10 Things You Need To Know Before Buying a Mk4 Golf!!!🤯🤯 

Golf’s or VW in general, bulletproof. That’s a fact, this is a good guide to some minor things to look out for, well done guys

Number 11: power window switches wear out over time. Number 12: rear seat lock release mechanism becomes disconnected internally, within the seat. A temporary work around is to open the rear hatch and wedge a flathead screwdriver into the physical lock and twist or push to dislodge the hook that locks the seat in the upright position. Then push the seat forward to lower it to the folded position. Number 13: the glove compartment door handle becomes brittle and breaks. Number 14: the fake leather seats will tear open over time. Inspect the driver's seat for worn upholstery. Number 15: electrical connectors in the engine bay get brittle and break on older cars. Number 16: CV boots tear Number 17: check the date of manufacture on the spare tire. Replace old tires even if they have never been used.

I know i'm 2 years late, but im missing one pretty common point (obviously i see why). The rear wiper motor is poorly designed - the nozzle is in the wiper axle and after time it just rips and starts pouring washer fluid into the wiper motor and into the trunk door, shorting the handle and rusting everything. If Your nozzle is following the wiper (it should be stationary) - You should check it out.

Great in depth explanation bro! Whish I had this when I was looling for GTIs😂

Lmao the central locking thing sent me. Same issue with my 99 Golf Mk IV. Edit: I've got the jacking point issue as well lmfao.

damn i bought it last week and this video poped up today man

This vid has come in handy I’m picking up a low mileage mk4 r32 for £££££. Top man Alex

got a 1000€ jazz blue golf mk4 wagon 1.6 manual fwd list of some issues ive had in the 2 weeks of ownership front left and right doorlock module microswitches broke rear left door intermittently wont unlock on first press of key poor radio reception due to corroded amplfier in antenna base cracked glass headlight letting in moisture door fabric falling off on all four doors exhaust flex pipe completely shat itself from me wiggling it a little it too hard :D the largest issues is the gearbox, doesnt like going into 2nd or 3rd, synchros are fine and clutch is releasing but still grinds like mad, 1st 4th and 5th are fine though, the gearbox is the linkage type thermostats broken, takes FOREVER to warm up, and when moving temps drop down to 70-80c and stay there never reaching 90c theres a slight misfire at idle (sometimes) and makes setting of at traffic lights in a sensible manner almost impossible, have to rev the shit out of it or itll just stall right away the glovebox "soft open" is broken so it just falls open and makes a grindy type noise the V71 flap (hvac recirculation flap motor) is setting an intermittent fault code and when recirc is pressed it makes all kinds of weird noises the armrest lid button is broken, so when its up and out of the way it opens up by itself.. the rear washer pipe froze and popped off behind the D pillar trim, i only found out after doing some cleaning and the spare tire well was all wet the rear wiper washer nozzle is seized to the rotating wiper shaft, causing it to spray down towards the ground in a 90° swing + it leaks inside the tailgate the tailgate lock microswitch is flaky, almost always thinks the tailgate is open when its closed causing a mega annoying beeping the handbrake switch is also poorly adjusted so when the handbrake is down (disengaged but still just slightly up by accident) the car starts beeping at you though its not actually on even a click the front windshield sprayers leak, when you release the button they just keep leaking and leaking + theyre the expensive heated type 25€ each the evap canister vent hose is cracked as its made out of the brittlest plastic ever the rear cupholders are stuck in the catalytic converter has been emptied at some time (most likely the exhaust flexi pipe came apart and filled the cat with metal flakes messing it up) the rear axle bushes creak/groan like hell the doors like to freeze shut due to the shape theres always something rattling theres something whistling over 60kmh the cars underside is missing rubber plugs (all golfs are missing them but they let in water and salt) the brake hoses are solid as a rock and look like theyre ready to burst at any moment (possible nightmare to change) the brake booster vacuum line is cracked really badly, but doesnt seem to leak too bad yet (35€) the expansion tank is so yellowed and crusty its ready to explode the driver side door inner panel seal is starting to degrade causing water to get in the footwell the rear right door speaker grill is smashed to bits but its feels sooo good to drive 🙂 worth every penny :D + surprisingly good on fuel 5.9l/100km on motorways at 110kmh average with about 7l/100km on city / county roads

