The Golf Mk7/MQB (2012–2020) spans EA211 petrol (1.0/1.2/1.4 TSI and 1.6 MPI, with EA211-evo 1.5 TSI from the Mk7.5 facelift), EA888 gen3 (1.8 TSI and the 2.0 TSI GTI/R), and EA288 diesels (1.6/2.0 TDI); the Russian market took the EA211 1.6 MPI and 1.4 TSI plus the GTI/R, and did not receive the diesels. The Mk7.5 facelift also moved the GTI/R from the pre-facelift 6-speed wet DQ250 DSG to the 7-speed wet DQ381; and the regular Golf, having been pulled from Russia in the interim, returned to the RU market only in September 2018.
Known issues
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Maintenance
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Common DTC codes
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