Volkswagen GTI Complaints (2019)

179 consumer complaints on file.

#11207142May 12, 2019
ENGINE, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR IS AT 3500 MILES, BOUGHT NEW FROM DEALER. CAR IS MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CAR HAS BEEN FINE UNTIL 5/11/19. WHILE STUCK IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, THE CAR STALLED WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. 10 MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT, THIS TIME OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STALLED WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED AGAIN WHEN I WAS STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. IN CASE #1) I WAS IN 1ST GEAR. THE STALL WAS VERY SMOOTH AND NOT NOTICED BY PASSENGERS (I NOTICED IT DUE TO TACHOMETER FALLING TO 0). THE CLUTCH WAS %100 DEPRESSED #2) I WAS IN 3RD OR 4TH GEARS. I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ALERT DUE TO THE FIRST INCIDENT AND MADE SURE TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT HAPPENED. THE CLUTCH WAS ONCE AGAIN DEPRESSED. IN BOTH CASES, THE CAR STALLED AND LEFT ME WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR STEER. LUCKILY THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WHILE STOPPING AND NOT AT HIGH SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206851May 10, 2019
ENGINE
ON JAN 29, 2019, I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW, FROM A DEALER IN SOUTH FLORIDA WITH APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT. AT THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH PETAL IN THE FULLY RAISED POSITION, AND HAD BEEN IDLING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED. ON THE SHORT DRIVE BACK, THE CAR STALLED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANY EXPLANATION FOR THE STALLING. UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, I DROVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 MORE MILES. ON FEBRUARY 1, 2019, THE ISSUE RECURRED, AGAIN AT A STOPLIGHT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. I CAN ASSERT, WITH CONFIDENCE, THAT NONE OF THE OCCURRENCES WERE DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTO-START SYSTEM (WHICH COULD HAVE EXPLAINED THE BEHAVIOR). ALTHOUGH THE ISSUE HAS NOT RESURFACED SINCE THEN (NOW ABOUT 3000 MILES LATER), THE CAR EXHIBITS A ROUGH IDLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTED COLD. THERE IS NO VISIBLE FLUCTUATION IN THE RPMS ON THE TACHOMETER, BUT I CAN AUDIBLY HEAR AND FEEL THE ENGINE "SKIPPING". THE CAR BUILD DATE WAS OCTOBER 2018.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206888May 10, 2019
ENGINE
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206411May 9, 2019
ENGINE
WHILE COMMUTING IN STOP-AND-GO MORNING TRAFFIC, MY CAR STALLED TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY. IN BOTH INSTANCES I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND MOVING THE STICK SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206298May 8, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS WHILE STATIONARY IN FIRST GEAR, CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. CAR WILL IDLE ROUGH THAN STALL. VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS WHEN APPROACHING A STOP IN FIRST GEAR. SOMETIMES STALLS QUIETLY, LIKE THE CAR TURNED OFF. HAD THE CAR A WEEK AND HAPPENED ABOUT 10+ TIMES. DEALER TOLD ME CAN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, NOTHING TO FIX. CALLED VW CORPORATE TO LET THEM KNOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206370May 8, 2019
ENGINE
WHEN COMING TO A STOP CLUTCH PEDAL IS DOWN AND BRAKE IS APPLIED. VEHICLE STALLS AS IT COMES TO A STOP. AFTER A 15 MILE DRIVE, FIRST FREEWAY AND THEN STOP AND GO STREETS. HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND CLUTCH WAS STILL PRESSED IN TO BACK UP MY DRIVEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205929May 7, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
6MT MODEL WITH ABOUT 600 MILES. CAR UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS AT SLOW SPEED WITH CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED IN CITY DRIVING WHILE TURNING. STALLS QUIETLY AND WITHOUT REASON. SEEMS TO E A COMMON ISSUE AMONG 2019 MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205158May 2, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
ENGINE STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS WITH THE CLUTCH IN (URANO GREY 6-SPEED MANUAL). SOMETIMES THE ENGINE DIES QUICK AND CLEAN, SOMETIMES SPUTTERS/FLUTTERS AND THEN DIES. CAR NEEDS TO BE RESTATED IN TRAFFIC - DANGEROUS! HAPPENS PRETTY RARELY, BUT HAPPENED 4 TIMES WITHIN CITY-ISH 50 MILES, SO CERTAINLY A CONCERN! NEW CAR HAS LESS THAN 400 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205318May 2, 2019
ENGINE
CAR SPORADICALLY STALLS AT STOP WHILE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. USUALLY IN 1ST GEAR BUT SOMETIMES NEUTRAL OR 2ND. I NOTICE IT MORE WHEN ENGINE SOUND IS SET TO SPORT MODE. USUALLY THE STALL IS SILENT, TWICE THE CAR SLIGHTLY SHUDDERED. DEALER HAS HAD IT FOR A WEEK WITH NO ABILITY TO PREDICTABLY RECREATE. NO CODES/FAULTS ARE THROWN, THUS NO DIAGNOSIS. CAR IS AT WARMED UP OPERATING TEMPERATURE WHEN STALLS OCCUR. STALLS ARE ALWAYS ON CITY STREETS ON A STRAIGHT PATH (I.E. TIRES ARE NOT IN A TURNED POSITION). PURCHASED CAR WITH 12 MILES ON IT, STALL OCCURRED 5 TIMES BETWEEN 20 AND 85 MILES. DEALER SENT ME HOME WITH INSTRUCTION TO COME BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN; CAR STALLED 3 MILES AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE CAR TO THEM FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. STILL NO DIAGNOSIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204916May 1, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE CAR HAS A SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND OCCASIONALLY STALLS WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED, THE TRANSMISSION IN GEAR, AND VEHICLE SPEED BELOW 5MPH, FOR INSTANCE WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. PRESSING THE CAR'S START BUTTON UPON REACHING A FULL STOP RE-STARTS THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205109May 1, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2019 RABBIT EDITION GTI 6-SPEED MANUAL STALLS WHEN IT'S STATIONARY AT A STOP SIGN OR A STOPLIGHT WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY PRESSED IN. IT HAPPENS WHILE IN 1ST GEAR AND IF THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR ALSO FAILS TO TURN ON AFTER STALLING SOMETIMES AND IMMEDIATELY SHUTS OFF AFTER RESTARTING. MY CAR HAS STALLED 5 TIMES WHILE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. THIS VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW AND CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF IT'S NOT FIXED. I HAVE CONTACTED VOLKSWAGEN BUT THEY'RE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THIS IS AN ISSUE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS WITH THE BRAND NEW 2019 RABBIT EDITION GTI'S ARE HAVING AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. HERE IS A LINK TO THE FORUMS OF EVIDENCE THAT IT AS HAPPENED TO MULTIPLE VEHICLES: HTTPS://WWW.GOLFMK7.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=778941
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204856April 30, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE DIED WHEN STOPPING AT RED LIGHT IN EVENING RUSH HOUR. THERE WAS NO SHUTTER WITH THE ENGINE SHUTOFF. DID NOT NOTICE ENGINE WAS OFF AND WHEN ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STAND STILL, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. THIS HAPPENED HALF A MILE LATER AT AN ADDITIONAL STOP LIGHT. THERE WERE NO WARNING OR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204630April 29, 2019
ENGINE
WHILE COMING TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED THE ENGINE CUTS OUT. THE ENGINE HAS ALSO CUT OUT A FEW SECONDS AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES, ALWAYS WHILE BRAKING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER BRAKING WHILE STATIONARY. I AM ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR MANUALLY AFTER THIS BEHAVIOR. THE CAR IS NEW WITH 250 MILES DRIVEN. THE CAR DOES NOT REGISTER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR OTHERWISE INDICATE ANY PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203843April 26, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I AM CONCERNED WHEN COMING TO A STOP UNEXPECTEDLY MY CAR WILL START TO IDLE ROUGH AND THEN STALL. I'M CONCERNED IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AND THAT I COULD BE HIT. CURRENTLY IT HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED WHEN STOPPING AND I CANNOT KEEP THE CAR RUNNING WHEN I START IT UP AGAIN. I AM HAVING TO REV THE ENGINE TO KEEP IT RUNNING AND MOVE OFF THE ROAD. MY CAR HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND THE CLUTCH IS FULLY PRESSED DOWN WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I HAVE MORE THAN 3/4 TANK OF GAS WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203884April 26, 2019
ENGINE
2019 GTI RABBIT EDITION, 6M, URANO GREY. I HAVE EXPIERINCING FREQUENT ENGINE STALLS COMING UP TO A STOP, CLUTCH ALL THE WAY DEPRESSED, IN MY 2,000 MILES SINCE BUYING NEW IN FEB. SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF HAPPENS IN MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTION. THE STALLS NOW ARE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENT. HOPE THIS PROBLEM GETS SORTED SOON BY VW. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ALREADY FILED WITH NHTSA AS WELL AS THE VW GTI FORUMS. (GOLFMK7.COM) IT SEEMS BY READING OTHER SAME COMPLAINTS, ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND WITH THE 6 SPEED MANUALS. (CLUTCH ALWAYS FULLY DEPRESSED)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204031April 26, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN YOU HAVE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE CAR IS COMING TO A STOP WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE. TODAY IT HAPPEN 5 TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP IS. CLUELESS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203366April 24, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. MOST OF THE OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON CITY STREETS. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED ALL THE WAY IN, OR IF VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL. IT IS A VERY QUIET STALL, NO DASH LIGHTS COME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE STARTED AGAIN, AS IF IT WAS NEVER RUNNING. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203470April 24, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY ENGINE KEEPS HAVING A SOFT STALL. I HAVE A MANUAL RABBIT UNDER 1K MILES. IT DOES THIS WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS THE SECOND ISSUE I HAVE WITH THE CAR ALREADY. THE FIRST WAS A SENSOR, WHICH WAS TAKEN CARE OF WITH EASE. NOW THIS ONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11202575April 19, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE STALLING IN LOW SPEED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11197189April 18, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHITE 2019 RABBIT EDITION 6MT, BUILD DATE OF 10/18, PURCHASED 4/6/19. ISSUE BEGAN THE DAY OF PURCHASE WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WILL FREQUENTLY STALL WHEN THE CLUTCH IS FULLY DEPRESSED SHORTLY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE STALL IS UNCHARACTERISTIC OF OTHER STALLS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR, AS IT CAN BARELY BE FELT THROUGH THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR IS BOTH IN GEAR AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. ONCE THE CAR STALLS, IT MUST BE RESTARTED BY PRESSING THE IGNITION BUTTON AGAIN. AFTER THE ENGINE IS RESTARTED, THE CAR WILL RESUME NORMAL DRIVING OPERATION UNTIL IT STALLS WHILE COMING TO A STOP AGAIN. THE STALLING ONLY SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE CAR IS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS TWICE, BOTH TIMES HAVING NO RESULTS. A VW TECH WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND ITS SOURCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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