Thank you

You'll need to eventually change window regulators,

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just saying, if your car needs a new thermostat, get it done asap, so many things could go wrong big time over that

List of shit wrong with my 2001 gti glx 12v vr6 from just age: -Hole in my driver side fender/skirt because of stuck water in the drain behind the fender liner -Glove box handle just fell out lmaoo -Glove box just 1 day unlatched and stays open now -door card is cracked and needs leather to be redone from its age the glue undone -headliner was sagging badly -rear seat latch just went bye bye on a light yoink - Sticky driver side passenger window controller so it stays up/down only -my passenger side bumper turn signal housing melted because the wiring housing became cracked and touched the wires lmao -tow hook got rusted almost off -door is creaking from sagging id assume -every single weather stripping/rubber on the car needs to be replaced -trunk was leaking from weather seal issue -rubber sunroof drain hoses just got undone due to shrinking with age/poor glue from factory -had to get cloth seats cause the leather one cracked so bad which now because i dont have airbag seats means i have an airbag/check engine light. -little trim just breaks and sucks in the car due to it being ABS plastic which isnt all that UV resistant over 23 years its old, itll have old issues, but i love it and for any manual golf you can find in the usa for like 2-5k is amazing to get for a project

The locking is a micro switch in the doors from people slamming doors also it shouldn't be going through oil at all I'm running 26 psi and no oil consumption

I have a 2003 150hp tdi mk4 it is a tank i like it power and confort for cheap better then my previous dacia

Just got an 02 Vr6 6sp😎🙏🏽

Got an mk4 1.9TDI main problems it had was rust, basically everything you showed here, electrival stuff. My rear windshield always starts going when i ignited and when i needed to use it it worked for few secs and it stopped, remote lock sometimes worked aometimes didn'thad two sets of car keys, it didn't react to one but reacted to other or vice versa. And of course since it was diesel, it didn't like cold starts, especially if you left out cold for longer. The pros that i had with was that i bought it for cheap, had a very little gas consunption and the engine itself seems unkillable

How does it use the oil? Common leak? Burn?

My airbag light comes on but only when it’s freezing temps…last owner spent money on new unit £350 lol…just warm car for few mins reset code and all good. Something to do with clock spring connections getting cold I guess

The only thing you need to carry when owning gti is fuel

is it worth getting one? Are they reliable? and do they cost lots to maintain all the problems?

Had a few golfs and Audi's. The rust is nothing compared to a Honda 😂😂

I have a Golf Mk4. Please help me reset the damn radio. Are there any other buttons I have to press when entering the digits? Code 1 is all I see.

Great video but bad advise with the eml light, yes it could come on for a variety of reasons but it's definitely not always something to not worry about, also the main problems with them are oil pick up pipe with drops oil pressure which in turn makes the timing chain slack because the tensioner uses oil pressure you then get eml for camshaft over advance and it will kill the engine if left and its definitely not a cheap one

Hello buddy can you do more pov driving and longer videos please I’m not into short videos

I would take a VW MK4 GTI VR6 or R32 over any new fart maker's every time

I bought a 2001 VR6 golf gti for $ 1,800.00 US with 85,000 miles on the engine . It came from a impound lot and sat for 2 1/2 months there till i bought it . The biggest and worst , stupidest thing you can do is run only tap water in the coolant system in these cars . The previous owner ran only tap water in the MK4 i bought , we have very high calcium in our tap water here in the states ( i live in California ) . Also timing chains i heard will need to be replaced on VR6 sooner or later and it cost big bucks to have fixed , theres no avoiding this . Run good quality oil in your mk4 golfs .

Haha, i just bought a cheap mark 4, and the central locking system does not lock the hatch, and the hatch will not lock manually, because the lock seem to be damaged😂 fml

I had a 02 plate golf one of the worst car ever the gear box mite as be made out of rubber bands I searched the hole of Ireland for one and paid stupid money for a second hand one, the box's are all the same

every 2 months 🤯⁉️

no audio bro

15 01 2024 м4 1.4л 75 )))) hi from UA ) i put tt bushes )

Basically you purchased a lemon. Clearly my anniversary has 0 of the problems you just talked about. Up your budget and you wont get these problems