Hi All

I have a Golf R Wagon Wolfsburg which is a couple of months old.

It's had a metallic ringing sound coming from the engine bay from day one, and I'm wondering if other Australian owners experience the same thing. To describe it:

- It's muffled but obvious and is a high pitched ringing sound
- Sounds kind of like a distance fire bell, metal pipe rolling along the ground or marble rolling around in a glass jar
- Is most apparent under acceleration between 1500 and 2500 rpm
- Seems to stop when coasting or at constant speed irrespective of the revs
- Seems more obvious when the engine is cold
- Doesn't seem to be able to be replicated when the engine is revved in neutral
- Overseas users have reported the noise in both GTI and R models

The service manager at my dealer initially said they didn't hear the sound, then when I told them it was still there called to say that a service note from VW says it is a normal sound that is to do with the turbos.

According to the service manager it is not associated with the Sound Actuator as this was a noise rectified between the last model and the current one.

If its normal it's disappointing because it make what was a pretty expensive car sound pretty cheap.

Anyone else experiencing this?

TFAD