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2011 GTI Polo will not start. I have owned the car for 1 week. It's under VW warranty until Sep 2014. I had been out in the car and probaly done 12 miles then stopped the car at the shop this afternoon. Lights off and nothing electrical running in the car. Locked it. Came back out 10 mins later. Opened car. Ignition on - dash lights as normal start. Turned key but no noise from starter. Tried lock/unlock. Still no joy - no noise from starter.
Checked voltage - 11.7V. Dropped down to 6V when start attempted.
Tried jump leads - voltage now 13.6V. Turned the key and the difference was that the starter clicked with jump leads on but did not turn the engine.
Car towed home 250 yards to my house and is in the garage on the charger. It's taking about 2 Amps. Will try it agian in an hour.

Anybody else had the same issue with the GTI?

had a similar issue with a leon tdi....i know totally different car...but same concept

it was one of the relays...cant remember the name now..but it helped start the engine lol

Starting fine the last few days. No repeat of the problem but I have noticed that the +ve terminal on the starter moves. The locking nuts for the +ve cable are tight, its the screwed rod part that moves. Car under warranty, so I wont go any further. Booked in to VW on 7th Jan.