Volkswagen GTI owners have reported 3 problems related to underhood wiring (under the electrical system category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Car alarm would go off when exiting the vehicle and the horn would go off. The failure occured while driving on a main road, the alarm horn engaged and would not shut off. After approximately 10 minutes of continuous honking the wires to the alarm horn started to melt. I attempted to disconnect the power to the horn and was burned by the wires. Eventually the horn died but smoke continued to pour out from underneath the cowling.
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I own a 2002 vw Gti, today with 2639 miles on it one of my coil packs died, which through some research is a very common cause. I was travelling around 60-65 mph on the highway when this happened, losing complete power and almost getting hit. My car had to get towed 40 miles to the dealership, which in turn told me that they would only replace the one coil pack not all three, knowing that the other 3 will eventually fail and cause some trouble again. This is ridiculous my wife owns a 2003 vw jetta , what if, heaven forbid, one of us were to get into an accident because of this when it could have been fixed in the first place. I'm thoroughly disgusted with this.
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Vw cannot bring vehicle into compliance with warranty. . . . . . Refuses to replace vehicle. No safety defect listed.
Problem Category | Number of Problems |
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Electrical System problems | |
Ignition Coils Failure problems | |
Ignition problems | |
Alternator/generator/regulator problems | |
Wiring problems | |
Ignition Module problems | |
Instrument Panel problems | |
Ignition Switch problems | |
Fuses And Circuit Breaker problems | |
Underhood Wiring problems |