Volkswagen GTI Complaints (2019)

179 consumer complaints on file.

#11229682July 5, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT A NEW 2019 VW GTI RABBIT EDITION IN 6 SPEED MANUAL. THE VEHICLE STALLS AND HAS STALLED AT LEAST 10 TIMES AND I'VE HAD IT FOR 2 DAYS. ITS VERY CONCERNING. I'VE MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE IT IN, AND I'VE CALLED VW CUSTOMER CARE TO LET THEM KNOW. IT HAPPENS WHILE COMING TO A STOP, HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229491July 4, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR WILL STALL EVERY OTHER DAY OR SO. MAY ALSO STALL TWICE IN ONE DAY. SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMON WHEN ITS WARMER OUT. IT STALLS IN NEUTRAL OR IN GEAR WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. ALREADY HAD IT TO THE DEALER TWICE. STILL STALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229362July 3, 2019
ENGINE
VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, WITH CLUTCH FULLY PRESSED IN. THIS HAPPENED TO A 2019 VW GTI RABBIT EDITION CORNFLOWER BLUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229097July 2, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR HAS UNDER 200 MILES. ENGINE REPEATEDLY TURNS OFF ONCE STATIONARY, AT STOPS, SUCH AS INTERSECTIONS, YIELD ZONES, AND FREEWAY ON AND OFF RAMPS WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS. THE ENGINE TURNS OFF WITHOUT WARNING OR NOTIFICATIONS, AND HAS TO BE RESTARTED BY DRIVER. UNKNOWN COMPONENTS/SYSTEMS. TAKEN TO VW SERVICE CENTER, WAS ROAD TESTED, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE COMPLAINT AND NOTED VW CORP HAD ADVISED RESETS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229111July 2, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHEN COMING TO A STOP IN 1ST OR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT IN NEUTRAL, THE CAR WILL STALL OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228516June 30, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE PROBLEM STARTED LESS THAN 24 HOURS FROM TAKING DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE WITH 16 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 111 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, 90 DEGREES AMBIENT TEMP, OIL TEMP 210. THE ENGINE DIES WHEN APPROACHING A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. DOES IT IN NEUTRAL AND WHEN IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. GAUGES REMAIN ON WITH LIGHTING, TACH AT ZERO. AFTER STALLING THE CAR STARTS WITH A PUSH OF THE STARTER BUTTON, FOOT ON BRAKE AND CLUTCH DEPRESSED. IF THE CAR STALLS WHEN PARKING THE GAUGES REMAIN ON WITH LIGHTING, TACH AT ZERO. THE CAR MUST BE RESTARTED AND THEN SHUT OFF WITH THE STARTED BUTTON FOR THE GAUGES AND THE REST OF THE CARS ELECTRICS TO POWER DOWN. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11223099June 28, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
COMING TO A STOP, CLUTCH ALL THE WAY IN, THE CAR WILL STALL. IT IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL "JUMPY" DRIVER ERROR STALL, BUT RATHER IT FEELS AS IF THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS DOWN. ITS VERY SUBTLE AND THE ONLY WAY YOU EVEN KNOW ITS HAPPENING IS THAT YOU SEE YOUR RPMS DROP OFF. ALWAYS HAPPENING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. DIFFICULT TO BRING THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO REPRODUCE ON COMMAND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222603June 25, 2019
ENGINE
CAR HAS MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CAR UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS OUT WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP IN CITY DRIVING. ALTHOUGH RESTARTING THE ENGINE IS NO PROBLEM, IT SOMETIMES WILL STALL REPEATEDLY REQUIRING MULTIPLE RESTARTS. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, NOR CAN I FORCE IT TO HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221897June 22, 2019
ENGINE
THE CAR SOFT STALLS WHEN I STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE CLUTCH CAN BE FULL ENGAGED, OR NOT BUT IS NEVER IN GEAR. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR STALLS AND SHUTS OFF. SOME TIMES THE CARS STALLS SO SOFTLY THAT I CAN'T TELL THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF. I WILL HAVE TO START IT AGAIN BEFORE I CAN GET MOVING. I HAVE 1400 MILES ON A NEW BE GTI RABBIT EDITION AND THIS PROBLEM STARTED ROUGHLY 200 MILES AGO BUT HAS GOTTEN MUCH MORE FREQUENT IN THE LAST 50 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221660June 21, 2019
ENGINE
6MT RABBIT EDITION. CAR HAS OCCASIONALLY SOFTLY STALLED/ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE IN NEUTRAL WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOW. HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR CONSISTENCY. CAR WILL RESTART AGAIN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221546June 20, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM CRESTMONT VW IN NJ ONE MONTH AGO. IT HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND WHEN THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED AND I'M COMING TO A HALT, THE CAR HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNING THE CAR, AND NOW OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY OTHER DAY OR SO (SOMETIMES MORE FREQUENTLY). IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN IN NEUTRAL AND WHEN IN SECOND GEAR, THOUGH THE CLUTCH IS ALWAYS IN. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER RIGHT NOW. I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR'S COMPUTER WASN'T PRODUCING ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES. INITIALLY THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN SPOKE TO A MANAGER, SHOWED HIM ONLINE FORUMS WHERE CUSTOMERS WERE REPORTING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, AND TO HIS CREDIT HE AGREED TO KEEP THE CAR TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220683June 17, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
