2010 Volkswagen GTI Complaints

DURING MODERATE ACCELERATION, ENGINE CUTS POWER, EPC LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE, AND ENGINE WILL NOT TURN MORE THAN 3000 RPM, AND HAS NO POWER TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE DEVELOPS MISFIRES AND IDLES VERY ROUGHLY. ENGINE MAY STALL. TURNING KEY OFF AND BACK ON DOES NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY WILL TURN THE EPC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OFF, BUT UNDER NEXT MODERATE ACCELERATION, EPC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME BACK ON, AND PROBLEMS COME BACK. CHECK ENGINE DTC CODES RANGE FROM MISFIRES TO SYSTEM TOO LEAN AND AIR INTAKE LEAKS, AND FOR ACCELERATOR/THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR B MALFUNCTIONS. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IN TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE AND IN THE CITY. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT HAS ALSO STALLED DURING ACCELERATION. THIS PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING ON AUGUST 6TH 2019 AND HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN.

REAR MAIN SEAL FAILS UNDER 60K MILES HAPPEN TO A LOT OF 2.0T ENGINES. VOLKSWAGEN SHOULD PROVIDE EXTENDED WARRANTY

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL, GAS PEDAL AND ENGINE WILL STUDDER AND CAUSE EPC LIGHT TO COME ON WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING BACK ON WILL SOMETIMES CORRECT PROBLEM BUT WILL COME BACK SHORTLY AFTER. CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT STALLING OUT. ALMOST LIKE THE COMPUTERS FORGOT HOW TO ACCELERATE THE CAR AND USE THE ENGINE. CAR WAS GETTING ONTO HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT DOES HAPPEN DURING REGULAR DRIVING. CAR JUMPS AND STUDDERS AND THE ENGINE WANTS TO SHUT DOWN SINCE IT CANT ACCELERATE OR SHIFT HIGHER, RPMS GO DOWN TO POINT OF CAR STALLING.

TRAVELING AT 45 MPH DOWN A TWO WAY HIGHWAY, I WENT TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE WHEN THE EPC TURNED ON ONCE AGAIN.I LOST POWER AND TRIED TO RETURN BACK INTO MY LANE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT SPIKED ON THE BRAKES, I TRIED STOPPING BUT DUE TO THE ABS MODULE GOING BAD (VW KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THEM) I HAD NO ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, OR AIRBAGS. THE BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING ME TO GO OFF THE ROAD WAY HITTING A BERM ALONG WITH A TREE CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER ONTO THE ROOF. UPON IMPACT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. I CONTACTED THE VOLKSWAGEN MANUFACTURE TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SOME TIME AGO, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOT RECALL AND THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. THERE HAS BEEN A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE EPC WITH A RECOMMEND FIX. THE SIX GOLD PINS WERE PUT IN TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL ONES WHICH WORKED FOR SOME TIME BUT FAILED AGAIN. THANKFULLY I DID NOT HAVE MY TWO VERY SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME.

WATER PUMP FAILURE, TWO FAILURES IN 8 YEARS, THE SECOND FAILURE WITH 20,000 MILES ON THE PUMP. IT FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT.