Problems / Faults

[Rocket36]

Shell Vortex?

Shell V-Power? Caltex Vortex?

Just make sure you're using 98RON.

[Lance B]

Rocket36, the 4 Motion issue is the front wheelspin when accelarating, mainly coming out of a T-intersection with the wheel off centre. it is particularly bad in the wet where it seems to take ages to move the power to the back. Maybe this is normal with the Haldex system but not something I have experienced with my other AWD's.

I have read about a control unit that plugs into the Haldex system and adjusts the torque split. Can anyone provide information on whether this is worth the money and does it cause any long term damage to the drive train

Luminary, it was a brand new car not a demo. I was suspicious when both the sedan and wagon demonstrators I drove had rattles in the cabin with only a 1,000 k's on the clock. As most of the others have noted the performance outweighed the potential problems. Unfortunately the excitement is wearing off quickly. It will be a very long 3 year lease.

I use Shell Vortex fuel, it is part of the lease company deal.

I think it worth the money, but it depends on what you think is worth the money.

I had the aftermarket Haldex controller installed in my 3.2lt 4 Motion wagon and I thought it was very good. Never had *any* front wheel slippage after installation.

Here is the link and also go to the bottom of the page to see the Torque Transfer Characterisitics and the Torque Graphs etc.

http://www.goapr.com.au/products/haldex.html

[jimbob]

Lance B, Thanks for the link to APR it looks like it will fix the issues I have with the Haldex system.

If it is not a rude question what did they charge and did you get the switch unit as well?

Must have been late last night, I meant Shell V-Power.

[Lance B]

Lance B, Thanks for the link to APR it looks like it will fix the issues I have with the Haldex system.

If it is not a rude question what did they charge and did you get the switch unit as well?

I cost me $1699 installed, but I see they have upped the price to $1950 installed.

I didn't get the switching as a) I did not ever need to go back to standard or "street" mode so I didn't need that position, and b) the "race" setting is really only for track work. The "sport" setting is really for the street and spirited driving and that position served me very well for the year that I had it on the car. I never really wanted for anything more, although trying out the "race" mode may be interesting.

I am hoping to get the Haldex installed on my R36 next week as I took it out of my previous 3.2lt 4 Motion when I traded it.

[GHW]

I bought an R36 in January and will hit 10,000 kms this week. So far it is the worst new car experience I have had.


I don't know if this is normal but it is not really any different to a FWD, lots of torque steer and wheel spin. It does go away after a second or two but the handling is nothing like the Subaru, Audi A4 Quattro or Lancer GSR that I have owned previously.

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Interesting. I can't vouch for the GSR but my last car was an MY07 3.0RB and prior to that an A41.8TQ. The only thing I agree with is that the "handling is nothing like.." IMO the R36 streaks ahead of both of these other vehicles. I drove my RB back to back after the R36 and the R36 handles better in every respect (bar the nice, plush, soft suspension on the RB soaking up bumps - at the cost of handling) The A4? miles behind both, wheezy raspy engine, wallowy handling with way too much understeer, the R36 would eat it for brunch (and it had an APR stage 1 plus upgrade with bigger injectors)
It's just interesting how two ppl who have owned pretty much the same vehicles can have vastly differing experiences.

[ACTR36Wagon]

Rattles:

• Rain sensor on windscreen: the cover was not on properly and it rattled. When I found out it was source of rattle, mild pressure pushed it back on
• Still have a rattle at rear: will check that trim near brake light
• Rattle near glovebox on LHS: still not sorted this out

Factory quality control issues: only interior so far:

• See rattles above
• Burglar alarm button not fitted properly (half in, I pushed it in)

RNS-510:

• Crashes near Wyong (see reports from other RNS510 users about this)
• when it failed to eject the DVD I thought we had left in it the other day, I foolishly assumed that my wife had taken the DVD out - so I pushed a CD in and its all jammed up - and waiting for the VW dealer to tell me what they can do to fix it. Will the dealer say its my fault (remember the eject didnt)?
• reversing camera goes blank/black about one time in 4 after 3 or 4 seconds of use

Good news: damn fine car, more impressive than my prior car - Audi 1.8T S Line.
Cheers

[tryingavw]

[quote=ACTR36Wagon;339844]Rattles:

• Rattle near glovebox on LHS: still not sorted this out

we had this same rattle and mentioned it to dealer ( when they were replacing or "dead" RNS510 , 4 months from new) and it has been sorted first time.

the rns510 dying wasnt too impressive- would hate that to happen out of warranty

Also i reckon the wipers are p*ss-weak anyone else not impressed?

otherwise the tdi125 is great-imagine the r36 to be even better!

[passatpout]

[QUOTE=tryingavw;340536]

Rattles:

• Rattle near glovebox on LHS: still not sorted this out

we had this same rattle and mentioned it to dealer ( when they were replacing or "dead" RNS510 , 4 months from new) and it has been sorted first time.

the rns510 dying wasnt too impressive- would hate that to happen out of warranty

Also i reckon the wipers are p*ss-weak anyone else not impressed?

otherwise the tdi125 is great-imagine the r36 to be even better!

The 2 biggest gripes I have with functions are the low beam headlights - if the aim on them could be adjusted up slightly I'd be happy (yes, that's with the auto adjustment set to the highest), and the wipers. Driving in a fairly decent storm last week, the auto sensors seemed to take too long to go to high speed when needed, but not slow down when the rain eased up, and top speed of the blades was a smidge too slow - more what I thought "1" would be, not "2". If the speed on them could be wound up a bit, I'd be a happy camper. Reminds me of a comment I heard about Falcons years ago: wipers had 2 speeds, too slow and even slower. I might put some Rain-X on and see what that does. I'm also near 30,000km (service soon) and it needs new blades all round.

Third Melbourne-Newcastle trip coming up in a couple of weeks, first one through winter. My goal is to get 1100+km from the tank.. last night was 1088km..

[Rocket36]

I very rarely use wipers... Some decent application of products like Rain-X make it easier to see in the rain with the wipers off.

[evr]

[QUOTE=tryingavw;340536]

Rattles:

• Rattle near glovebox on LHS: still not sorted this out

we had this same rattle and mentioned it to dealer ( when they were replacing or "dead" RNS510 , 4 months from new) and it has been sorted first time.

the rns510 dying wasnt too impressive- would hate that to happen out of warranty

Also i reckon the wipers are p*ss-weak anyone else not impressed?

otherwise the tdi125 is great-imagine the r36 to be even better!

Mine has the same annoying rattles - especially the one near the glovbox. What did thet say it was & how did they fix it? Keen to get this sorted (as well as the rattles in the rear roof lining & in the dash near the headlight controls) as it's pretty pissweek for a car that retails at nearly $80k on the road!

Thanks.