Owners/service Manual Problems of Volkswagen GTI

My Gti has a manual transmission. It will occasionally stall while coming to a stop even though the clutch pedal is fully depressed. It has happened with the gear shift in reverse as well as in neutral, in either case the clutch pedal was fully depressed and it shouldn't be stalling in these circumstances.

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I have a 2019 Volkswagen Gti 6 speed manual transmission. While I was out running errands to the local food store and hardware store, I came to a complete and full stop at a stop sign. At this time the car was in neutral with the clutch pedal disengaged and the brake pedal depressed. I noticed the car had a soft stall. This happened a total of about 6 times. It is almost as if the car has the auto stop feature that turns the engine off at a full and complete stop but my car is not equipped with that option. I feel as if the engine is the problem because it is cutting off. I also feel it could be the transmission thinking that the car is in a different gear and not enough rpms to sustain that gear. I also feel it could be a vacuum leak which is not sending the right signals to the engine computer or something else. At the time of this happening it was sunny and in mid fifties in temperature.

Purchased from riverside vw metro auto group, a new 2019 vw golf Gti (with 465 miles) equipped with a 6 speed manual transmission stalls excessively. The vehicle typically needs to warm up (oil temp above 210f) prior to seeing this excessive stalling issue. The stalling is apparent when the engine shuts off without warning as car slows to a stop or when preparing to make a turns at intersections. This transpires with the clutch depressed fully and also when the vehicle is in neutral and clutch out. This has happened over 18 times I purchased the vehicle 4 days ago. I have brought the vehicle to the dealer to address and they have stated they are unable to reproduce the event and are unaware of any problems with this model. Current mileage is approximately 615 miles.

I have been driving manual transmissions for almost 10 years. I have had the car stall on me three times while moving at low speeds while in first gear, specifically when parking and we starting to move again from a stop at a light. The engine shuts off almost as if the engine's start/stop feature engaged, not like a typical stall. The car is brand new with 350 miles as of today when it happened for the third time.

Se (w/ experience package), great falls green metallic, dsg it has only happened a couple of times so far and I can't really replicate it but when it happened I come to a pretty normal stop, and it feels like it does the auto start-stop function but the center console will say "manual restart required" or some such thing. Sure enough once I let go of the break it doesn't start back up. I have to put it in part and start it like normal. So the car just kind of stalls randomly when stopping. Just normal stops too. Also, every so often instead of stalling it will kind of stutter to a stop. Like you're quickly tapping on the breaks or it's just having trouble trying to stop smoothly.

During pre-purchase test drive of vehicle (2019 Gti se, manual with ~30 miles on odometer), the vehicle unexpectedly stalled as I was coming to a stop. I was approximately 5 minutes into the test drive. Clutch was in, vehicle was in first gear, speed was less than 1mph. Car had to be restarted. I did not purchase that car but they are still trying to sell it as new. I had 2 witnesses present. This was the 3rd brand new 2019 Gti I have tested that unexpected stalls like this.

During pre-purchase test drive of vehicle (2019 Gti rabbit edition, manual with ~10 miles on odometer), the vehicle unexpectedly stalled as I was coming to a stop. I was approximately 10 minutes into the test drive. Clutch was out, vehicle was in neutral, car was stopped. Car had to be restarted. I did not purchase that car but they are still trying to sell it as new. I had 2 witnesses present. This was the 2rd brand new 2019 Gti I have tested that unexpectedly stalls like this.

Car is at 3500 miles, bought new from dealer. Car is manual transmission. Car has been fine until 5/11/19. While stuck in highway traffic, the car stalled with the clutch depressed. 10 minutes after the incident, this time off the highway, the car stalled with the clutch depressed again when I was stopping at a stop sign. In case #1) I was in 1st gear. The stall was very smooth and not noticed by passengers (I noticed it due to tachometer falling to 0). The clutch was %100 depressed #2) I was in 3rd or 4th gears. I was slowing down for a stop sign. When I came to a stop, the car stalled. I was alert due to the first incident and made sure to take note of what happened. The clutch was once again depressed. In both cases, the car stalled and left me without the ability to accelerate or steer. Luckily the problem happened while stopping and not at high speeds.

My 2019 rabbit edition Gti 6-speed manual stalls when it's stationary at a stop sign or a stoplight with the clutch fully pressed in. It happens while in 1st gear and if the car is in neutral. The car also fails to turn on after stalling sometimes and immediately shuts off after restarting. My car has stalled 5 times while in bumper to bumper traffic. This vehicle is brand new and can be a safety issue if it's not fixed. I have contacted Volkswagen but they're unable to replicate the issue. This is an issue a lot of customers with the brand new 2019 rabbit edition Gti's are having and needs to be addressed. . Read more...

My engine keeps having a soft stall. I have a manual rabbit under 1k miles. It does this when I come to a complete stop. This is the second issue I have with the car already. The first was a sensor, which was taken care of with ease. Now this one.

Bought a brand new 2019 vw golf Gti rabbit edition manual 6-speed on January 14, 2019 and had it die out almost like a "putter" until the engine shut off while I was driving it today April 17, 2019. Happened when I was coming to a stop with the clutch in and in first gear. When I restarted the car using the push ignition I then had it die on me twice more. Luckily this happened when I was nearly home. . . I was able to finally get the car started and rev the engine just enough to get back on my way but then had it die on me again when pulling into my driveway at home. The car still has less than 800 miles on it and has been properly driven since taken off the car dealer's lot.

I have the 6-speed manual transmission. While commuting home on surface streets and stopped at a stoplight with the car in neutral and the clutch out, the car randomly stalls. This only has happened while idling at a stoplight/stop sign. I have plenty of gas and no cel comes up. The engine is warm. It happens within 1-2 seconds after coming to a complete stop with the car in neutral. It has happened many times but then easily starts again. It's a very gentle stall and almost feels like the car has auto stop/start, which my car does not. Fortunately, the dealership was able to recreate the stalling. They even contacted and worked with vwoa but were not able to determine exactly what the problem was. They had the car for close to 2 weeks tried several different fixes, but none worked. So when all else fails, they did a �capacitive hard reboot� of the system and everything seemed to be fixed. However, after I picked the car up from the dealership, it stalled twice on my drive home. Now, it's been a couple of weeks since then and it hasn't stalled since, but it doesn't give me much confidence that it won't return if they don't know what the reboot did.

The car jerks out when u accelerate. The car feels like it's in manual when taking off.

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Car started to exhibit intermittent abs faults which was indicated by dash mil and the following fault codes: transmission module 18255 - please check dtc memory of abs controller abs brakes 00290 - abs wheel speed sensor; rear left (g46) 012 - electrical fault in circuit - intermittent 00290 - abs wheel speed sensor; rear left (g46) 008 - implausible signal - intermittent with the codes present both abs and electronic stability control are disabled. The safety complaint however is that the automatic transmission control is periodically locked out. When at speed (60+ mph) the automatic transmission will shift into neutral. Manual gear select will not put the car back into a drive gear. Dash gear indicator will indicate 6th gear. At lower speeds (~25 mph) the transmission will periodically lock in second gear and will not shift to a higher gear. Manual gear selection also fails. Problem sometimes will not clear despite restarting the car multiple times. There are no indications of an actual transmission problem. The cause seems to be software override of the transmission due to incorrect abs module data. (transmission software seems to think the car is in a skid and is holding gear). So far the abs module,wheel speed sensor, and tone ring have been replaced. Condition is still present. When the transmission problem is present shift lock also does not work. The dealer is currently in the process of replacing the wiring harnesses.

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