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2019 Volkswagen GTI complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2019 record →

Power Train
Filed Jun 12, 2019500 milesMD

THIS IS A 2019 GTI RABBIT IN CORNFLOWER BLUE. THE CAR STALLS OUT WHEN IN FIRST GEAR WHEN EITHER SITTING IN TRAFFIC OR COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT OR SIGN. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, BUT HAPPENED 5 TIMES OVER THE PERIOD OF A COUPLE HOURS YESTERDAY, 6/11. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON MANY OTHER DAYS, RANGING FROM WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE A MONTH AGO WITH 329 MILES ON IT, UNTIL NOW WHEN IT HAS ABOUT 1,300.

Engine
Filed Jun 11, 2019250 milesPA

HAS BEEN STALLING OUT AT LOW SPEED TO LOW RPMS. WHEN COMING TO A STOP HOLD THE CLUTCH IN WHILE IN GEAR WILL SOFTLY STALL OR WHILE OUT OF GEAR AND CLUTCH IS NOT PRESSED IN IT WILL STALL OUT AS WELL. HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN A 10 MILE TRIP.

Engine
Filed Jun 10, 2019300 milesNJ

THE ENGINE WILL FREQUENTLY STALL WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, REQUIRING ME TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK, RESTART THE CAR, AND THEN PUT IT BACK INTO GEAR. I HAVE THE DSG TRANSMISSION AND THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED BOTH WITH THE AUTO START/STOP ON AND WITH IT OFF. I SOMETIMES DON'T REALIZE THE ENGINE HAS STALLED UNTIL I HAVE TO START MOVING AGAIN, AT A RED LIGHT FOR INSTANCE, WHICH CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

Engine
Filed Jun 9, 201950 milesCA

THE CAR SHUTS OFF THE ENGINE AT VERY LOW SPEED. THERE WAS NO JERKINESS. THE ENGINE SIMPLE STOPPED. ONE TIME IT WAS AT A PARKING LOT WHEN PULLING TO THE PARKING SPOT. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. ANOTHER TIME THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP AT A STOP SIGN.

Engine
Filed Jun 8, 2019266 milesPA

THE CAR WILL STALL WHILE IN NEUTRAL OR WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED IN 1ST GEAR WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP. IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT WHILE COASTING IN NEUTRAL TO A STOP. IT THEN HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY; THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFICALLY THAT SEEMS TO TRIGGER IT OR PREVENT IT. THE CAR WILL SIMPLY CUT OUT AND DIE WHILE OUT OF GEAR AND SLOWING TO A STOP BELOW 10MPH. CLEARLY STALLING RANDOMLY IN TRAFFIC IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND THOSE AROUND ME AND VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT.

Engine
Filed Jun 7, 201940 milesFL

VEHICLE STALLS SPORADICALLY WHEN MOVING SLOW OR AT A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES ROUGH IDLE SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE SO FAR HAS ONLY STALLED WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED. THE ROUGH IDLE HAPPENS BOTH WHEN THE CAR IS COLD AND WARMED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD 40 MILES AND HAD CONTINUED NOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS 2000 MILES.

Engine
Filed Jun 5, 2019300 milesPA

AFTER THE ENGINE HAS WARMED UP, CAR WILL OCCASIONALLY STALL EVEN WITH CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED AND COMING TO A STOP. THE STALL IS GENTLE, LIKE THE ENGINE IS JUST SWITCHED OFF. THE CAR DOES NOT LURCH.

Engine
Filed Jun 5, 2019400 milesCA

WHETHER THE CAR IS IN GEAR OR NOT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT. WHEN VEHICLE IS IN GEAR AND CLUTCH IS FULLY DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS 1ST GEAR OR REVERSE THE SAME WILL HAPPEN.

Electrical System
Filed Jun 4, 2019350 milesTX

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR STALL ON ME THREE TIMES WHILE MOVING AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE IN FIRST GEAR, SPECIFICALLY WHEN PARKING AND WE STARTING TO MOVE AGAIN FROM A STOP AT A LIGHT. THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF ALMOST AS IF THE ENGINE'S START/STOP FEATURE ENGAGED, NOT LIKE A TYPICAL STALL. THE CAR IS BRAND NEW WITH 350 MILES AS OF TODAY WHEN IT HAPPENED FOR THE THIRD TIME.