UNEXPECTED STALLING VEHICLE STALLS WITH CLUTCH COMPLETELY DEPRESSED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220766June 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WITH AN INTERMITTENT STALL IN THE SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. STALLS OCCURS WHEN DECELERATING WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSED. SO FAR, THIS HAS OCCURRED ON CITY STREETS AT LOW ROLLING SPEEDS IN THE MIDST OF A LEFT HAND TURN. A FULL STOP (AS WHEN WAITING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PASS) DOES NOT OCCUR BEFORE ONSET OF THE STALL, RATHER THE STALL HAS OCCURRED MIDWAY THROUGH THE ROLLING TURN AS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED, THE GEAR SELECTED, AND CLUTCH PEDAL RELEASED. IN EVERY INSTANCE IN WHICH THE STALL HAS INITIALLY OCCURRED, THE POWER LOSS OCCURS WHILE MY VEHICLE IS IN THE LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WITH ONLY THE MOMENTUM OF THE CAR PROPELLING ME OUT OF THE LANE. IN THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, THE STALL REPEATED AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSED. AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION FULLY OFF, THEN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STALL OCCURRED A THIRD TIME. AFTER LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES, THE CAR STARTED AND FUNCTIONED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220385June 16, 2019
POWER TRAIN
CAR STALLS AFTER COMING TO A STOP. CAR MUST BE RESTARTED. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11219993June 14, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE I HAVE PURCHASED STALLS SOFTLY FREQUENTLY. IT USUALLY STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP FROM A LOW SPEED. IT ALSO STALLS WHILE THE GEAR IS IN NEUTRAL AND COMING FROM A STOP. THE STALLING ALSO HAS OCCURRED WHILE THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS FULLY PRESSED. VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN ASAP. THIS AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVER AND THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220008June 14, 2019
POWER TRAIN
MY 2019 S MODEL PRODUCED IN 9/2018 WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS STALLING AT LOW SPEEDS WITH CLUTCH FULLY ENGAGED. IT HAPPENS IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR USUALLY WHEN EITHER TRYING TO COME TO A STOP OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC COASTING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS WITH CLUTCH IN. THE CAR DOES NOT LURCH. IT SIMPLY JUST SHUTS OFF QUIETLY. IT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR ON AN OFF RAMP, IN TRAFFIC, AND PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR 3 DAYS AGO ON TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED MILES ON IT. IT STARTED HAPPENING THE DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT. IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE ON THAT DAY, BUT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES YESTERDAY. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS USER ERROR UNTIL I GOOGLED IT AND SAW AT LEAST 80 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER HAD A MANUAL CAR STALL IN LOWER GEARS WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY ENGAGED. IT IS NOT NORMAL OR SAFE IN MY OPINION. I PLAN ON TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER AS SOON AS I CAN SO THEY CAN INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220223June 14, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
2019 MANUAL TRANSMISSION GTI STALLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH FOOT ON CLUTCH. STARTED HAPPENING TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE ON 6/02/2019, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 600 MILES ON VEHICLE I DID NOT EXPERIENCE STALLING. VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 2100 MILES, AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE STALLING MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN AFTER DRIVING THE CAR SPIRITEDLY, AND I CAN CONSISTENTLY GET THE CAR TO HAVE THE ISSUE WHEN DRIVING SPIRITEDLY. HAPPENS AT RANDOM DURING NORMAL DRIVING. VEHICLE ALSO LOSES ELECTRONICALLY ASSISTED POWER STEERING DURING FAULT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11219875June 13, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE COASTING IN NEUTRAL TO A STOP <5MPH AND STALLED OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER RESTARTING IGNITION 4 TIMES UNTIL I GAVE IT GAS AND HELD IT ABOVE 1500 RPM. VEHICLE IS A RABBIT EDITION 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION -- STALL WAS 100% NOT DRIVER ERROR AND WAS IN NEUTRAL. 891 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11219913June 13, 2019
ENGINE
THE ENGINE WOULD STALL WHEN APPROACHING A STOP. SOMETIMES ENGINE WOULD ALSO STALL AT LOW SPEEDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11219422June 12, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR STALLS RANDOMLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP IN 2ND GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. THE ENGINE IDLES CORRECTLY AS I'M COMING TO A STOP, I DEPRESS THE CLUTCH FULLY, IDLE REMAINS STABLE, WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A FULL STOP, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. THE CAR IS 4 DAYS OLD AND HAS 360 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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