[6077]

Coming up to 3 years and 25,000 miles and no problems at all.

VW, Hyundai and Kia are my favorite makes these days. As for French stuff, bought once and never again.

 

[Zumclub]

3500 miles - been back twice, once without it for a month - crap.

 

[rmc81]

28k miles and no major issues. Only things that VW could never seem to fix are; creaking front suspension (mostly on speedbumps/uneven surface even when approaching at 1mph) and the 'Error Workshop - Leave in P' message which intermittently flashes up but never seems to actually cause a problem.

 

[GTEinBlack]

Just joined this site having owned a faultless GTE since early 2015. So i've had this car for 3 & 1/2 years, and in that time it's generally been fairly flawless. Sure i've had the playful "Error Workshop - Leave in P" warning pop up too and disappear quickly, had the odd phantom brake assist cut in too and make you crap yourself for a second as another member eloquently put it. However..... yesterday after driving all morning fautlessly, on setting off to work I had a lovely yellow warning light (speedo with an !) and 'recuperation' warning too. Diagnostics show the error as
"P0638
Throttle Actuator Control Range/Performance Bank 1"
So the battery side of the engine whires at standstill, and the whole system is limited to "1200rpm". Even battery mode only crawls at about 3 mph. Going in to VW monday out of warrenty. Anyone have any insight on if its a know about issue? Hope it works out, love the car.

 

[Silverback]

So, had the error workshop leave in P error last year. Told the dealer about it when I had the car serviced, and they b***sh***ed that a software update would fix it. So we kept a log of every time it occurred. Weird. Sometimes it happened three times in one day, and then it would go weeks before happening again. Anyway, it's going out of warranty soon, so I wrote to the manager of the dealership and also to the service manager (both new to the dealership since my last service). Credit where it's due, they took it seriously and I've just got the car back after it's been in the workshop for three and a half days. They have replaced the gear selector - £407.98 plus goodness knows how much labour, according to the paperwork, but they did tell me that the whole centre console had to be removed to fit the part, hence the long time in the workshop. Good job I wasn't paying for it!
Also had the Guess-O-Meter entertainment system go on wild sprees. When showing the car data, it cycles round through 'Since Start', 'Since Refuelling' and 'Long Term' endlessly. While doing this, it will not respond to any attempted finger input. Drive to my destination, leave it for a couple of hours, and it works perfectly again, until the next time it decides to go mad. The service people say it needed a software update which they've done. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
Love the car to bits. Just wish it had a bigger capacity battery.
Anyone looked at the new VW ID all electric supposedly coming out this autumn. What's the delivery time on this model going to be like post Brexit?

 

[TomH]

10000 miles in 18 months from new. Never missed a beat. Thank goodness!

It's the best car we have ever had. Probably the most complex too!

No doubt that pure EV is the final solution but the cost range and infrastructure need to be right for it to work for us with one car in the household.

Great hopes for the Neo.

 

[GTEarc]

I'd be interested to know how many GTE owners have had cars that have performed faultlessly to date.

I've had a poor experience (2nd car just gone back) - I'm trying to guage whether I've just been unlucky or whether in reality the GTE was released before it was ready.

No agenda, hands up if you had a GTE that's been perfect from day one and the only trip to the dealers was for routine servicing.

My only issue is changing a tyre after a puncture - now "Low pressure light" comes on weekly and am told it is because the new tyre is a different load spec... it is what the tyre company fitted [without a spare it was necessary to replace and the tyre company were asked to replace with "same grade". VW dealer says it was load 88 not 92 so that is their reason... I am replacing all 4 tyres to make sure this "fault" is what they say...
It seem strange to me that an axle has to have the "same tyres" as this does not allow for emergency replacement etc.

Other than this irritation the GTE has been brilliant 16K miles in 19 months! I would like a bit more battery power

 

[Pineman]

Only thing that made me think a bit was the battery going flat in the key fob!

The GTE might soon be going, not because of any problems, but it was an expensive car for what it was at the time and I have been looking into SUVs recently. The GTE is still worth a lot of money and should soften the blow of my next purchase. It won't be a hybrid and definitely not pure EV. Most likely medium sized, high performance petrol, probably with 4 wheel drive and from one of the following brands. VW, Audi, Mercedes or Volvo.

