Volkswagen GTI Complaints (2007)

77 consumer complaints on file.

#10418171August 9, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT HAS FAILED TO WORK AND WHILE THERE IS POWER TO THE POWER MODULE THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCESS THE LED BRAKE LIGHT PANEL WITHOUT REMOVING THE REAR SPOILER AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW ONE WITH A COST OF $500 TO CHANGE THE LIGHT FOR INSPECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405690June 9, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I DRIVE A 2007 VW GTI WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THE "MECHATRONIC" UNIT LOCATED WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD AND WILL COST UPWARDS OF $2000.00 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THE CAR HAS 122,000 MILES ON IT. NOTHING LAST FOREVER AND I EXPECT CERTAIN FAILURES OVER TIME. HOWEVER, THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE IS A CONCERN WITH THIS UNIT AS, AT LEAST IN MY CASE, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN TOWN IN SLOW TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO HANDLE THE SUDDEN DECELERATION. IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THERE IS NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF AN IMPENDING UNIT FAILURE. THE ONLY INDICATION I HAD SPANNED SEVERAL MONTHS IN A VERY INTERMITTENT MANNER: 1)A SLIGHT "SHUDDERING" WHEN ACCELERATING WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FUEL RELATED. 2) THE "PRNDS" DISPLAY WOULD FLASH REPEATEDLY EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WOULD OPERATE JUST FINE. I COULD RESET THE DISPLAY BY TURNING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING IT. THIS PHENOMENON WAS VERY INTERMITTENT. I COULD FIND NO INFO ABOUT ANY OF THIS IN THE OWNERS MANUALS (I'VE HAD THE CAR SINCE NEW) OR ON LINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10396426April 13, 2011
POWER TRAIN
WHEN THE CAR WAS COLD, UPON PLACING IT INTO DRIVE TO DEPART FOR THE DAY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS VERY INDECISIVE ABOUT RELEASING THE CLUTCH AND CAUSED A SEVERE BUCKING SENSATION AND MADE IT DANGEROUS TO ENTER TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY THERE IS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON MY STREET. A SOFTWARE UPDATE MADE IT BETTER, BUT IT STILL WAS DANGEROUS FROM TIME TO TIME. SOFTWARE UPDATE ALSO REDUCED AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY 2.5 MPG TO WHICH VW WILL NOT ADMIT FAULT. GOT A MECHATRONICS REPLACEMENT UNDER CAMPAIGN AND NEW MECHATRONICS IS LESS LIKELY TO BE BAD WHEN COLD BUT NEW MECHATRONICS BUCKS MUCH WORSE AND IS MUCH WORSE THAN ORIGINAL MECHATRONICS WHEN IT IS BEING BAD. NEW SOFTWARE HAS IMPROVED FUEL ECONOMY 2 MPG FROM THE LOW. NEW MECHATRONICS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE ONTO A MODERATELY BUSY STREET AND THEN TRYING TO PULL AWAY UP A HILL ON THE BUSY STREET. IT IS VERY LIKELY TO BUCK AND BEHAVE UNPREDICTABLY AFTER THE EXTREMELY LONG DELAY FOR THE MECHATRONICS TO DECIDE TO GO AT ALL (HIT THE GAS, PRAY AND MAYBE WAIT, MAYBE GET WHIPLASH). IT WAS SCARY AND CAUSED A VEHICLE TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT GO. IT APPEARS THAT THE NEW MECHATRONIC UNIT HAS BROKEN THE CLUTCH AND VW NEEDS TO REPLACE MY ENTIRE DSG WITH A COMPLETELY BRAND NEW ONE WITH A NON-DEFECTIVE MECHATRONIC UNIT. THE ORIGINAL MECHATRONICS APPEARED TO ONLY HAVE ONE FLAW, THE COMPONENT THAT CONTROLLED THE RELEASE OF THE 1, 3, AND 5 CLUTCH, WHICH CAUSED THAT CLUTCH TO WEAR OUT. THE NEW MECHATRONIC UNIT HAS OTHER FLAWS IN ADDITION TO THIS ONE AND SOUNDS AS IF IT IS BREAKING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION (NOT SAFETY RELATED HOWEVER). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395130April 7, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS MERGING ON TO THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED TO LET CARS GO BY UNTIL IT WAS THERE TURN TO MERGE. THE CAR MERGED IT WAS MY TURN AND I HIT THE GAS AND MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND I HAD NO POWER, AND MY CAR HAD DRIFTED ENOUGH TO BE HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THAT MY PRNDL LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE FLASHING. I THOUGHT THE CAR STALLED SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN AND HIT THE GAS, I HAD DRIVE POWER AGAIN. I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE PRNDL LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AGAIN AND I HAD NO POWER, I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, RESTARTED AND HAD POWER. THIS CONTINUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TRIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10356744September 21, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY CAR, AN AUTOMATIC DSG TRANSMISSION FROM VW, GOT STUCK IN 6TH GEAR ON NORTHBOUND 1-15, ALMOST CAUSING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND A CODE WAS "THROWN," BUT THE EVENT WAS DISMISSED AS A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. SINCE THEN, I HAVE EXPERIENCED EXTREMELY HARD SHIFTS AND UNRELIABLE ACCELERATION WITH MY VEHICLE. ESPECIALLY ON HILLS. THE MECHATRONICS UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME AS "GOOD TO GO." I DROVE THE CAR ONE MILE, THE ISSUE PERSISTED, AND I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER. THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM WITH THE MECHATRONICS UNIT AND THE CLUTCHES, BUT THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THEM CORRECTLY (UNDER WARRANTY). EACH TIME I AM TOLD MY CAR IS "FIXED," I PICK IT UP, DRIVE IT AND IT STILL HAS THE SHIFTING ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349268August 13, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 VOLKSWAGEN GTI . WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45 TO 85 MPH, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL GEAR AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE CAM FOLLOWER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAM FOLLOWER WAS REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78770.