Engine
Filed Jun 4, 2019500 milesCA

WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP AND I HAVE THE CAR OUT OF GEAR, THE ENGINE WILL SOFT STALL AND REQUIRE RESTARTING. THIS HAPPENS IN TRAFFIC AND IS VERY DISORIENTING.

Engine
Filed Jun 3, 2019650 milesCA

CAR ENGINE HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE PULLING UP TO A STOP. CAR IS A SIX SPEED MANUAL AND WAS OUT OF GEAR AT THE TIME THE STALL OCCURRED

Engine
Filed Jun 2, 201920 milesMD

DURING STREET AND HIGHWAY DRIVING, THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER THE VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED AND/OR TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. OCCURS WITH ENGINE AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE IRRESPECTIVE OF INITIAL SPEED OR ENGAGED GEAR PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF BRAKING AND DECELERATION. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE STALL, THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH OR SEEMS TO BE MISFIRING FOR ONE OR TWO SECONDS. ONCE THE FIRST EVENT OCCURS, IT WILL THEN REPEAT 25-50% OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE IS DECELERATED TO A STOP.

Electrical System
Filed Jun 2, 2019550 milesTX

SE (W/ EXPERIENCE PACKAGE), GREAT FALLS GREEN METALLIC, DSG IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES SO FAR AND I CAN'T REALLY REPLICATE IT BUT WHEN IT HAPPENED I COME TO A PRETTY NORMAL STOP, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT DOES THE AUTO START-STOP FUNCTION BUT THE CENTER CONSOLE WILL SAY "MANUAL RESTART REQUIRED" OR SOME SUCH THING. SURE ENOUGH ONCE I LET GO OF THE BREAK IT DOESN'T START BACK UP. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PART AND START IT LIKE NORMAL. SO THE CAR JUST KIND OF STALLS RANDOMLY WHEN STOPPING.JUST NORMAL STOPS TOO. ALSO, EVERY SO OFTEN INSTEAD OF STALLING IT WILL KIND OF STUTTER TO A STOP. LIKE YOU'RE QUICKLY TAPPING ON THE BREAKS OR IT'S JUST HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO STOP SMOOTHLY.

Engine
Filed Jun 1, 2019400 milesNV

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 5/27/19. VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 1000 MILES. ISSUE FIRST STARTED DAY AFTER THE PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL AFTER COMING TO A STOP. THE NATURE OF THE STALL IS SUBTLE, NOT JERKY. ALMOST LIKE A AUTO START/STOP FEATURE ON A VEHICLE WITH AN AUTO TRANSMISSION (MY GTI HAS A 6-SPEED MANUAL). THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES NOW. IVE HAD IT HAPPEN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL PRESSED (CLUTCH DISENGAGED) AND THE VEHICLE GEAR SHIFTER IN NEUTRAL AND ALSO IN GEAR. IVE ALSO HAD IT HAPPEN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL NOT PRESSED (CLUTCH ENGAGED) AND THE GEAR SHIFTER IN NEUTRAL. CAR RESTARTS FINE, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS.

Engine
Filed May 31, 2019105 milesCA

2019 VW GTI S WITH THE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN WHITE. THE CAR STALLS OUT. IT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S IN NEUTRAL, AS I COME TO A STOP (NOT IN GEAR, AND THE CLUTCH IS NOT DEPRESSED). IT STALLS OUT THE WAY A CAR WOULD STALL WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP WHEN YOU ARE IN GEAR. THE CAR WAS JUST PURCHASED 7 DAYS AGO. IT CURRENTLY HAS 105 MILES ON IT AND THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. BUILD DATE OF 3/19

Unknown or Other
Filed May 31, 2019395 milesAL

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP, OR A FEW SECONDS AFTER STOPPING, EITHER IN GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED OR IN NEUTRAL. THE BEHAVIOR IS NOT CONSISTENT BUT CAN BE REPRODUCED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.

