Six problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2001 Volkswagen GTI. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Volkswagen GTI based on all problems reported for the 2001 GTI.
Today is 11/05/2025 incident happened yesterday evening 11/04/2025 the driver airbag in the steering wheel auto deployed when I started the car I went to step out from my car while it was warming up and barley turning the steering wheel the airbag exploded with my arm still on the wheel hitting and fracturing my ulna bone n causing a burn that was so instant n hot it burnt through my skin causing more damage to my nerves and tissue im having the car inspecting and is available upon request I took pictures and documented everything immediately there still in no warning lamp on and never has been on displaying it needs to be inspected. . But after it deployed the dash light still remains off so I don’t know if it even deactivated the system like it should’ve done with a airbag deploying this just happened yesterday so nothing has been inspected yet this is my first report it makes safety issues cause it deployed out of nowhere when car was parked I just turned the key over it could’ve deployed when I was driving causing a serious accident or death and it broke my ulna bone that alone is serious more I can’t go back to work pry my bills raise my 5yr old until this fracture heals. . This not only if a serious safety our it’s a serious situation off what do I even do now car showered not warning signs of anything and still don’t even display that it’s srs bag deployed.
The contact owns a 2001 volkwagen Gti. The contact was traveling 35 mph when he abruptly turned the wheel to avoid a crash. The contact drover over a pothole and the air bags deployed independently. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired for the air bag failure. The contact believed the failure to be a manufacture ring defect. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 126,000.
I have a 2001 vw Gti and my side curtain airbags wrongfully deployed. I received minor damage to my rear rim from a street curb that caused my airbags to wrongfully deploy. I was not in a collision, nor in serious danger, although when my airbags deployed I was frightened and veered to my left lane. Luckily no one was in that lane, but I could have received major injuries.
: the contact stated while driving 65mph the frontal airbags deployed for no apparent reason. There were no known road hazards and gasoline had not been put into the vehicle for two days. The vehicle was driven to the dealership and is currently awaiting inspection.
Air bag default light and buzzer has come on many times. Jan 2001, April 2001, Aug 2005, Jan 2006 and now again Feb 2006. Vw of America has repaired and paid for first three problems. In Jan they said that they could only cover 75% of cost of repair. Each time I have been without my car for as long as a week. I now have a call into the dealer for this fifth problem and am waiting and obviously am frustrated. The fault code has been 00588 032-resistance being too high in the air bag ignighter. . . I am thankful I have not been involved in an accident so I am unable to know whether the air bag would be of any help. But this does keep me wondering. . . I expect vw of a to pay for all such repairs and provide me with a loner car. They are not standing behind their product.
Car was fine at night when parked. Airbag fault light came on in the morning, and will not turn off. Already as happened before and had airbag replaced. As happened again less than two years later. Will keep parts replaced this time.