Seats Problems of Volkswagen GTI

Volkswagen GTI owners have reported 4 problems related to seats (under the seats category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Seats problem of the 2001 Volkswagen GTI

Failure Date: 12/22/2010

The contact owns a 2001 Volkswagen Gti. The contact stated that the heated front passenger seat caught fire and burned through the passengers jacket. The contact did not have the vehicle inspected or repaired. The contact stated that he was no longer utilizing the heated seat function and the failure had not recurred since. The failure and current mileage was 89,000. Remailed 05/12/lj.

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2 Seats problem of the 2007 Volkswagen GTI

Failure Date: 01/10/2008

The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen Gti. When a passenger is seated in the front passenger seat, the air bag sensor light constantly illuminates and displays "passenger side air bag is off". The dealer stated that the wiring harness needed to be replaced. The replacement was made, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the seat tensioner was replaced. The failure persisted as well. While driving less than 60 mph, the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The weather stripping on the passenger side was replaced three times, in addition to the sunroof once. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for repairs. The failure mileage was 10,000 and current mileage was 41,000.

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3 Seats problem of the 2005 Volkswagen GTI

Failure Date: 11/05/2007

On 11/6/07 I had to bring my 2005 vw Gti to an auto body shop for repairs. My car is still not repaired because Volkswagen has not provided the parts needed. A headlined and passenger side seat cover and air bag. Can you help me?.

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4 Seats problem of the 2000 Volkswagen GTI

Failure Date: 07/21/2005

I purchased a 2000 golf Gti/vr6 in may of 2005. A few weeks later while driving, my seat (driver's) broke away for no appearant reason.

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Other Common Seats related problems of Volkswagen GTI

Problem Category Number of Problems
Seats problems
4
Front Seat Heater/cooler problems
4
Front Seat Recliner problems
1


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