Adaptive Cruise Control problems of the 2024 Volkswagen GTI

Two problems related to adaptive cruise control have been reported for the 2024 Volkswagen GTI. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2024 Volkswagen GTI based on all problems reported for the 2024 GTI.

1 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 11/28/2025

Travel assist is disabled which includes adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist. The warning lights flash on and off, sometimes multiple times a second, sounding a loud beeping each time. It is triggered at engine start and persists through all speeds. I have experienced it 0-70 mph. The flashing lights and associated rapid beeping indicating the failure is extremely distracting while driving. Warning lights and warning sounds are designed to alert the driver to a potential safety issue so ignoring the lights and sounds is dangerous in the event it is a different caution/warning. However, also not ignoring it is dangerous because of the frequency of the warnings which causes the driver to look away from the road. After speaking with the maintenance department at my vw dealership, they indicated that this is a widely known problem that is remedied only with the replacement of the steering wheel. There are several other sensors that are triggered by the same issue I was told by the maintenance department. They are uncertain at this time if it impacts the airbag system which is another potential safety concern. The steering wheel can only be ordered after inspection by the maintenance department and there is shortage and/or back order of the part to fix the problem.

2 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 10/10/2023

The component that is failing is the infotainment center. Cruise control fails. Yes available for inspection. The safety of my car is compromised and puts myself and others at risk. The backup camera fails - the infotainment center is glitchy, the infotainment center will disconnect from phone calls while driving handsfree while plugged in via wired carplay (the car cannot do bluetooth for carplay). The infotainment center sometimes is completely unusable - including radio- directions for carplay are not usable - no sound from the radio - no ability to adjust car settings when its in failure mode - including parking controls - driving modes - temputratre controls. The lights are hit and miss - sometimes they won't come when pressed or sometimes won't go off when they are pressed to go off. The problems according to the dealer cannot be reproduced - even though I have videos of the issues. When there is an error code on the vehicle and I have taken it in they say that there are no codes - which is a sing to me that the car is malfunctioning as they say the codes should be there. The vehicle for two days this year would make the information call repeatedly and did this roughly 100 times in two days. It finally stopped the day I went to take it in to the dealer. The dealer replaced the radio after my first week due to infotainment and backup camera issues. The dealer replaced it with a recalled part and it is recorded in my repair orders (ros). They said it was the last radio in the entire us and world and they couldn't replace it again. I didn't find out that it was recalled until October 2025 as I was researching the recalls and reviewing my ros and noticed the same part listed on my ros. I have taken the vehicle in multiple times and they have not replaced or provided a viable solution that fixes the multiple issues. I paid for the vehicle and extended warranty it was $45k. They treated me like I was a nobody when we all are somebody's. Too much to type.


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