Jose_Gti
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Philadelphia
So what did you do with your car, did you trade it in for the S3?
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Blown turbo on stg 2 OTS map ending with TD1
- Thread starter HicBuda
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BravoMike
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Indianapolis
How many miles on the tune?
Also did you uninstall the Cobb AP before bringing the car to the dealer?
Also did you uninstall the Cobb AP before bringing the car to the dealer?
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
Uninstalling it wouldn't have mattered, it still would have popped td1
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BravoMike
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Indianapolis
I’m familiar with the TD1 process but wanted to ask the question anyhow.
Here is a forum member who uninstalled their Cobb AP and had a blown turbo covered under warranty.
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showpost.php?p=471420&postcount=1298
If it would show a TD1 on that persons car, I can guarantee a dealer would not warranty it because it would come out of their pocket.
He did have a 2014 build date GTI, it could be that VW is covering those early revision turbo failures. If I remember correctly, there’s a few others here that had their turbo/engine failure covered by VW even though they were tuned.
I think pulling the tune and taking off the downpipe might have been a different story. Of course they are going to send a tuned car's file to VW. That's why I don't go to stage 2. Run the risk of not being able to remove the hard parts before a trip to the dealer. And it's only like 15hp.
GroceryGTIer
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Tri-state
No. The program they hook up automatically sends the information to vw. Makes not a bit of difference if you took it all off.
Oldschoolmk7
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Yonder
Op, what was the build date on the GTI? Bottom line, we really do not see many turbo failures overall past 2015. Sorry about ur luck.
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Looks like he had a 2016 GTI SE.
GroceryGTIer
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Tri-state
I got rid of my mk6 and took a loss on it, but I just physically cannot work on cars anymore... too many injuries. I then really put in a lot of research on the mk7, and aside from the early turbo issues, I could find very little suggesting that the car would not hold up well. DAP actually said it was likely the most solid platform thus far. Of course this is the very reason I don't really want to get into the modding process for a while.
Oldschoolmk7
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Yonder
Month. Could have been a late 15 build as a 16 my. Or turbo revision would be better. Facts.
Navi
Autocross Champion
- Location
- BK/NYC/Hamptons
damn.. these turbos... wonder if it had anything to do with the MAP tune? I had it for about a month and it was strong but I was getting knock like a mother fucker and the power seemed pretty peaky. Ended up going etuned because I didn’t want to worry about any future issues. Curious if it was that? Someone give me $150,000 so I can test a bunch of GTI’s with a bunch of different tunes so that I can get to the bottom of this. 
George Smooth
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- South Africa
A guy on the facebook page had TD1 after uninstall. The moment the port is opened to write to the ECU its game over.
BravoMike
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Indianapolis
How is it that some people with blown turbos are getting covered under warranty after being tuned? If the process is to plug in and check for TD1, are some dealers not plugging into the OBDII port?
