Highest mileage leon mk2 and reliability issues?
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07 FR TFSI with 34000 miles 27000 of which it has done mapped.
Only issue was air con compressor apart from that I love it great car
Only issue was air con compressor apart from that I love it great car
Silver 07 FR TDI 33.5K had is since 7K. Problems:
Steering rack replaced at 8K due to noisy bearings (I think it was bearings)
Foggy Headlight replaced 8K
Delaminating windscreen (white stripe at the bottom) 9K
Airbag plug/connection under passenger seat ~20K
Exhaust pressure sensor ~25K
ABS control unit 33K (quite a big job)
Crappy finish on 18" alloys but no chance of replacement.
Intermittant knock from 10K which has never been fixed but was not flagged at MOT and despite several trips to the dealers over the last 2 years it never makes the noise when it goes there! It's only present on cold days and goes away after 10 miles or so most of the time when heard.
All work done under warranty. Looking back it's must be a Friday afternoon car!
UPDATE - 34K Electromechanical Steering light, TCS light & Tyre Pressure light on tonight. No traction control and steering feels strange. Probably related to the ABS unit being replaced a few weeks ago (no TCS then either). But now no warranty, will phone garage tomorrow.
BIGG when do you drive to & from work? I drive the same road and have never seen you about except when I see your car sitting at your work on my way home but haven't seen it about in your midweek town (where I live). Worked all that out from reading a few threads in case you are wondering.
Steering rack replaced at 8K due to noisy bearings (I think it was bearings)
Foggy Headlight replaced 8K
Delaminating windscreen (white stripe at the bottom) 9K
Airbag plug/connection under passenger seat ~20K
Exhaust pressure sensor ~25K
ABS control unit 33K (quite a big job)
Crappy finish on 18" alloys but no chance of replacement.
Intermittant knock from 10K which has never been fixed but was not flagged at MOT and despite several trips to the dealers over the last 2 years it never makes the noise when it goes there! It's only present on cold days and goes away after 10 miles or so most of the time when heard.
All work done under warranty. Looking back it's must be a Friday afternoon car!
UPDATE - 34K Electromechanical Steering light, TCS light & Tyre Pressure light on tonight. No traction control and steering feels strange. Probably related to the ABS unit being replaced a few weeks ago (no TCS then either). But now no warranty, will phone garage tomorrow.
BIGG when do you drive to & from work? I drive the same road and have never seen you about except when I see your car sitting at your work on my way home but haven't seen it about in your midweek town (where I live). Worked all that out from reading a few threads in case you are wondering.
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06 MK2 FR TDi - 71K. I got it with just less that 12K on about 2 1/2 years back. Had my fair share of problems with it but none of them can really be attributed to it being high mileage. The only thing now is it will need the cambelt done at xmas which is an expensive job! Got an amber on the last service for the brake discs being rusted on the edges. All downhill from here I think! 
LEON tfsi 30000 miles , Kev i ve got same prob with air con , regassed but diagnosed compressor fault , how much did repair cost ?
Lucky you , i can see a big bill on its way !!It was repaired under warranty thankfully
just over 41k from my TDi FR with the following issues:
Rattling dashboard (warranty)
loose Gear change cable (warranty)
so far no other issues... touch wood
Rattling dashboard (warranty)
loose Gear change cable (warranty)
so far no other issues... touch wood
06 2.0 Tdi Sport - 33,150 from new
Problems:
Saw tooth wear on tyres. Had 4 wheel alingment before replacing 2 tyres but noise back again! Think might have to double check the settings with somone on here & then bring to garage again.
De-laminated windscreen last year.
Creaking noise from rear. SEAT couldn't find. I tracked down & fixed loose door catch.
Poor paint finish on wheels but wouldn't do when within warranty.
Car had Superchips remap after about 5k miles & (touch wood!) no major problems. Will need cambelt change in July which I'm not looking forward to. If anyone can recommend best/cheapest place to have this done in Herts would appreciate it.
Cheers
Problems:
Saw tooth wear on tyres. Had 4 wheel alingment before replacing 2 tyres but noise back again! Think might have to double check the settings with somone on here & then bring to garage again.
De-laminated windscreen last year.
Creaking noise from rear. SEAT couldn't find. I tracked down & fixed loose door catch.
Poor paint finish on wheels but wouldn't do when within warranty.
