Power steering fluid leak.
Brake discs warped.
Driver's electric window mechanism disintegrated!
Radio stopped working.
Trim squeaky and working loose.
Alarm / immobiliser failed.
After four extremely reliable VW's, this Polo is a big disappointment. It's never left me stranded, but has suffered lots of stupid faults which have not exactly reinforced VW's quality reputation. Irritating too when VW were charging £2,000 more for this car, than Peugeot were for the equivalent 106, or Ford were for an equivalent Fiesta.
After less than four years and 30,000 miles, the interior squeaks quite badly and some of the trim already looks old and fragile. My previous Golf ran well and reliably for 15 years and more than 150,000 miles, but the Polo does not inspire the same confidence.
It's reasonable to drive although the brakes are spongy and lack bite. Also, though this is a fairly hefty 1.9 litre engine in a very small car, performance is pretty poor. Economy is good though with 55 mpg in everyday use, and the car holds the road very well.
I find VW dealers to be arrogant, slow to fix faults and extremely expensive, and as soon as the warranty expired I decided to get the car serviced independently.
Probably my last VW!
You should have got a Nissan Micra they are great.
I have the same problems with the Trim squeaking and the brakes being spongy with a 97 Polo Classic. Also I thought that the reaction to the Steering Wheel has got looser and therefore thought it might be leaking fluid also, but when I brought it to a VW dealer, he told me it was OK - still doubt it.
Hi, rear drum brakes tend to cause the sponge behavior.
Please do not do this yourself if you aren't DIY skilled.
They need to be adjusted, if you jack up your car by the rear wheel and you are able to rotate the wheel more than 1-2 turn by hand with medium force, then you need to adjust your rear brakes.
There is an adjuster wedge which should be adjusted.
Please the rear wheel bearing needs to be removed, prior to getting the drum off.
Here is a picture of the adjuster wedge.
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/images/a3b4/brakes/rdrum3.jpg
Place a flat end screwdriver on top of the wedge, support the brake shoe vertically at the bottom and carefully hit the adjuster wedge downward, this will make the brakes closer to the drum, limiting the brakepad travel.
Place the drum again and try to rotate, adjust further if needed.
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