While driving to work, my vehicle would lose acceleration as i press on the gas and would not accelerate right away. also as i'm in park or idling in traffic, the car would shut off but the vehicle lights would still function.
2 years after purchasing my car brand new the coolant level was low. after calling the dealership they instructed me to top off the reservoir with distilled water. in february of 2019 i had the car in for general service including a coolant flush at a private, licensed, vw mechanic. he discovered my waterpump/thermostat housing was leaking and likely had been for a long time. he replaced the assembly and filled the car with new coolant. in august of 2019 i discovered once again my coolant level was low. upon inspecting underneath my car i found dried coolant on my oil pan. my mechanic is again telling me the waterpump/thermostat housing is leaking and will need to be replaced. nothing has been done to the cars cooling system and driving habits have not changed over the lifetime of this car. the mechanic pointed to a poorly designed seal on the thermostat housing where the leak occured. the replacement housing appeared similar in design. this is a widely reported issue, a slow coolant leak, on 2015+ vw golfs, gtis, and rs and in extreme cases can lead to an overheated and ruined engine. the first incident occurred at roughly 60,000 miles, outside of the factory warranty. the 2nd incident occurred at roughly 88,000 miles.
While driving, the cel came on. we had the car scanned for codes. researching the codes, we believed the issue to be crank walk. we took the car to a local shop who confirmed that thrust washers had dislodged and begun deteriorating. this is essentially a catastrophic failure as the car cannot be driven without causing significant further damage to the engine. most cost effective solution is to replace the engine ($3500 + labor). we have spoken with vw and presented them with 17 other cases of the same failure since 1/1/2019, but they are unwilling to work with us since we did not go to a vw dealership. the vw dealership labor rate is ~50% more expensive than our shop which is equally as qualified to identify an issue such as this. vw executive group advised me that if we took the car to a dealership so they could diagnose the issue, there would be potential for good faith assistance but nothing is guaranteed. that would require us being prepared to take on upwards of $1000 additional expense for the same repair process. this expectation is unreasonable and this type of failure, with the frequency we've been able to see indicates a serious engineering flaw that is costing owners excessive amounts of money for repair almost immediately after the warranty has expired.
I am writing about my 2015 vw gti. i am the second owner of this car. like most gti owners, i thought that it was a great car. i am the 2nd owner of this car, and i purchased the car about 18 months ago when it had about 25,000 miles on it. over the past year, i have had numerous problems with oil leakage from the car. this past week, the check engine light went on again. the attached records show all the routine care and special care that i had to give this car during the past year. i took the car back to the same dealership and the dealership found pieces of pistons and the piston ring in the oil drip pan. the paper work is attached along with a picture. who ever heard of pistons falling apart in a car that was well taken care of and with only 60,000 miles? this is preposterous. the technician at the dealership indicated that this was the third car this year on which he worked with the same problem. the car needs a new engine to a cost of at least $10,000. the car is not drivable anymore as it has no acceleration. the car is worthless unless someone wants to put in a new engine. i am sending this note to various government agencies to notify them of this obviously defective car. if i find out that other cars are having this problem suggesting a pattern of defects covered up by the manufacturer, i will hire a lawyer and seek legal redress. in the meantime, as an average worker who works for a living, i am off to buy a new car at a honda dealership which hopefully will be more reliable. this will set me back an enormous amount of money which i cannot afford, especially since i still have payments to make on the 2015 gti which right now is completely worthless. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 volkswagen gti. the contact stated that there was a drastic loss of engine power, metal was extracted from the exhaust manifold, and there was excessive smoke and oil. the dealer (fox volkswagen of rochester hills, 773 s rochester rd, rochester hills, mi 48307, (248) 656-0400) diagnosed that the turbo charger needed to be replaced. the vehicle had not yet been repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and suggested that the dealer repair the vehicle. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 19,000.
On 12/20/2017, engine failed @ 18050 miles and caused instantaneous loss of power in traffic. engine failed directly off lakeshore drive in chicago, which has no shoulder. a strong smell of burning plastic and rubber was emanating from the engine compartment after the breakdown. vehicle was towed into dealership and repair took 40 days, as engineers in germany had to be consulted on the proper repair method. service advisor informed me he was "surprised they didn't put a new engine into the vehicle". upon the vehicles return to us, on three separate occasions the vehicle revs dropped suddenly and we experience a severe drop in engine power for 2-3 seconds, once while turning and traffic was heading towards our car. vehicle was returned to dealer for further repair but no issues were found and we were asked to try to get video recordings of the issue. to date the vehicle has been out of service for 45 days, and the issue almost resulted in causing an accident.
Watwr pump is leaking. there was a recall on 2011-2014 and obviously still not fixed my vehicle has 63k and now water pump is leaking in same manner the 2011-2014 are which was recalled.
My car starts to feel like it's going to die out. there is a ticking coming from the engine that comes and goes when idled. i've informed the dealership but they can't seem to find what the ticking noise is.
The clutch operation in my 2015 volkswage gti (6 speed manual transmission) is malfunctioning to such a degree that i was almost in an accident and now fear for my safety. clutch operation in the vehicle has become unpredictable, when depressed the clutch pedal will remain on the floor after the pedal is released, thus preventing the vehicle from accelerating. this has happened multiple times while stationary in traffic, while in motion and while accelerating. most recently while attempting to merge onto a busy highway the clutch pedal stuck to the floor, this nearly forced me to take evasive steps into a construction zone. after this incident i brought the vehicle to the volkswagen dealership for diagnosis and service. i have heard of several alarmingly similar reports from other 2015 gti owners where the cause of the issue was a failed engine bearing that results in side-to-side crankshaft movement in the engine.
First issue i had was about two years after purchasing my vehicle was with my gear box. i have an automatic "dsg" transmission which began giving an error light telling me to take my car to service immediately. i took it to my local volkswagen dealer which ended up replacing the whole box unit do to an electrical sensor not reading when i'd engage into drive. i was under warranty so it was cost free but another year later the same error is coming out and was told it would have to be replaced again but i'm no longer under warranty so i'd have to pay. i feel that's pretty unfair and unacceptable knowing its happen once and was replaced by professionals yet i'm stuck with the same situation. i feel this part should have came with some sort of guarantee after being replaced. i got this car in november of 2015 and it's pretty sad that in under 4 years i'm experiencing this scenario. now i fear of driving knowing that error will come on at some point or worse something happen with my gears and the car be put in another gear at random. and now i'm being placed in another situation in which my waterpump is leaking coolant which i find very upsetting knowing volkswagen had this same issue with the 201-2014 gti mk6 and had a recall yet it seems the problem continues with the following generation. and it's sad to say but i'm at the point of calling corporate and seeing what they can do because i haven't even hit 50,000 miles and this is happening. and both of this parts are pretty pricey when it comes to labor. at this point i can only hold off and save to hopefully get the water pump replaced but as far as for the transmisson issue i'll wait to see what can be done because i feel that should be resolved by volkswagen.