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328050April 29, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE FINAL DOWNSHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 1ST GEAR IS EXTREMELY VIOLENT. THE CAR RANDOMLY LUNGES FORWARD WHEN APPROACHING A FULL STOP. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A FEW NEAR-COLLISIONS. THE DEALERSHIP IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO DIAGNOSE ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION TYPE (DSG). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326814April 21, 2010
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I WAS DRIVING EAST ON INTERSTATE 95 WHEN THE ENGINE IN MY CAR (2007 VW GTI VIN: [XXX]) SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. I WAS IN THE THIRD LANE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONING ON AND A FEW SECONDS LATER, TURNED IT OFF. AT THAT INSTANT, THE CAR CEASED TO ACCELERATE. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND MANAGED TO SAFELY GLIDE OVER TO THE WARNING LANE, JUST BEYOND EXIT 22 OR JUST BEYOND THE OFF RAMP TO EXIT 21. I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE TO NO AVAIL. THIS WAS A HIGHLY ALARMING INCIDENT SINCE THE CAR WAS JUST OVER THREE YEARS OLD AND HAD ONLY 64000 MILES ON IT AND WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2007. I HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS LAST YEAR BUT THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR WOULD QUICKLY KICK BACK IN. THIS TIME HOWEVER, IT WENT COMPLETELY KAPUT. I REPORTED THE PREVIOUS INCIDENTS TO A VW DEALER AND THEY HAD A TERRIBLE TIME ASCERTAINING WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. ULTIMATELY, THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FUEL SENSOR ISSUE AND REPLACED THE FUEL SENSOR. AFTER THE APRIL 3RD INCIDENT, MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A VW DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MY TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN AND THAT AS A RESULT, THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE ENGINE TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY 6K. I WANT TO REPORT THIS SINCE THIS COULD EASILY HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HOLLAND TUNNEL FOR EXAMPLE OR ON A DARK ONE LANE ROAD. IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AND I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PREEMPT THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317124March 5, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DESPITE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, THE CAM FOLLOWER AND CAM OF MY VW 2.0T FSI ENGINE FAILED IN UNDER 40K MILES. THIS RESULTED IN FUEL CUTS AND POWER DROP OFFS. A VERY DANGEROUS COMBINATION WHEN MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. THESE ITEMS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WOULD HAVE COST ME NEARLY $1400 TO REPAIR IF THEY WEREN'T COVERED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10316117March 3, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FREQUENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN THE DSG TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SELECT NEUTRAL FOR A SECOND OR TWO BEFORE SELECTING A GEAR. WHEN IT EVENTUALLY SELECTS A GEAR IT JERKS HARSHLY INDUCING WHEELSPIN. THIS HAPPENS IN ALL TYPES OF DRIVING CONDITIONS, BUT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS COLD. MOSTLY, THIS IS JUST AN ANNOYANCE; HOWEVER, WHEN A TRUCK IS BEARING DOWN ON YOU WHILE YOU ARE MAKING A LEFT TURN IT CAN BE FRIGHTENING AND PERHAPS EVEN LIFE THREATENING. THE SERVICE MANAGER VW DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR. HE IS WRONG. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314187February 25, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 75 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR OWN ITS OWN. THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO MOVE EXTREMELY SLOW WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS PRODUCED 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE RECALL ON THE DSG TRANSMISSION AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,950 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10312206February 19, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2007 VW GTI WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. IT LOOSES THE GEAR, WON'T SHIFT AND THE GAS PEDAL SEEMS AS IF THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND IT ALMOST LIKE PUSHING ON AIR. I HAVE GONE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SAME AS THE RECALL WHICH STOPPED IN 2008. