Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 11/01/2006 | 104000 | 6 | 11/24/2005 |
| Check engine light flashed while car urged/stalled/surged/stalled. check engine light remained on. brought vehicle to mechanic, coded category non performance. cat replaced with o2 sensors at $900. light/ surged/stalled and returned to mechanic immediately. he replaced genuine volkswagen plugs, wires, and ignition coil. no cracks were found, but replaced anyway at $300. light continued to illuminate, t and remained lit within 40 miles of reset, codes category, bank 1. ran rough and smelled of raw gas once light went on. recall did not cover this model although the failure was identical. only 2.0 aeg motors covered not 2.0 azg to 120000. quirky operation will result in an accident. self limiting use of vehicle until problem diagnosed and repaired- o2 sensors at $187 each x 2 in exhaust were next. *ak | |||
| 01/02/2004 | 64000 | 6 | 09/01/2000 |
| Automatic transmission failure, mass air flow sensor failure, premature rear brake pad failure, automatic door lock malfunction, water pump failure, third brake light failure.*ak | |||
| 05/02/2003 | 21523 | 1 | 05/05/2001 |
| Mass airflow sensor failure has caused intermittent loss of engine power which may lead to an accident. problem is widespread, and repeated failures are occurring with many different owners. cars affected are diesel engine models.*ak | |||
| 01/20/2002 | 2 | 08/01/2001 | |
| On several occasions, vehicle accelerated while in park, resulting in limited property damage and passenger injury. *tt | |||
| 06/27/2002 | 2 | 08/01/2001 | |
| Unintended acceleration while in park in two occasions (car accelerated and jumped forward while being on park and while driver was braking) . jan 2002 limited damages// june 2002 significant damages.*ak | |||
| 10/21/2000 | 3 | 10/01/2000 | |
| Dealer has unnsuccessfully attempted to remedy this problem. they have sent the vehicle to repair and had it put on the computer. indications were that the throttle valve was defective. they supposedly fixed it. got the vehicle back- doing the same thing again- 3times. still the light comes on. i purchased this car brand new - lease. i am not accepting this vehicle as it is not whta i expected in a brand-new vehicle help!! *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 05/13/2005 | 30588 | 2 | 07/10/2001 |
| Vw golf 2001 unable to shift from park or neutral with ignition on. potentially dangerous. fortunately this time car was not in a dangerous location. this is the second failure of the brake light switch (and automatic shift lock switch) in this car with only 30588 miles. replaced at dealer. i have the failed switch and (as an engineer) can see many flaws in the design, leading to arcs and contact sticking or non-operation. research on the internet shows that many other owners have had this problem, some over 6 times. applicable over a range of vw models and years. canada had a recall for some vw models. vw should replace the switches with a better design under a lifetime warranty as a dangerous defect. my wife or one of the many others could have been trying to get off a train track when the thing locked. | |||