Volkswagen GTI Complaints

1,407 consumer complaints on file.

#10000123December 16, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2002 VOLKSWAGEN GTI 1.8T VIN #9BWDE61J824005932 ISSUE: COIL PACK REPLACE AT 19K MILES MILD WEATHER, 60 DEGREES. STARTED FINE IN MORNING. CEL AT 3:30PM, ENGINE SOUNDED AWFUL. VW OF AMERICA TOWED TO ALEXANDRIA VW FOR REPAIR.
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0
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0
#10000124December 16, 2002
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH DEFECTIVE AT 19000 MILES. CLUTCH PLATE FOUND WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR, FUSED TO FLYWHEEL.
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0
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#10000127December 16, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
4TH IGNITION COIL PACK FAILURE ON MY 2002 VW GTI. MY VOLKSWAGEN HAS LESS THAN 25K MILES ON IT AND HAS HAD 4 FAILED COIL PACKS. EACH TIME WAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION/WEATHER/SPEED.
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0
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#10000094December 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MULTIPLE COILPACK FAILURES ON 2002 VW GTI 1.8T. DEALER REFUSED WARANTY SERVICE CLAIMING AFTERMARKET SPARK PLUGS BEING THE CAUSE OF THE PART FAILURE. CAR HAD 2 INCIDENTS OF COILPACK FAILURES PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF AFTERMARKET SPARK PLUGS. TOTAL OF 3 FAILURES WITHIN THE FIRST 8 MONTHS OF OWNING THE CAR. (*** THE INCIDENT DATE LISTED BELOW IS INACCURATE DUE TO HAVING MULTIPLE FAILURES ON DIFFERENT DATES***)
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0
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#10000039December 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
COIL PACK WENT OUT ON MY VW GTI 1.8T PART ON NATIONAL BACKORDER QUOTED 2+ WEEKS WITH RENTAL CAR
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No
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0
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0
#8024037December 9, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE IGNITION COIL WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY. PH SCC
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No
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No
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0
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0
#770509December 5, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE COIL PACKS ON THE ENGINE HAVE FAILED ON ME TWICE. WAS GOING 65 DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN MY ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED TO LESS THEN HALF AND BECOMING REAL ROUGH AND REAL JERKY. VW NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. IMAGINE ACCIDENTALLY PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HAVING MORE THAN ONE COIL PACK FAIL AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO EVEN ONE FAMILY. DT
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567755October 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMERS SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM THE STOP SIGN, HITTING A MINOR POT HOLE, ALL THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE DEPLOYED. THERE WAS A LOUD GUN SHOT-LIKE EXPLOSION, WHITE POWDER FILLED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO MAG FOR IMMEDIATE INSPECTION. MAG DETERMINED THAT THE INTERIOR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. A VOLKSWAGEN REPRESENTATIVE INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION AND THE JUDGEMENT WAS FOR THE THE EXPENSE FOR REPAIRS BE VOLKSWAGEN'S. A TOTAL OF FIFTEEN TO TWENTY PARTS WERE REQUIRED FOR REPAIR. *JG
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767260September 16, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VOLKSWAGEN POWER WINDOWS. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR ALL CARS WITH PLASTIC POWER WINDOW REGULATOR CLIPS. THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE WINDOW, LET ALONE RAISE AND LOWER IT.*AK
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No
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No
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0
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0
