So the turbo's are already blowing on R's?

GTITX1 · Jul 16, 2014

I saw a thread over on vortex that user Maodys (the guy who posts the awesome ring lap videos) had his turbo blow, and several other owners have had their turbos blow as well, and many times requiring the entire engine be replaced. As far as I know, they are all non tuned. I wonder what this says for the long term tuning potential of this car...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?6946721-Maodys-Golf-VII-R/page2

Wild Hare · Jul 16, 2014

OMG, don't buy one!

iAmLodi · Jul 17, 2014

Crap. He claims three more R's on a German R forum also had blown turbos all of which caused damaged motors requiring full replacement!! Not good news. I'll def be keeping my eyes & ears open for the next while...

Not sure if the other cars were modified at all, but his was bone stock other than wheels and brakes. That's got me shitting my pants because I definitely enjoy tracking my cars... .. .

vagmotorsport · Jul 17, 2014

There has been a revision to the turbos and cars which were bought last year have an issue with the turbos.

GTITX1 · Jul 17, 2014

Excelsior said:
OMG, don't buy one!

I am not being an alarmist. There is (was based on the last comment) an issue with this turbo.

GTITX1 · Jul 17, 2014

vagmotorsport said:
There has been a revision to the turbos and cars which were bought last year have an issue with the turbos.

The turbo is the new water pump

Thanks for the info, glad they found the issue and revised.

CaptObvious75 · Jul 17, 2014

Anyone know what the issue was?

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iAmLodi · Jul 17, 2014

Captobvious75 said:
Anyone know what the issue was?

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I don't remember the specifics, but something to do with a certain part within the turbo's internals breaking loose causing turbo failure, and in some cases, parts entering motor causing full engine failure.

I am glad it's all been sorted out though if that truly is the case.

Maximum6 · Aug 21, 2014

Just saying...

wasn't there a guy with an R who's wheel was blown apart from normal driving?

What's up with VW destroying themselves now?

Max Schnell · Aug 22, 2014

Maximum6 said:
Just saying...

wasn't there a guy with an R who's wheel was blown apart from normal driving?

What's up with VW destroying themselves now?

IIRC it was due to a bad batch of turbos, which VW seem to be actively replacing on all cars that had them whether they have blown or not.

I wouldn't exactly call this a case of 'VW destroying themselves'

The guy with the destroyed wheel seems to be an isolated case, and maybe another one of these "I was just driving along when......."

GGray · Aug 22, 2014

Excelsior said:
OMG, don't buy one!

LMAO!!!!

I hear ya...

maybe the LED tail lights caused the turbo to blow up.....

kyoo · Nov 12, 2014

obviously this is not as much of a joke now as some of you tried to play it down as

cyb3rdud3 · Nov 12, 2014

Definitely not a joke when it happens, to put it in perspective by Q2 730 DSG Golf R's were registered in the UK and a further 484 Manual Golf R's. So 1,214 registered on the road vehicles. Incidentally more than the cumulative total between 2009-2013 before that.

On the most popular forum in the UK I'm only aware of 2 confirmed cases. Don't get me wrong it is 2 cases too many. I would have expected though that for anyone this happened to they would go out to the internet and write about their shiny new car being broken already. But even when doubled, then in the UK that would run to a failure rate of 0.3%.

Let keep that in mind as well. It would be interesting to see what other big markets like Germany, South-Africa and Australia have a data to back this up.

kyoo · Nov 13, 2014

cyb3rdud3 said:
Definitely not a joke when it happens, to put it in perspective by Q2 730 DSG Golf R's were registered in the UK and a further 484 Manual Golf R's. So 1,214 registered on the road vehicles. Incidentally more than the cumulative total between 2009-2013 before that.

On the most popular forum in the UK I'm only aware of 2 confirmed cases. Don't get me wrong it is 2 cases too many. I would have expected though that for anyone this happened to they would go out to the internet and write about their shiny new car being broken already. But even when doubled, then in the UK that would run to a failure rate of 0.3%.

Let keep that in mind as well. It would be interesting to see what other big markets like Germany, South-Africa and Australia have a data to back this up.

this is much better than the GTI's failure rate. I wonder what the difference is, VW has been revising the R's turbo as well

mrlapou · Nov 13, 2014

Well saving grace, for the moment, everyone covered by VW warranty...
Hoping in 2.75 yrs it'll have been resolved before cover expires on the car.

So the turbo's are already blowing on R's?

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