Volkswagen GTI Complaints (2019)

179 consumer complaints on file.

#11210623May 29, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH ONLY 600 MILES ON IT AND HAVE HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS. IT IS A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND NOT THE FIRST MANUAL I HAVE EVER HAD. WHEN COMING TO A STOP, IF THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED FULLY, THE CAR WILL SOFT STALL LEAVING ME TO HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR TO GET MOVING. THE STALL IS SO SUBTLE THAT EVERY TIME IT HAS HAPPENED I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL I PRESSED THE GAS AND THE CAR DID NOTHING.THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT VW IS FAILING TO RECOGNIZE. FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SLOWING DOWN IN THE TURNING LANE TO TAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC. WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED I DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND BEGAN TO TURN ACROSS THE ONCOMING LANE. AS I BEGAN TO APPLY THROTTLE AND RELEASE THE CLUTCH I NOTICED THE CAR HAD STALLED AND WAS FORCED TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SITTING IN THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC WHICH COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF THERE HAD BEEN CARS COMING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS MY DOING SO I SPENT SOME TIME TRYING TO RECREATE THE ISSUE. ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 5 STOPS WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY ENGAGED, WHETHER IN GEAR OR IN NEUTRAL, THE CAR WILL STALL WHEN IT COMES TO A STOP. THIS IS NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOR OR DUE TO INEXPERIENCE. I HAVE NEVER HAD A MANUAL VEHICLE WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD EVER STALL WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY ENGAGED. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE THIS IS APPARENTLY A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE THAT IS AFFECTING BRAND NEW 2019 GTI'S WITH THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION. VW IS FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THIS NEGLIGENCE WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD COST SOMEBODY THEIR LIFE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210543May 29, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR IS RANDOMLY STALLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SO FAR SINCE TAKING DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE ON 5/24. EACH TIME SO FAR IT HAS HAPPENED IN PARKING LOTS, IT IS SO SUBTLE ITS LIKE THE AUTO START/STOP TECHNOLOGY SOME CARS HAVE ALTHOUGH THIS ONE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THAT. EACH TIME I HAD THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210239May 28, 2019
ENGINE
THE ISSUE PRESENTS ITSELF SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, WHERE THE ENGINE WILL SOFT STALL AND REQUIRE RESTARTING. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED AND ALSO WHEN THE THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210314May 28, 2019
ENGINE
CAR STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE CLUTCH IS FULLY ENGAGED. SOFT SHUTDOWN ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE AUTO START/STOP ON AUTOMATIC MODELS.. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES THIS MORNING WHILE COMING ONTO A MILITARY BASE WHERE THERE IS TYPICALLY STOP AND START TRAFFIC. NO CEL OR ERRORS ON DASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210407May 28, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN AN EMPTY PARKING LOT, THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE THE CLUTCH WAS FULLY DEPRESSED AND THE CAR WAS IN 1ST GEAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AS IT WAS COMING TO A STOP WHILE THE CLUTCH WAS FULLY DEPRESSED AND THE CAR WAS IN FIRST GEAR. BOTH TIMES THE CAR WAS GOING NO FASTER THAN 5 MPH. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THE CAR LEFT THE PARKING LOT AND WENT ONTO A ROAD AND UPON COMING UP TO THE RED LIGHT AND SLOWING DOWN, THE CAR STALLED WHILE THE CLUTCH WAS FULLY DEPRESSED AND THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE THREE EXAMPLES MENTIONED ABOVE OF THE CAR STALLING, ALL HAPPENED ON THE EXACT SAME DAY THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW WITH ABOUT 33 MILES ON IT. THE THREE STALLING INCIDENTS ALL HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR REACHED ABOUT 50-60 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210201May 27, 2019
POWER TRAIN
ON 4/12/19, WE PURCHASED A NEW 2019 URANO GRAY GTI RABBIT EDITION MANUAL TRANSMISSION FROM A VW DEALERSHIP WITH 36 MILES. ON 5/14/19, AT 732 MILES THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT ON A MAJOR STREET WITH THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. AT THE NEXT RED LIGHT THE CAR STALLED WHILE STOPPING IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR STALLED ABOUT SIX TIMES WHILE TRYING TO RESTART IT AT THE RED LIGHT - THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUTCH DOWN. I CALLED TO NOTIFY A VW DEALER SERVICE ADVISOR AND WAS ADVISED TO CHECK THE OIL LEVEL (IT WAS FULL). ON 5/27/19, AT 965 MILES THE CAR STALLED WHILE IN FIRST GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH DOWN AT A STOP SIGN. WE THEN TOOK A VIDEO OF THE VEHICLE STALLING AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WITH THE CLUTCH TO THE FLOOR. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CAR STALLED TWICE ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE THE CLUTCH WAS DOWN AT A RED LIGHT. THIS IS A SERIOUS VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUE AS A STALLED VEHICLE CAN BE REAR ENDED CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209610May 24, 2019
