2017 Volkswagen Golf R That's Already Broken Is Getting a Lot of Attention

The irony is that some of the most modern cars are less reliable than ones from five years ago. As some people say, if something goes wrong, it will do it in the first 60,000 miles.

The old BMW V12 was famous for having two separate control units, a reliability nightmare. Despite that, we take twin turbochargers and even radar scanner for granted. You can blame all the smartphone companies for spoiling us.

Anyway, we often tell people to buy a car only a couple of years after the launch. That gives manufacturers time to fix the bugs. But there's this 2017 Golf R that defies that logic. In short, it's a lemon.

With just 1,600 miles on the clock, it developed a serious problem: leaking injectors. The owner says it would lurch, buck and feel very rough at start. It took about a week for the engine light to come on, but the dealer couldn't fix it immediately.

After that issue had been remedied, the Golf R developed a problem with the blind spot monitoring sensor. That could have easily killed the guy, as the error didn't appear on the dash.

Making matters worse is what we read in the description of the video: "*UPDATE* Oct. 26: Engine light comes back on after injector replacement, same problem with multiple misfire codes. Brought back to the dealer, they brought in a high-up VW Canada representative who has confidential tech information and will be making the decisions on what to do. I was told by the[awesome] service manager that if worst comes to worst, the engine will be replaced."

Is that such a good thing? I mean, this is a very expensive, brand new Golf R worth at least US$35,000. A new engine would hurt the resale value and the confidence of the owner.

Such things usually deter people from ever buying that brand of car again. Except for Tesla, in which case it's totally normal, and you should expect a new software patch.