If I do go ahead I expect to be spending a lot more time at the petrol pumps!!

 

[Carty]

My only issue is changing a tyre after a puncture - now "Low pressure light" comes on weekly and am told it is because the new tyre is a different load spec... it is what the tyre company fitted [without a spare it was necessary to replace and the tyre company were asked to replace with "same grade". VW dealer says it was load 88 not 92 so that is their reason... I am replacing all 4 tyres to make sure this "fault" is what they say...
It seem strange to me that an axle has to have the "same tyres" as this does not allow for emergency replacement etc.

Other than this irritation the GTE has been brilliant 16K miles in 19 months! I would like a bit more battery power

This does not make sense to me ?.
I believe the TPMS facility works by checking the turning speed of each wheel via the ABS sensors and then compares any major difference in the turning speed of each wheel on the car.
When you have a flat tyre, the affected wheel is turning at a slower / faster rate that the other three wheels, and therefore the TPMS triggers a warning to the driver.
So, as long as the wheel & tyre combo is both of the same type and inflated to the correct recommended pressure setting, I can’t understand what the problem is ???.
I used to get a warning on the O/S/R tyre about every six weeks on my GTE.
The tyre had lost about 6lbs so I would top up the pressure and reset the TMPS.
After this happened on the third occasion, I went to my local family run tyre company.
They removed the wheel and found a metal wood screw in the tread of the tyre.
It hole was repaired and the system reset, all was then okay !.
Later in the year, I replaced all four tyres just two days before we went away on holiday.
About halfway there, the TPMS warning sounded as we went around a roundabout !.
A quick visual inspection in a service station, did not show any issues.
When at the final destination, I checked every wheel and balanced the pressure in every tyre until they where absolutely spot on to each other !.
Then I reset the TPMS and never had another warning until I then sold the car about seven months later.
Personal, I would have that newer tyre checked for a very slow puncture or a leak at the rim of the wheel.
Then if okay, carry out a personal check of every tyre pressure on the car.
Reset the TPMS and then see what happens then !.
One day last summer, my wife’s Fiat 500 threw up a low pressure warning in one of the tyres.
The car is now three years old and we have owned it from new.
I checked all type pressure ( which where pretty close ) and then reset the TPMS.
No further warnings to date !.

 

[Todor]

Chances are that @GTEarc has a slow leak....

You need to check your tyre pressures regularly. Every week if you keep getting the tpms alarm. In the unlikely scenario that the tyre pressures are keeping steady... you will need to visit your nearest VW garage for inspection of your ESP? sensors. And that will be urgent, as the same sensor is controlling a lot of essential safety systems, that you don't want failing in winter....

 

[Simon hvt]

My only issue is changing a tyre after a puncture - now "Low pressure light" comes on weekly and am told it is because the new tyre is a different load spec... it is what the tyre company fitted [without a spare it was necessary to replace and the tyre company were asked to replace with "same grade". VW dealer says it was load 88 not 92 so that is their reason... I am replacing all 4 tyres to make sure this "fault" is what they say...
It seem strange to me that an axle has to have the "same tyres" as this does not allow for emergency replacement etc.

Other than this irritation the GTE has been brilliant 16K miles in 19 months! I would like a bit more battery power

You might want to try getting your wheels balanced, a wheel that hasn’t been balanced correctly can bring the light on. A different tread pattern shouldn’t bring the light on but a new tyre on one wheel and low tread on the other side can.

 

[6652]

That’s why it’s important to reset the TPMS after fitting a new tyre etc, it’s a rolling radius system and it monitors wheel speeds from the ABS sensor, nothing more than that. It compares the stored normal wheel speeds, and when it detects a meaningful variance from the stored values, it flags the alarm.

You could in theory run wheels 20psi different on an axle, and if those were the stored values the system wouldn’t know any different as long as they stayed within the limits.

Try resetting the TPMS, and don’t listen to dealer bull. They do have a point re running tyres with different load indexes (the GTE is quite heavy when all is said and done), but as long as it’s the correct size and at the right pressure, it shouldn’t trigger a TPMS alarm. It would however if it’s different to the stored value of the tyre that was replaced.

 

[dk6780]

@GTEarc
You have got good advice above regarding the resetting of the TPMS, but .......