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. AS OF 5/23, THE CAR HAS 1,030 MILES ON IT. IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AT ABOUT 400-500 MILES AND THEN IT WENT AWAY, BUT RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING A FEW TIMES A DAY. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE COMING TO A STOP EITHER ALREADY IN NEUTRAL, AND IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE ROLLING TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. IT IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL STALL, THERE IS NO JERKINESS AND THE ENGINE JUST SILENTLY SHUTS DOWN. WOULD BE HARD TO NOTICE IF EYES ARE NOT ON THE RPM, IT JUST DIES AND HITS 0 RPM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209734May 24, 2019
ENGINE
STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS, E.G. COMING TO A STOP WITH CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSED. HAS HAPPENED 3X (SO FAR) IN THE FIRST 800 MILES OF DRIVING. CAR IS A 6MT. CAR HAS 900 MILES ON IT AS OF 5/24/2019.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209531May 23, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 5 DAYS. I HAVE A 2019 VOLKSWAGEN GTI RABBIT EDITION WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL THAT WAS MANUFACTURED 12/18. WHEN I ROLL TO A STOP IN NEUTRAL, THE CAR HAS STALLED. TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED WHILE BEING IN 1ST GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH ALL THE WAY DOWN AND COMING TO A STOP. ONCE I AM COMPLETELY STOPPED, THE ENGINE STALLS. THERE IS NO SHUTTERING, THE ENGINE JUST TURNS OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209581May 23, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION GTI SE STALLS AFTER I COME TO A STOP WHEN THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. IT HAS HAPPENED ~8 TIMES SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE (FOR 3 WEEKS). THERE ARE 650 MILES ON THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209037May 21, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DURING PRE-PURCHASE TEST DRIVE OF VEHICLE (2019 GTI SE, MANUAL WITH ~30 MILES ON ODOMETER), THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES INTO THE TEST DRIVE. CLUTCH WAS IN, VEHICLE WAS IN FIRST GEAR, SPEED WAS LESS THAN 1MPH. CAR HAD TO BE RESTARTED. I DID NOT PURCHASE THAT CAR BUT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO SELL IT AS NEW. I HAD 2 WITNESSES PRESENT. THIS WAS THE 3RD BRAND NEW 2019 GTI I HAVE TESTED THAT UNEXPECTED STALLS LIKE THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209042May 21, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DURING PRE-PURCHASE TEST DRIVE OF VEHICLE (2019 GTI RABBIT EDITION, MANUAL WITH ~10 MILES ON ODOMETER), THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE TEST DRIVE. CLUTCH WAS OUT, VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL, CAR WAS STOPPED. CAR HAD TO BE RESTARTED. I DID NOT PURCHASE THAT CAR BUT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO SELL IT AS NEW. I HAD 2 WITNESSES PRESENT. THIS WAS THE 2RD BRAND NEW 2019 GTI I HAVE TESTED THAT UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS LIKE THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208615May 20, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN A 2019 GTI SE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH EXPERIENCE PACKAGE IN SPORT MODE (WITH < 100 MILES ON ODOMETER) THE CAR STALLED WHILE HAVING THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. THE CAR ALSO STALLED WHILE SITTING AT A GREEN LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED AND THE TRANSMISSION IN FIRST GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208782May 20, 2019
ENGINE
UPON COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE CLUTCH FIRMLY AND COMPLETELY PRESSED, THE ENGINE THEN STALLS. THIS OCCURS ONLY AFTER DRIVING ON REGULAR STREETS STOP AND GO FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. IT WILL THEN STALL AT COMPLETE STOPS INFREQUENTLY AND IT OCCURS PROBABLY ABOUT 5 TIMES EVERY 15 MINUTES. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR SINCE I PICKED IT UP BRAND NEW ON 5/11/19. IT IS NOW BACK IN THE SHOP FOR THEM TO FIX IT FOR A SECOND TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208846May 20, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WILL SPONTANEOUSLY TURN OFF ENGINE OR STALL WHILE DECELERATING FROM SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN 20 MPH. CAR WILL STALL WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED OR NOT, STEERING WHEEL LOSES POWER ASSIST, AND CAR NEEDS TO BE RESTARTED. ENGINE SHUT OFF OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES IN FIRST 800 MILES OF OWNERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208223May 17, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY VEHICLE STALLS AT IDLE FOR NO REASON. I HAVE TO RESTART MY ENGINE OVER AND OVER WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN ENGINE IS WARMED UP. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU STALL WHILE WAITING TO TURN LEFT THROUGH TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208287May 17, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT/ENGINE WOULD TURN OFF RANDOMLY ON ITS OWN FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND MOVING MOTION. STARTED IN FEBUARY 2019 - CURRENT - COMING DOWNHILL IN NEUTRAL TO A LIGHT. WHEN PROCEEDING AFTER IT TURNED GREEN, I NOTICED MY ENGINE WAS OFF. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE THEN CUT OFF ON ITS OWN AGAIN AT THE NEXT LIGHT WHILE IN NEUTRAL WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES. MY GAS METER WAS AT 1/3 TANK AND I PROCEEDED TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AFTER I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, I WENT ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS COMING TO A SLOW DOWN DUE TO TRAFFIC AND SWITCH MY GEAR TO NEUTRAL AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AND AS SOON AS I WAS COMING UP TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME MY VEHICLES ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS COASTING AT 30-40MPH. I WAS STILL IN MOTION WHEN IT HAPPENED. I PROCEEDED TO RESTART MY VEHICLE WHEN IT CAME TO A FULL STOP AND CALLED MY DEALER. - 2ND OCCURENCE HAPPEND WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE CLUTCH PEDAL GOING INTO 2ND FROM 3RD. MY VEHICLES ENGINE THEN CUTOFF AGAIN WHEN MY FOOT WAS STILL PRESSED INTO THE CLUTCH PEDAL. I HAD RESTARTED THE CAR WHILE IN MOTION TO AVOID INCOMING TRAFFIC TO ACCELERATE INTO THE TURN. - 3RD OCCURENCE HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN I WAS IN NEUTRAL COASTING INTO MY PARKING SPOT AT MY APARTMENT, THE ENGINE CUT ITSELF OFF AGAIN. -4TH OCCURENCE HAPPENED IN A SERIES, I WAS COMING UP TO A PARKING SPOT IN NEUTRAL AND AS I BRAKED TO A COMPLETE STOP, MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND HAD IT DRIFT BACKWARDS IN NEUTRAL, IT HAD SHUT OFF AGAIN WITHOUT MY STICK SHIFT BEING IN ANY GEAR SLOTS. I THEN RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND HAD IT IN FIRST GEAR TO MOVE INTO MY PARKING SPACE AND AFTER MOVING FORWARD AND THEN GOING INTO NEUTRAL TO BRAKE, THE ENGINE CUT OFF AGAIN. - LAST INSTANCE WAS FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO A NEUTRAL COAST LEAVING A PARKING LOT, THIS HAPPEND TWICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208346May 17, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH FOOT IN CLUTCH. ALSO, IF YOU SHIFT FROM NEUTRAL TO FIRST, STILL WITH FOOT IN CLUTCH FULLY, IT WILL SOMETIMES STALL. THE RANDOM STALLING IS NOT CAUSE BY THE USER BECAUSE THE CLUTCH IS 100% DEPRESSED, YET THE CAR STILL SILENTLY STALLS. ALONG WITH THIS, THE SHIFT INDICATOR IS NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE, SOMETIMES I MAY BE IN 3RD, YET IT DISPLAYS THAT I AM IN 4TH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11207444May 14, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR, IT PERIODICALLY STALLS WHILE IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR STUTTERS AND SHUTS OFF SEVERAL TIMES DAILY. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO SERVICE, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AFTER 4 DAYS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11207627May 14, 2019
ENGINE
RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2019 GTI BRAND NEW WITH 16 MILES. LEFT THE DEALER AND WITHIN 5 MILES MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE PULLING UP TO A RED LIGHT. THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO USER ERROR. CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND HAD 6 MORE STALLS WITHIN 16 MILES. RETURNED TO DEALER SERVICE CENTER. I WAS MADE TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS A DRIVER PROBLEM. I LEFT THE CAR AND WAS CALLED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE TECH COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. I REFUSED TO LEAVE THE DEALER BECAUSE I KNEW THIS WAS A REAL ISSUE. I INSISTED THAT THE TECH COME OUT DRIVING WITH ME. DROVE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND AT THE LIGHT BEFORE GETTING BACK TO THE DEALER IT HAPPENED! CAR WAS LEFT IN THE SHOP FOR 6 MORE DAYS WHILE THEY FIXED THE ISSUE. RECEIVED THE CAR BACK A WEEK LATER AND WAS TOLD THEY CALLED VW AND WERE GIVEN A FIX. APPARENTLY THERE WAS DEBRIS FROM THE MANUFACTURING PLANT ON A SENSOR AND THAT WAS CAUSING IT. REPLACED THE SENSOR AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL..... FOR A WEEK AND A HALF. THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. 3 TIMES IN A MATTER OF 10 MINUTES IN FACT. TOOK THE CAR STRAIGHT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS ONCE AGAIN MADE TO FEEL LIKE I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. ONCE AGAIN HAD TO GO TEST DRIVE THE CAR WITH A TECH. LUCKY THIS IS A REAL ISSUE AND IT HAPPENED WITH THE TECH VIDEO RECORDING THE EVENT. WAS TOLD THAT HE NEEDS TO CALL VW AND FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS. AT SOME POINT A FIX IS NEEDED OR I NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS. LUCKILY IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS. I'M SINCERELY HOPING FOR A FIX SHORTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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