Brake Light On problems of the 2009 Volkswagen GLI

Yet another abs module failure. Clearly a design flaw on the part of vw. The entire dash cluster has malfunctioned. Loud beeps on startup. Abs light. Brake light, stability control light. . . All lit up like a christmas tree. Engine fault - workshop warning. Speedometer doesn't work! fuel gauge wildly fluctuates. Low fuel warning stays lit even with a full tank. Trip computer does not work. Other electrical faults as well probably related to the speedometer malfunction. The car's electronics think it's not moving so all electronic functions tied into the speed of the car are compromised. Trunk release mechanism stopped working. I'm looking at a $2000 repair on a car with only 50,000 miles!! vw needs to own up to this manufacturing defect and provide a fix to its customers.

I own 2009 vw jetta that has recently developed what I feel is a major safety issue. While driving to work 11/12/14 my abs activated while coming to a stop. Within moments of the abs activation the dash emitted three loud beeps and the abs, traction and brake light illuminated (brake light began blinking. The brake system locked momentarily, sending the car into a slide. I was able to recover from the slide, however the traction and abs were disabled. I pulled into the next available parking lot and restarted the car at which point the issue appeared to resolve. Later in the day while attempting to drive to lunch the issue occurred again, nearly sending me sliding into a police cruiser. After another shutdown the issue appeared to resolve, but the issue occurred again with disturbing regularity. Whenever the abs would activate the system would fail and lock the tires. The vehicle was throwing faults 01130 (abs operation implausible signal) and 16352 (control module electrical error), which is indicative of a failed abs control module. After perusing the NHTSA site as well as a few enthusiast forums I found this issue was not uncommon among owners of the 2009 my Volkswagens. It also appears that vw is aware of the issue, as there are multiple accounts of individuals receiving assistance towards the replacement of the affected module, and a revision of the component was released that corrects the failure. An abs controller should not be a maintenance item, and the failure of this safety component placed my life and the life of others at risk multiple times during the course of my commute. I would expect the basic safety systems of what I feel is a well designed and valuable vehicle to last much longer than 72500 miles, especially as I do not drive aggressively or participate in track days. (other complaintants have stated this occurs anywhere between 20k-100k miles.

Every time I brake hard or go into a lets say down hill turn at moderate speed my abs, traction control and brake lights light up the dash with 3 long beeps. After that all said components don't work any more until next restart. That morning I got the lights come on in the morning on my way to work and I couldn't just stop in the middle of the highway to power cycle my car so I continued driving with caution. After I made an exit from the highway I had to make a down hill slow (25-30 mph) right turn (it just started raining so that didn't help either) and my car started oversteering and made a 90 degree spin coming to a stop on the middle of the road. If there were any traffic coming from other way I would have been in the accident for sure. Vw is saying that they can't cover it under warranty since the car is older and the repair is like $2,000. 00 - that's a little bit too crazy and shouldn't happen to a $27k vehicle after 5 years of owning. I searched the forums and found a lot of 2009 vw gti's and Gli's with the same problem and some of those guys were involved in car crashes. This should be addressed ASAP before more people get involved in car crashes and get hurt. I think it's a bad batch of abs control modules that the factory would have to correct and replace under extended warranty.