VW dealer says it was load 88 not 92

This strictly means that your car is not roadworthy. You are probably driving uninsured as well. You MUST fit a load rating of or higher than the manufacturers recommendation which I believe is 92 (and so it appears is does your dealer). The load rating is per wheel and 88 is 560 kg and 92 is 630 kg - so 70 kg different. It is unlikely to cause a problem unless you run your car fully loaded, but if you have an accident (regardless of fault) and either the Police or the Insurance company look closely then you could find yourself in serious trouble.
If the tyre fitter knew that your car was a GTE then they should not have fitted that tyre.

 

[tom66]

Plenty of reliability issues when I first got the car (HV battery recall, 12V battery fuse failed)

After that I had an intermittent gearbox P/N warning but suspect this is a spurious code and not a genuine fault (it has not progressed beyond one event every 1~2 months so I'm leaving it as is.)

Then I had a high oil level warning but suspect this was due to the 3rd party garage slightly overfilling the oil. It seems to have dropped below the high threshold which means the warning hasn't triggered again. May have been right at the level required.

I guess technology is advancing slower than car makers would like, I would have to think twice about another VW. I like the car, but it worries me out of warranty.

 

[Andy-2017]

Have to add my GTE has been remarkably good, stupendously economical and quick when needed. The only problems being creaky front suspenders and a leaky rear door. Both of which this forum has discussed.
Although my last car (of a long run of performance motors), an Audi RS3, was a true beast, I always thought I was only moments away from an epic bill for something breaking / going wrong / exploding. Much calmer and less paranoid these days in my stealth mobile.

 

[Carty]

The only problems being creaky front suspenders

Oh dear !.
Unsure what to recommend to this problem .
On the other hand, creaking from the front when mounting or dismounting speed bumps, can be cured under a VW service bulletin.

 

[GTEPompey]

Just joined this site having owned a faultless GTE since early 2015. So i've had this car for 3 & 1/2 years, and in that time it's generally been fairly flawless. Sure i've had the playful "Error Workshop - Leave in P" warning pop up too and disappear quickly, had the odd phantom brake assist cut in too and make you crap yourself for a second as another member eloquently put it. However..... yesterday after driving all morning fautlessly, on setting off to work I had a lovely yellow warning light (speedo with an !) and 'recuperation' warning too. Diagnostics show the error as
"P0638
Throttle Actuator Control Range/Performance Bank 1"
So the battery side of the engine whires at standstill, and the whole system is limited to "1200rpm". Even battery mode only crawls at about 3 mph. Going in to VW monday out of warrenty. Anyone have any insight on if its a know about issue? Hope it works out, love the car.

Just joined this site having owned a faultless GTE since early 2015. So i've had this car for 3 & 1/2 years, and in that time it's generally been fairly flawless. Sure i've had the playful "Error Workshop - Leave in P" warning pop up too and disappear quickly, had the odd phantom brake assist cut in too and make you crap yourself for a second as another member eloquently put it. However..... yesterday after driving all morning fautlessly, on setting off to work I had a lovely yellow warning light (speedo with an !) and 'recuperation' warning too. Diagnostics show the error as
"P0638
Throttle Actuator Control Range/Performance Bank 1"
So the battery side of the engine whires at standstill, and the whole system is limited to "1200rpm". Even battery mode only crawls at about 3 mph. Going in to VW monday out of warrenty. Anyone have any insight on if its a know about issue? Hope it works out, love the car.

Hi GTEinBlack,
What was the outcome of your VW diagnostic? The exact symptoms described above occurred on my daughter’s GTE yesterday evening in addition to the car showing recuperation error and ACC failure. We were recovered by the AA who suggested changing the throttle body valve. However, this morning, post overnight charge the car fails to drive in ICE, E-mode or hybrid. Keen to understand what caused your issues.

 

[Dr.Ed]

After 3,5 years, i've seen all error-messages available. But car keeps running. Dreaded "Leave car in P" error fixed lately by buying a 30 euro by-pass switch. Sometimes i get the red "! Hybrid error", but as long as the car keeps driving, i continue driving. But this one is sporadic. The 12 volt battery error, a broken HV connector. High tech has it's limitations. However, great economic car.