2009 Volkswagen GTI Complaints

MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION SLOWING DOWN TO A RED LIGHT WHEN THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND BREAK LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. I RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND ALL 4 ABS SENSORS FAILED. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE GROUNDING CONNECTION OR THE ENTIRE ABS MODULE IS FAULTY. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE CAR MAY THINK THE TIRES ARE SKIDDING ON DRY PAVEMENT, COMPUTE A FALSE POSITIVE, AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS AND I WAS PROVIDED NO LOANER CAR IN THE MEAN TIME. ATTACHED YOU WILL FIND DIAGNOSTICS REPORTS WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND PRICE REPAIRS, VWS OWN WEBSITE RESULTS FOR RECALLS UNDER MY VIN NUMBER, VW ACTUAL SPECIFIC RECALL POLICY, AND THE NHTSA RESULTS CONFIRMING THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL FOR MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER. VW ACTION CODE IS 45F2. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER IS 16V913.

WITHOUT WARNING, THE ABS MODULE IN THE CAR FAILED, GIVING WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. RECALL WORK WAS PURSUED WITH THE A VW DEALER AND VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, BUT THE RECALL WORK WAS DENIED, SAYING THIS FAILURE WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL. CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

ABS FALIURE. ABS WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATES, ACTIVATES SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING RANDOMLY, BRAKING ABILITY IS HAMPERED, DOES NOT WORK NORMALLY. OCCASSIONALLY ANTILOCK BREAKS ENGAGE AT LOW SPEED BREAKING. BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. SPEEDOMETER EXPERIENCED MALFUNCTION, FLUCTUATIONS NOT RELATED TO SPEED OCCURED. STABILITY MALFUNCTIONED DURING BREAKING AND AUTOMATIC DOWNSHIFTING.

MY GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS (PRNDS) FLASH AND MY CAR EITHER WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR OR WILL LIMP. IT HAS DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL SLAM INTO A LOW GEAR CAUSING RPM TO MAX TO 8000 AND ACTS AS IF I SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS. ALSO THE NUMBER 3 FUSE ON TOP STARTED SMOKING AND MELTED INSIDE THE FUSE BOX. FEARED MY CAR WAS KING TO CATCH FIRE.

THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEGINNING IN MARCH, 2018. EPC LIGHT COMES ON (SEEMINGLY) RANDOMLY. OCCASIONALLY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/SERVICE ENGINE NOW WARNING WILL ALSO COME ON. SOMETIMES THEY ALL SHUT OFF AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT OVERNIGHT. EPC LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES WHEN WE TURN THE CAR ON AND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. WE HAVE HAD THREE INCIDENTS WHERE WE TRY TO GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE (70MPH) AND CAN'T GET ABOVE APPROX 40MPH. I'VE ALMOST BEEN REAR-ENDED TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I COULDN'T GET THE TURBO TO KICK IN. SO, DRIVING AT 65MPH AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE, I COULDN'T GET UP HILLS AND WOULD END UP AT APPROX 55PMH BY THE TIME I REACHED LEVEL GROUND. AGAIN, CARS SWERVING TO GET AROUND ME. MY HUSBAND HAS HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF ACCELERATION AND HAD TO COAST OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD IT HAPPEN ONCE AT A STOP LIGHT, TAKING A LONG TIME AND A LOT OF COAXING OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL JUST TO GET UP TO 40MPH. THESE ALL HAPPENED ON STRAIGHT STRETCH...