Unknown or Other
Filed May 31, 2019800 milesCO

CAR STALLING AT LOW SPEED. NEEDS TO BE RESTARTED.

Unknown or Other
Filed May 31, 201985 milesIL

THE CAR KEEPS SHUTTING OFF WHEN COMING TO A STOP

Engine
Filed May 30, 20193,900 milesNY

THE ENGINE STALL COMING UP ON A STOP. THE CLUTCH IS FULLY DEPRESSED AND GEAR IN NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ALMOST EVERY DAY.

Unknown or Other
Filed May 29, 201945 milesFL

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.

Engine
Filed May 29, 2019200 milesPA

BRAND NEW CAR 6SP MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CAR DIED WHEN ROLLING TO A STOP IN NEUTRAL TWICE. THIS WAS ON MY FIRST EXTENDED DRIVE IN THE CAR AFTER PURCHASING.

Engine
Filed May 29, 20191,000 milesTX

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 THE

Engine
Filed May 28, 20193,000 milesPA

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.

Engine
Filed May 28, 2019215 milesOH

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.

Unknown or Other
Filed May 28, 201955 milesNJ

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.

Power Train
Filed May 27, 2019732 milesCA

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!

Engine
Filed May 24, 20191,000 milesCA

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.

Engine
Filed May 24, 2019500 milesRI

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.

Engine
Filed May 23, 2019900 milesNY

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.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed May 23, 2019500 milesAL

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.

Engine
Filed May 21, 201930 milesGA

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.

Engine
Filed May 21, 201910 milesGA

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.

Power Train
Filed May 20, 201976 milesGA

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.

Engine
Filed May 20, 2019225 milesNJ

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.

Engine
Filed May 20, 2019800 milesMN

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.

Electrical System
Filed May 17, 2019850 milesNC

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.

Unknown or Other
Filed May 17, 2019200 milesOH

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

Electrical System
Filed May 17, 20191,000 milesNY

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.

Engine
Filed May 14, 2019300 milesFL

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.

Engine
Filed May 14, 2019350 milesFL

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 FO

Engine
Filed May 12, 20193,500 milesPA

CAR IS AT 3500 MILES, BOUGHT NEW FROM DEALER. CAR IS MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CAR HAS BEEN FINE UNTIL 5/11/19. WHILE STUCK IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, THE CAR STALLED WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. 10 MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT, THIS TIME OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STALLED WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED AGAIN WHEN I WAS STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. IN CASE #1) I WAS IN 1ST GEAR. THE STALL WAS VERY SMOOTH AND NOT NOTICED BY PASSENGERS (I NOTICED IT DUE TO TACHOMETER FALLING TO 0). THE CLUTCH WAS %100 DEPRESSED #2) I WAS IN 3RD OR 4TH GEARS. I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ALERT DUE TO THE FIRST INCIDENT AND MADE SURE TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT HAPPENED. THE CLUTCH WAS ONCE AGAIN DEPRESSED. IN BOTH CASES, THE CAR STALLED AND LEFT ME WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR STEER. LUCKILY THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WHILE STOPPING AND NOT AT HIGH SPEEDS.

Engine
Filed May 10, 201913 milesFL

ON JAN 29, 2019, I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW, FROM A DEALER IN SOUTH FLORIDA WITH APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT. AT THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH PETAL IN THE FULLY RAISED POSITION, AND HAD BEEN IDLING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED. ON THE SHORT DRIVE BACK, THE CAR STALLED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANY EXPLANATION FOR THE STALLING. UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, I DROVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 MORE MILES. ON FEBRUARY 1, 2019, THE ISSUE RECURRED, AGAIN AT A STOPLIGHT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. I CAN ASSERT, WITH CONFIDENCE, THAT NONE OF THE OCCURRENCES WERE DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTO-START SYSTEM (WHICH COULD HAVE EXPLAINED THE BEHAVIOR). ALTHOUGH THE ISSUE HAS NOT RESURFACED SINCE THEN (NOW ABOUT 3000 MILES LATER), THE CAR EXHIBITS A ROUGH IDLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTED COLD. THERE IS NO VISIBLE FLUCTUATION IN THE RPMS ON THE TACHOMETER, BUT I CAN AUDIBLY HEAR AND FEEL THE ENGINE "SKIPPING". THE CAR BUILD DATE WAS OCTOBER 2018.