Car had Superchips remap after about 5k miles & (touch wood!) no major problems. Will need cambelt change in July which I'm not looking forward to. If anyone can recommend best/cheapest place to have this done in Herts would appreciate it.
Cheers
07 TDi sport, with various bits modified.. no issues except from cylinder head. (Coolant loss, located to faulty cylinder head) Replaced under warranty at 27k miles,car now done 30k miles. All is good
Alright Rosco, i generally drive home at about 5 oclock mate, i wasnt out in the car much at cumnock to be honest. I'm now staying at mauchline, place i was renting has been sold. So staying there, if you eve fancy wee meet give us a shout, its only 5 mins away, what colour is your car bud?
Did you know Gigsy? Gordon Booth and Craig Booth, i stayed there at Holland CrescentAlright Rosco, i generally drive home at about 5 oclock mate, i wasnt out in the car much at cumnock to be honest. I'm now staying at mauchline, place i was renting has been sold. So staying there, if you eve fancy wee meet give us a shout, its only 5 mins away, what colour is your car bud?
Car is Luna Grey aka silver and often dirty I'm afraid. Reg number stats with the same first letter as yours but then a Y - keep your eyes peeled as I'm surprised we've never passed. Don't know any of the boys you mentioned. I live in Holmhead so only occasionally in the town centre. Usually go through Mauchline at the weekend and only the odd night due to the traffic on my way home form Ayr. Do you travel via Ochiltree over the 5 mile cut road or you going over all the wee back roads? I cut off the A70 for Auchinleck onto that road some nights around that time so I'll keep a look out.
If I decide to keep my car any longer (it's fooked again see edit!) and I consider going for a DPF delete I'll give you a shout.
No bother mate, aye i g over the 5 mile cut to get to mauchline, ill defo keep my eys peeled for you. If you ever fancy seeing what stage 2 feels like give me a shout
I think you'll like it, sorry to hear it fooked bud, one of the only cars you can buy with yourheart and head
it's 4 years old, in this case the cars age came before the specified mileage for cambelt change.
Frm new FR TDI 07 plate
80,000 miles
Revo Remapped from 14K
Serviced every 10K by main dealer
Abused on a daily basis
Work Done by dealer in no paticular order
Other things to note
I'm sure there's more but cannot think at the moment...
80,000 miles
Revo Remapped from 14K
Serviced every 10K by main dealer
Abused on a daily basis
Work Done by dealer in no paticular order
- 8x DPF sensors
- New air con motor
- Xenon headlight fault (10 days to resolve by dealer)
- Radio/CD player replaced
- Wire broke stopping drivers wiper working
- Rear bumper painted as was poor from factory
- 4x door mirrors replaced (2 each side) as squeaky / not folding in/out
- Wet windows x 3 windows
- Drivers window button replaced as switch stopped working
- 8x sets of front tyres
- 1x set of back tyres
- 4x sets of front pads
- 4x sets of rear pads
- 3x sets of front discs
- 1x set of rear discs
- 1x new engine cover (broken by dealer)
- 2x new windscreeens (stone chips)
- 2x rear brake light bulb
Other things to note
- average mpg 36.5 for a diesel!!!
- top speed seen via gps 136mph regular cruise speed around 85-90mph daily seeing higher
- never needed to fill with oil between services (rather never had a warning light to check the oil level)
- now smokes quite badly on acceleration if left ideling for 2/3 mins even with the dpf
- brakes do fade quite oftern if driven hard but not warped a disc at all (good+)
I'm sure there's more but cannot think at the moment...
57 plate Cupra 61,000 miles, company car. All going well, engine still strong, it has been ragged to death.
No bulbs blown, same wipers, drivers seat base looking tired and the upright part near the door is collapsing, im only 73 kg so no excessive weight or blubber.
Oh it had an exhaust backbox under warranty at 12K as it was rattling.
3 sets of tyres.
Bored of it now and cabin noise is wearing me down, only another 7 months to go and counting TBH.
No bulbs blown, same wipers, drivers seat base looking tired and the upright part near the door is collapsing, im only 73 kg so no excessive weight or blubber.
Oh it had an exhaust backbox under warranty at 12K as it was rattling.
3 sets of tyres.
Bored of it now and cabin noise is wearing me down, only another 7 months to go and counting TBH.
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