MART GTI
08-05-2007, 09:04 PM
Hiya guys 'n gals,
A bit new to this so bear with me. Got me a new Polo GTI last October, had shed loads of issues with it, mainly niggles made worse by dealer incompetence, but most recently had knocking coming from steering column when turning and hitting small bumps in the road. This noise varied depending on the rake/reach adjustement.
Took several trips to the dealer, two sets of anti-roll bar drop down links (apparently known issue on Polo's) new steering rack, new wishbones and finally a new steering column with universal joint to resolve. The latter really did resolve it and I believe was the only problem in the first place as noise was only ever present inside the car, never felt through pedal box and slight vibration through steering column.
Thought I'd alert anybody else to this if they are having similar issues - i.e press the dealer to look into this as it left me without my car, on and off, for about 3 weeks whilst this was resolved.
A bit new to this so bear with me. Got me a new Polo GTI last October, had shed loads of issues with it, mainly niggles made worse by dealer incompetence, but most recently had knocking coming from steering column when turning and hitting small bumps in the road. This noise varied depending on the rake/reach adjustement.
Took several trips to the dealer, two sets of anti-roll bar drop down links (apparently known issue on Polo's) new steering rack, new wishbones and finally a new steering column with universal joint to resolve. The latter really did resolve it and I believe was the only problem in the first place as noise was only ever present inside the car, never felt through pedal box and slight vibration through steering column.
Thought I'd alert anybody else to this if they are having similar issues - i.e press the dealer to look into this as it left me without my car, on and off, for about 3 weeks whilst this was resolved.