I am at 20,000 miles and have had stage 1+ (Uni) for the last 7000 miles. I have had no problems but plan on eventually upgrading the clutch. Highly satisfied with my 2012 GLI and bought it "eyes open" that the clutch may need to be changed out later should I tune.
Issues:
None w/ 60k miles on it. The only thing that has been replaced is the tires. It still has the original brakes. Other than that its just been regular service.
What are the symptoms of a broken water pump? That seems to be the most likely thing that could go wrong, so I just want to make sure I know what is happening when/if it happens.
I am slightly over 3k in my 13 Wolfsburg. 3k in a month and a half... Just blowing through those warranty miles... Lol
2010 DSG GTI. Bought at 30k as a CPO as a 1 owner car, now almost 40k and about to get the DSG service done soon. No issues so far. Mods in sig. Performance mods done within 1k miles of when I bought it. Doing a DP and stage 2 soon. Don't expect any problems with that either. DSG is fine with the extra power and I already replaced the coilpacks so that isn't an issue with the extra power either. Intake only makes a difference when tuned.
85k miles
*Intake Manifold failed - $130 swapped the new one myself
*ABS Control Module failed - $2k+ fix, haven't done yet it's a known '09 issue
*Windsheild Wipers needed replaced - $20 each time. Cheap but it irks me that i've had to replace it twice in 3 years.
13' bought it on April and both gas pumps failed on October (covered by warranty) then in January 14' the water pump failed (again covered by warranty)...regard all this I'm still in love with my GTI...and besides the warranty is paying for all of the damage, so after nearly 10 months of ownership and almost 9k miles later (and waiting for the first oil change service) I'm enjoying it like the first time I got it from the dealer and then some...so let the issues come and if you don't have any issues with yours yet enjoy it more!...
2011 Golf here not molested and no problems.
Keep it factory stock drive it reasonably keep up the maintance=:happyanim:
Plan on getting a MKVII next June and keeping it FOREVER.