon from 2004, manufactoring year 2003. I have never been happy with the way, the gearbox works on this car. The first 2 years everything was fine, but hereafter shifting gears between 1. and 2. started to become a struggle. Gearbox is fine at first, but after 20 miles, when the car has run warm, your are struggling with it. It feels as though you have to shove it in to gear, especially when shifting into 1. gear at a red light.

Now the other day running at 5 miles an hour, coming from a parking lot, a loud Bang shuts the enigne off (revit?). Someting came loose but i can start the engine. It starts to raddle from the left/front side of the car and sometimes a banging sound can be heard.

I talk to my mechanic and we agree that he schould check the clutch for maybe a broken clutch spring, as it sounded like coming from the gearbox / engine area. (what do i know??)

Well gearbox pulled off engine and there is no fault to the clutch!? The mechanic told me that there where nearly no oil in the box and it looked it had been leaking out at some point (when the revit broke?). I'm not gonna pay for the mechanic to open up the gearbox, to verify the fault. Just ordered the car repaired for £1400 (New gearbox not recon.) ...

Dont get a recon. gearbox ... they all have the same fault. Its not worth saving a few £, as it will break again!!

The Volkswagen Golf 1.6 SE is a nice second car fun to drive not had any problems .. touch wood only had 2 replace a fuse that cost 2 pounds and this car has 140000 on the clock!

5 months ago I upgtaded my 1.1 fiat punto (extremley reliable even if a terrible looking car) to a Volkswagen Golf 1.6 SE. It had 58k on the clock and so I immediantly changed the cam belt.
However, I have a screeching noise occasionaly upon starting the engin, which my local garage seems to think could be the starter motor, and also is alot lot slower than I thouight it woudl be. All websites I have been on say the toop speed is 117mph, but mine tops out at 105mph and that is at around 5200rpm! Somebody told me that my car sounds as though the exhaust is going to blow....

i like this Volkswagen Golf 1.6 SE and i think it looks good

I have had 2 VW mk4s, my first one was manual and it was fantastic it drove brilliant until my clutch slipped (Bad driving) and after I replaced it my Gear box blew while I was driving it, with my second one automatic it seems to be that the gear box is not going into gear and really irritating me as I should be at work.