Hi all
Just putting a post up as i wonder if its just me having the worst luck or if other people are having similar trouble and is a semi rant at times so i apologise in advance.
I had a 2014 Leon cupra 280 manual and the first problem i had was clutch slip in higher gears and gearbox issues turned out to be a common problem especially in remapped cars but mine was totally stock.
Second problem was the stupid plastic water pump which should not be an issue for this sort of car and vw should have recalled these in my opinion as a car 4 years old should not have this problem.
Third problem is the big one. When setting off one morning i noticed a noise like a bearing had gone i thought it was the clutch release bearing at first as when yoi start the car you have to depress the clutch but to my surprise just as i pulled into the garage a fault code came up and it said it was the timing chain. I heard of the older gen engines having problems and vw had a massive lawsuit over it but i could only find one example in America of a gen 3 e888 engine having a timing chain issue bearing in mind the car had only covered 40000 miles. So even though the car is out of warranty i went to seat about it as this should not happen on the mileage i uad done. Long story short seat agreed to pay 50% of the parts and labour after nearly a month of arguing may i add so i agreed for the work to be done. Turns out it wasn't the timing chain afterall it was tiny bits of black silicon sealant that had got into the oil supply for the variable valve timing which seat argued had been done when the water pump was replaced as they said they might have used silicone to seal the oil cooler as its a water cooled oil cooler.
Me and my usual mechanic disagreed we think the sealant came from the bottom timing chain cover as there was no sign of the sealant in the rest of the engine none in the oil filter and none in the oil pan where the oil pickup is which points towards a localised source of the silicone reinforcing my and my normal mechanics diagnosis of the silicone from the cover that had dropped off due to vibration and age amd worked its way into the chain then the chain takes it up to the vvt oil supply.
When sest head office heard this they pulled their 50% contribution and said it wasn't a defect from the factory while i still argued that it was but as you can imagine it was like trying to talk to a brick wall.
So after 3 seats in total a Ibiza fr 130, a leon fr 170 supercopa and a cupra 280 i will not buy any seat or vw products personally ever again. I have been loyal to the brand for over 10 years and in my time of need they basically spat back in my face.
Just putting a post up as i wonder if its just me having the worst luck or if other people are having similar trouble and is a semi rant at times so i apologise in advance.
I had a 2014 Leon cupra 280 manual and the first problem i had was clutch slip in higher gears and gearbox issues turned out to be a common problem especially in remapped cars but mine was totally stock.
Second problem was the stupid plastic water pump which should not be an issue for this sort of car and vw should have recalled these in my opinion as a car 4 years old should not have this problem.
Third problem is the big one. When setting off one morning i noticed a noise like a bearing had gone i thought it was the clutch release bearing at first as when yoi start the car you have to depress the clutch but to my surprise just as i pulled into the garage a fault code came up and it said it was the timing chain. I heard of the older gen engines having problems and vw had a massive lawsuit over it but i could only find one example in America of a gen 3 e888 engine having a timing chain issue bearing in mind the car had only covered 40000 miles. So even though the car is out of warranty i went to seat about it as this should not happen on the mileage i uad done. Long story short seat agreed to pay 50% of the parts and labour after nearly a month of arguing may i add so i agreed for the work to be done. Turns out it wasn't the timing chain afterall it was tiny bits of black silicon sealant that had got into the oil supply for the variable valve timing which seat argued had been done when the water pump was replaced as they said they might have used silicone to seal the oil cooler as its a water cooled oil cooler.
Me and my usual mechanic disagreed we think the sealant came from the bottom timing chain cover as there was no sign of the sealant in the rest of the engine none in the oil filter and none in the oil pan where the oil pickup is which points towards a localised source of the silicone reinforcing my and my normal mechanics diagnosis of the silicone from the cover that had dropped off due to vibration and age amd worked its way into the chain then the chain takes it up to the vvt oil supply.
When sest head office heard this they pulled their 50% contribution and said it wasn't a defect from the factory while i still argued that it was but as you can imagine it was like trying to talk to a brick wall.
So after 3 seats in total a Ibiza fr 130, a leon fr 170 supercopa and a cupra 280 i will not buy any seat or vw products personally ever again. I have been loyal to the brand for over 10 years and in my time of need they basically spat back in my face.