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10311674February 18, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2007 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. DSG TRANSMISSION ISSUES. MY CAR WILL LUNGE IN REVERSE. LAG IN 1ST AND 2ND. BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE LUNGING IN REVERSE(THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT!!. I CONTACTED VW CARES YESTERDAY TO SEE IF MY VW IS COVERED UNDER THERE 10Y 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME MY CAR DOES NOT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY DUE TO MY VIN# ALTHOUGH IT FITS THE YEAR CRITERIA MY ISSUE IS THAT IF THIS IS A KNOW SAFETY PROBLEM AND MY CAR HAS THIS ISSUE. WHY WON'T IT BE INCLUDED ??!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10293537November 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2007 VOLKSWAGEN GTI HAS A DSG TRANSMISSION. IT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING "LURCHING" OR "JUMPING" WHILE THE CAR IS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR IDLING AND THIS KICKS UP THE RPM'S AND MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THE CAR IS EITHER GOING TO MOVE ON IT'S OWN OR IT MAKES IT FEEL AS IF YOU'VE BEEN HIT FROM THE REAR? I WILL TAKE THIS COMPLAINT TO VOLKSWAGEN AS WELL, SO WE SHALL SEE WHAT THEY SAY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10290599November 2, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2007 VW GTI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION IS VERY HARD TO SHIFT INTO 1ST AND 2ND PLUS OTHER GEARS. CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON BUSY ROAD (DANGEROUS!!!) AND "P R N D S" DISPLAY STARTED FLASHING. FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE I HAD WAS SIMILAR EXPECT I DIDN'T GET THE FLASHING ICONS. TOOK CAR IN AND THEY REPLACED THE MECHATRON UNIT (25,000 MILES). NOW ITS IN THE SHOP AGAIN FOR THE SAME UNIT AND SYMPTOMS ABOVE. (58,000 MILES). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284789September 21, 2009
POWER TRAIN
2007 VW GTI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY SLAMS INTO A GEAR OCCASIONAL FEELING OF SLIPPING CLUTCH NOISE FROM TRANS AFTER STARTUP, DIAGNOSED AS "NOISY", BUT NOT FAULTY SOLENOID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282884September 4, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DSG TRANSMISSION. THE CAR LURCHES FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND WHEN COMING TO A SLOW STOP. THIS ISSUE WAS REPORTED TO CARDINALE VW IN CORONA BUT THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM YET I EXPERIENCE IT DAILY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282720September 3, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION WITH A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WAITING TO TURN LEFT. AS SOON AS THERE WAS A SAFE AND REASONABLE GAP BETWEEN ONCOMING CARS, I HIT THE GAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1/4 THROTTLE TO MAKE THE TURN. HOWEVER, THE CAR MOVED FOR A BIT AND THEN IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGED ANYMORE. THE CAR WAS BASICALLY MOVING BY MOMENTUM AND NOT BY ENGINE POWER. I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE REVVING FREELY, AS THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN MY THROTTLE INPUT AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAR. IN FACT, WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING BY ENGINE POWER, I INSTINCTIVELY PUT MORE THROTTLE TO MORE THAN 1/2. IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE AND THAT WAS HOW I KNEW THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGED. IF IT WAS TRACTION CONTROL, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT REV SINCE TRACTION CONTROL WOULD CUT THE FUEL. HENCE, IT IS MOST LIKELY THE TRANSMISSION, SPECIFICALLY, THE DSG TRANSMISSION. MY CAR COASTED TO SAFETY WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT, AND A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE CAR WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AND IT SCARED ME EVERY TIME BECAUSE I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC, IF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SEE ME OR CANNOT STOP IN TIME. I MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER SERVICE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, BUT THEY SAID THEY CANNOT REPLICATE IT AND THUS, THEY CAN'T AND WON'T DO ANYTHING. BUT, FOR ME, IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, WHETHER THEY CAN REPLICATE IT OR NOT. I JUST WANT THE VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR UNRELIABLE/ FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282647September 2, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ISSUE WITH MY CAR SUDDENLY SWITCHING ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH PHYSICALLY THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. I WAS ON A BUSY STREET GOING 60MPH WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, WHEN MY CAR SWITCHED TO NEUTRAL. THIS CAUSED MY CAR TO GO FROM 60MPH TO 20MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS IN WHICH CASE THE CAR BEYOND ME GOING 60MPH+ NEARLY REAR ENDED ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280181August 12, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CAR TAKES OFF VERY ROUGH IN DRIVE AND IN REVERSE. ITS NOT SMOOTH AT ALL FROM A STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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