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Hi all, I have a 2007 Polo that's started making an odd knocking noise. The actual gears and shafts seem fine - when in any gear, I can accelerate and use engine braking just fine. But it's when changing between gears there's a nasty knock that's recently started. It's most noticeable going into sec...

Thanks for the info, Maarten, I appreciate that. It's happened again. This time neither door would open but we figured out how to get in via the boot. So it's a properly intermittent fault - most of the time both doors register unlock just fine. But then sometimes *both* doors just refuse to registe...

Update: I don't think this car has the vacuum pump - couldn't find it or hear it but did find an electric actuator to lock/unlock the petrol cap access door. Did all the 2007 models have the vacuum pump based actuator? I reckon this one is all-electric. The Haynes manual is particularly unhelpful - ...

Hi, 2007 1.2, 2-door, petrol I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a weird intermittent fault so I can fix it before it becomes a permanent fault! The remote doesn't work so we have to use the blade key. Sometimes when you turn the key to the unlock position nothing happens. This would be no mor...