Seven problems related to power train have been reported for the 2010 Volkswagen GTI. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My vehicle will automatically go from being in drive to acting like its in neutral. And will not move or go anywhere. And this all happenened when I was in dr9ve drving down the road.
The vehicle I purchased was under used dealer warranty engine and transmission I went ahead and did almost $4000 in repairs to this car to make it drive somewhat normal from the original jerky start from after purchase (no it did not drive like this when I test drove) I attempted to get a new transmission because vw recommended this to remedy the issue but when I tried to contact the dealer he told me that I should stop beating on it I have come across a lot of research showing there is an open recall on this car for the sudden shifts and bucking I already had the intake manifold repaired by vw but I need help getting the transmission recall that went unnoticed by Volkswagen its a real problem in this year and marque.
Rear main seal fails under 60k miles happen to a lot of 2. 0t engines. Volkswagen should provide extended warranty.
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.
Dsg transmission mechatronics unit failed at 70,000 miles July 2016. Transmission goes into limp mode. . . Won't go into reverse and jumps down to and remains in first gear when in d. All service done on schedule. Mfr refuses to cover replacement of unit due to limited warranty.
The car sputtered, shook, and made an awful sound similar to a ton of marbles in a drier machine. The timing chain went at roughly 82,000 miles. According to vw literature they stated that the reason they went back to a timing chain is that it is a lifetime, nonserviceable part. The timing chain going on an interference type engine destroyed my engine to the order of almost $4000. Vw did not want to assist with anything.