Volkswagen Golf 2005 FAQs

Check out real-world situations relating to the Volkswagen Golf 2005 here, particularly what our experts have to say about them.

• Golf leaking radiator

  That is unbelievable, was the service manager holding a gun when he tried to relieve you of the money. I would suggest you take it to an independent VW specialist for a second opinion.

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• Aircon comparison between cars

  Generally it was always felt that the air-conditioning of European cars wasn’t up to the task for Australia; that was because there wasn’t the demand for powerful A/C in Europe where the climate is generally milder. But when the European carmakers began to move on to the world market and export their cars to places like America where the demand for good A/C is very high they have improved the performance of the A/C systems in their cars. The cars you say have had good air are cars that are typically built for the US market, those you say don’t have good performance are not. A/C systems soak up quite a bit of engine power in driving the compressor and that has a greater impact on smaller engines than big ones, and again the cars you are critical of have smaller engines, so they will also probably run smaller compressors.

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• Ask Smithy Xtra VW Golf DSG Module

  The industry is definitely moving towards using non-serviceable components and has been for many years. The theory is that they can better control repairs to the car by simply replacing a failed component rather than relying on the skill or lack of skill of individual operators. One possible way you could get the module at a cheaper price is to shop around specialist VW dealers, many of whom import parts directly from Europe and can offer them at a lower price. We haven’t had any other reports of this issue, but perhaps other owners could tell us of any problems they have had.

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