#767151September 14, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WIDESPREAD PROBLEM KNOWN BY MANUFACTURER- APPARENTLY ONLY REPAIRING AS PART FAILS. UNACCEPTABLE- SHOULD BE REPLACED ON A RECALL-TYPE BASIS FOR KNOWN PROBLEM. SAFETY RELATED DUE TO SUDDEN NATURE OF PART FAILURE CAUSING DRIVER DISTRACTION. NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767172September 14, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WE PURCHASED THIS CAR 8/17/02. ON 8/21/02, WHILE PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY WE ATTEMPTED TO PUT DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW UP AT WHICH POINT WINDOW GLASS FELL DOWN INTO DOOR PANEL. WE HAD TO DRIVE 30 MILES TO THE DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. THE REPAIR WAS NOT FINISHED UNTIL 8/21. WE WERE NOT TOLD OF ANY POSSIBLILY OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN NOR THAT THERE WAS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE. TODAY, 9/14/02, WHILE AGAIN PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY, WHILE PUTTING PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW UP, THE GLASS FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR PANEL JUST AS THE DRIVER SIDE HAD LESS THAN A MONTH AGO. THESE ARE POWER WINDOWS. WE AGAIN DROVE CAR TO DEALER 30 MILES AWAY - WITH A THUNDERSTORM BREWING. THIS WAS A SATURDAY AND SO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT OPENED. NUMEROUS SALES PEOPLE MADE COMMENTS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY VEHICLES COMING IN WITH THIS PROBLEM - THEY SHOWED US A BOX OF BROKEN CLIPS MADE IN USA FROM CARS ALREADY REPAIRED AND SAID THE VW WAS GOING TO REPLACE ALL CLIPS WITH METAL ONCE MADE BY PANZER. WE WERE TOLD THAT IN TEMPS ABOVE 75 THE CLIPS ARE FAILING. WHY IS THERE NO DEFECTS INVESTIGATION. IF THIS DEALER HAS FIXED THIS MANY CLIPS ALREADY. ALSO, IF THE DEALER KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THEN WHY, 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE FIRST CLIP FAILED, WOULD THEY NOT HAVE REPAIRED THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE THEY WERE FIXING THE DRIVERS SIDE. PLEASE HELP. NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767146September 13, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
PARTS HAVE BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR OVER A MONTH, THIS FIRST HAPPENED ON 8/14/2002 ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THEM THE LEFT SIDE FAILED ON 9/13/2002. NLM
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#8017575August 29, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING ELECTRIC TWO FRONT WINDOWS WILL FALL INTO WINDOW SEAL, AND WILL BE HARD TO GET BACK UP. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
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No
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0
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#766083August 23, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
VEHICLE #1 FAILED 4 TIMES IN 6 WEEKS, DEAD BATTERIES, ALTERNATORS, WOULD NOT START....VEHICLE REPLACED, SAME PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE # 2 8 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE......VW WILL NOT ADMIT TO DEFECTS
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No
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No
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0
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0
#765955August 20, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
MY CAR WINDOW FAILED ONLY 3 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERS AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE OFFICES THAT THE REASON THEY CAN'T GET IT FIXED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IS IT IS ON BACK ORDER FROM THE FACTORY BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW CLIPS BREAK IN OVER 50% OF NEW VOLKSWAGEN GTIS AND GOLFS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR.*AKY
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016132August 13, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE DRIVING, POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE FELL DOWN INTO THE WINDOW SEAL WITH NO WARNING. *AK CONSUMER HAS TRIED CONTACTING THE DEALER FOR THE PARTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. AFTER SIX ATTEMPTS, THE DEALER CALLED CONSUMER TO INFORM THAT THE PARTS HAD COME IN. THE DEFECTIVE PARTS WERE REPLACED ON AUGUST 21, 2002. *JG
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#765154August 3, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764985July 31, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED, CAUSING DRIVERS WINDOW TO DROP INTO THE DOOR. THIS IS A SAFETY AND SECURITY PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CURRENT MODEL IN 1999.5. A RECENT SURVEY ON THE VW VORTEX WEBSITE INDICATED THAT ALMOST 50% OF 1000 OWNERS RESPONDING HAD EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. IF THIS FAILURE HAD OCCURRED DURING THE RAINY SEATTLE WINTER DURING MY 40 MILE COMMUTE THE CAR WOULD UNSAFE TO DRIVE.*AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#764117July 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VW CANNOT BRING VEHICLE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WARRANTY......REFUSES TO REPLACE VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
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0
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0
#763010June 12, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE THAT OWNS A MK IV JETTA OR GOLF HAS A WINDOW CLIP FAILURE IN THIS CAR, DROPPING THE WINDOW INTO THE DOOR!*AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0

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