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My VW Virtus GT: 17,000 km update including problems that I am facing

2nd April 2024, 11:36 by Utkarsh Chaudhary

Why couldn't Volkswagen pick a component that makes less noise / vibration each time the AC compressor kicks in?

BHPian vividhavasthi recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Delivery Date: 27th September 2022
First Year Service: 17th September 2023 - 12,500KM
Current ODO: ~17K

Been a while since I updated the thread. Had an incident since my last update which was when the car had covered about 12.5K (and got its first service).

Incident

Took the car out of the basement after work, exited the main gate and floored it as the road was empty, felt a heavy vibration which was followed by a misfire + EPC Flashing + MIL, car was vibrating badly.

I slowed down and moved to the side of the road and shut the vehicle down. Stepped out, locked the car and let it be for a few mins. Got back inside, restarted the vehicle and it started smoothly with all warning lights disappearing. Then another error shows up, start-stop system malfunction. I didn't pay much attention to this and went out for dinner. A few hours later, I started the car and all the warning lights were gone and the start-stop system was working fine.

Now, I am not too sure about what happened here, I use only XP-95 and maybe this could be the reason for this random misfire. I have driven the car about 5000km since this incident and it has not repeated itself.

A friend also bought a GT

Problems that I continue to face (but haven't done anything to resolve them)

Knocking sound from the front right suspension / brakes / steering on braking and turning (Viraat has taken a look at this, but nothing is visually wrong with the car, advised to let it get worse so it is easier to find out what's going on)
Clock spring still ticks away when turning the steering to the left (for example when taking a u-turn, moving from parking etc) - VW has already replaced this once, but that only solved half the problem, rotating the steering to the right doesn't make any noise
Noisy suspension at the rear - this was fixed, a shocker changed, but the sound is coming back again “dug dug dug”
AC Compressor on/off sound - Why couldn't VW pick a component that makes less noise / vibration each time the AC compressor kicks in? Now combine this with 2-cylinder mode on a low gear like 3rd and you can feel the vehicle jerk a bit

Added pedal shift extensions - didn't like how the regular ones were small, these are much nicer!