Engine
Filed May 10, 2019750 milesNY

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

Engine
Filed May 9, 2019450 milesMA

WHILE COMMUTING IN STOP-AND-GO MORNING TRAFFIC, MY CAR STALLED TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY. IN BOTH INSTANCES I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND MOVING THE STICK SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL.

Engine
Filed May 8, 201956 milesAZ

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS WHILE STATIONARY IN FIRST GEAR, CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. CAR WILL IDLE ROUGH THAN STALL. VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS WHEN APPROACHING A STOP IN FIRST GEAR. SOMETIMES STALLS QUIETLY, LIKE THE CAR TURNED OFF. HAD THE CAR A WEEK AND HAPPENED ABOUT 10+ TIMES. DEALER TOLD ME CAN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, NOTHING TO FIX. CALLED VW CORPORATE TO LET THEM KNOW.

Engine
Filed May 8, 2019201 milesCA

WHEN COMING TO A STOP CLUTCH PEDAL IS DOWN AND BRAKE IS APPLIED. VEHICLE STALLS AS IT COMES TO A STOP. AFTER A 15 MILE DRIVE, FIRST FREEWAY AND THEN STOP AND GO STREETS. HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND CLUTCH WAS STILL PRESSED IN TO BACK UP MY DRIVEWAY.

Engine
Filed May 7, 2019600 milesIN

6MT MODEL WITH ABOUT 600 MILES. CAR UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS AT SLOW SPEED WITH CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED IN CITY DRIVING WHILE TURNING. STALLS QUIETLY AND WITHOUT REASON. SEEMS TO E A COMMON ISSUE AMONG 2019 MODELS.

Engine
Filed May 2, 2019350 milesVA

ENGINE STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS WITH THE CLUTCH IN (URANO GREY 6-SPEED MANUAL). SOMETIMES THE ENGINE DIES QUICK AND CLEAN, SOMETIMES SPUTTERS/FLUTTERS AND THEN DIES. CAR NEEDS TO BE RESTATED IN TRAFFIC - DANGEROUS! HAPPENS PRETTY RARELY, BUT HAPPENED 4 TIMES WITHIN CITY-ISH 50 MILES, SO CERTAINLY A CONCERN! NEW CAR HAS LESS THAN 400 MILES ON IT.

Engine
Filed May 2, 201915 milesWA

CAR SPORADICALLY STALLS AT STOP WHILE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. USUALLY IN 1ST GEAR BUT SOMETIMES NEUTRAL OR 2ND. I NOTICE IT MORE WHEN ENGINE SOUND IS SET TO SPORT MODE. USUALLY THE STALL IS SILENT, TWICE THE CAR SLIGHTLY SHUDDERED. DEALER HAS HAD IT FOR A WEEK WITH NO ABILITY TO PREDICTABLY RECREATE. NO CODES/FAULTS ARE THROWN, THUS NO DIAGNOSIS. CAR IS AT WARMED UP OPERATING TEMPERATURE WHEN STALLS OCCUR. STALLS ARE ALWAYS ON CITY STREETS ON A STRAIGHT PATH (I.E. TIRES ARE NOT IN A TURNED POSITION). PURCHASED CAR WITH 12 MILES ON IT, STALL OCCURRED 5 TIMES BETWEEN 20 AND 85 MILES. DEALER SENT ME HOME WITH INSTRUCTION TO COME BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN; CAR STALLED 3 MILES AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE CAR TO THEM FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. STILL NO DIAGNOSIS.

Engine
Filed May 1, 2019450 milesVA

THE CAR HAS A SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND OCCASIONALLY STALLS WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED, THE TRANSMISSION IN GEAR, AND VEHICLE SPEED BELOW 5MPH, FOR INSTANCE WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. PRESSING THE CAR'S START BUTTON UPON REACHING A FULL STOP RE-STARTS THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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