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My 2016 Polo Match 1.2 TSI started doing this clunking noise a few months ago, took it in for a service and the senior technician I spoke to said it was normal for this model.
Surely this can't be right, must be disc pads not correct dimensions and over time they move about too much in the carrier ...

Hi Chrisol,
I have since changed this car, for various reliability issues, in September 2016 - Polo 1.2 TSI Match manual, But this car is similar - noisy rattly engine on tick-over. Also harsh ride with a lot of vibration from road surface coming into the cabin. Very dissatisfied with my overall ...

When I took my car, Polo Match 2016 1.2 TSI EA211, for servicing I asked the technician about the engine being very "clattery" at lower revs. Apparently it is the high pressure fuel pump which is operated from the camshaft, the noise reverberating through the valve gear housing. The technician ...

Thanks Ricmondo. Could this be possible on a new car that's done only 1000 miles? Bad batch of bearings?

I hope someone can please help me with this. September 2016 Polo Match 1.2 TSI 3 door, I am getting a lot of noise from the front of the car, having a very distinctive rumbling characteristic which I can only describe as sounding like a rubber ball being shaken in a plastic drinks bottle. It is not ...

I am pleased in one way to have found this post. I too have had this problem on my March 2015 Polo 1.2 TSI SE DSG and was fobbed off each time I went to the dealer about it - haven't had that one before - was the response. My wife and I were so fed up with this supposedly "unfixable" problem, it ...

Hi,
Does anyone else have problems with the 1.2 TSI engine (EA211) ? Ever since buying my Polo new in March 2015, the engine has been very noisy, whining, knocking on acceleration, heavy rumbling noise on tick-over. The test car I drove was nothing like this. Also whistling/ warbling noises from ...