Engine Turbo Issue

[EuropeanVanderlust]

We just had our 2020 GC600 in for service today- it was an oil change and full check-up, with brake fluid change. Before we went we had the blinking yellow coils aka Diesel Engine warning light. When we took it in today they advised that there is an issue with the turbo in our diesel engine. They couldn't tell us more than that, as the appointment was not sufficient time to diagnose. We have an appointment now scheduled for Oct 2 for the VW dealer to fully diagnose what the issue is. They already advised us that they will need to keep the van for 3-4 days. We can definitely feel the impact on the torque when accelerating, especially up hills or entering a highway.

I searched the forum and couldn't find any posts about turbo issues specific to the GC....so was curious if anyone has experienced anything related to their turbo and what the result was. I know we will be speculating about what is wrong until we have an official diagnoses....but they have advised us that it could cost up to 2500 euros to fix.

Thanks in advance!

 

[GordonH]

Ouch . There isn’t much regarding the issues with crafter vehicle itself on rhe forum that I recall. A few things on the Grand Cali UK FB forum. You may find more on the Crafter forums given much higher numbers in use.

 

[Mr T]

We just had our 2020 GC600 in for service today- it was an oil change and full check-up, with brake fluid change. Before we went we had the blinking yellow coils aka Diesel Engine warning light. When we took it in today they advised that there is an issue with the turbo in our diesel engine. They couldn't tell us more than that, as the appointment was not sufficient time to diagnose. We have an appointment now scheduled for Oct 2 for the VW dealer to fully diagnose what the issue is. They already advised us that they will need to keep the van for 3-4 days. We can definitely feel the impact on the torque when accelerating, especially up hills or entering a highway.

I searched the forum and couldn't find any posts about turbo issues specific to the GC....so was curious if anyone has experienced anything related to their turbo and what the result was. I know we will be speculating about what is wrong until we have an official diagnoses....but they have advised us that it could cost up to 2500 euros to fix.

Thanks in advance!

There have been reports on the crafter forum of issues with the twin turbo engine used in the GC’s, but not a regular occurrence. Worth doing some further research to see what comes up.
Hope nothing too serious/expensive. Best of luck.

 

[EuropeanVanderlust]

Thanks @GordonH and @Mr T I'll look for some Crafter forums to see what I can find....have never been on any so this will be a new experience all around!

And yes, fingers crossed this is nothing too expensive/serious!

 

[soulstyledevon]

There have been reports on the crafter forum of issues with the twin turbo engine used in the GC’s, but not a regular occurrence. Worth doing some further research to see what comes up.
Hope nothing too serious/expensive. Best of luck.

Which one is the Twin Turbo, 180…?

 

[Mr T]

Which one is the Twin Turbo, 180…?

It’s the 177 2.0 twin turbo, fitted to all GC’s.

 

[soulstyledevon]

It’s the 177 2.0 twin turbo, fitted to all GC’s.

What is it with Volkswagen twin turbo motors…
Crikey, that’s put a spanner in my plans.

 

[Mr T]

What is it with Volkswagen twin turbo motors…
Crikey, that’s put a spanner in my plans.

I’ve not seen any reports of GC’s with this issue, just know it’s mentioned on the Crafter group. These could be older vans, don’t take what I write on the internet too seriously Do some fact checking.

 

[soulstyledevon]

I’ve not seen any reports of GC’s with this issue, just know it’s mentioned on the Crafter group. These could be older vans, don’t take what I write on the internet too seriously Do some fact checking.

Cheers.
I’m looking at buying a Man/Crafter to convert

 

[EuropeanVanderlust]

It was finally our appointment day! It's been a crazy 2.5 weeks waiting for it!

The best news to report is that it appears to be rodent damage to a hose- its a 12 euro part! I am sure we will get charged 200 euro for labor! It is also crazy to me that they couldn't diagnose this at our appointment a few weeks ago (oil change, brake fluid change, recall check), so I am very curious as to exactly where the hose is located. But overall thank goodness nothing major, however we did purchase a 1 year warranty (not VW) when we bought our GC and anything related to the engine/turbo would have been covered.

Since the warning lights came on the very last day of our 4 week trip, when we were just 3 hours from home- I count ourselves lucky! The rodent damage was likely caused the last few days when we were in Southwestern Poland. This did delay our next planned trip by a week and a half, but we can live with that!

Van should be ready tomorrow and then we are off!!

 

[Steve Gray]

I have a 2021 Grand California 600 from new, over the past 4 years it has been back to the VW commercial van centre for a number of issues one being the coil light and engine mgmt light keeps coming on. On the first occasion the coil light kept flashing and the van centre said there was a mod for the turbo solenoid pipe clips. Everything was fine and 12 months later it was on again with the engine mgmt light and a lack of power. VW assist came out said the turbo solenoid valve has stuck. They reset everything via diagnostic tool. On return it went back into Vw van centre for a week and they could not find a fault as everything was working. Two weeks ago on our next trip after 200 miles on came the coil light and engine mgmt light and no power again. AA called out and they said the diagnostics showed fault with turbo solenoid, turbo position sensor and electrical fault. They gave the ok to carry on with our journey but without a turbo working and a lack of power on inclines. On returning home back to the van centre for diagnostics as the lights were still on and no turbo or power. Resulting diagnostic are:- DPF damaged, turbo fault looks like the turbo has failed and damaged the DPF the van has only covered 6800 miles from new and has always been fully serviced, luckily I took out extended warranty but how poor is it that the turbo has failed at 6800 miles, this fault has been present for a while and it eventually failed.