2015 Volkswagen E-Golf electrical problems

Filed Apr 28, 2021 · Electrical, Fuel system · 27,500 miles · WA

Car was in motion on a city street and suddenly lost power. Pulled off road, waited and restarted vehicle with normal function. Evaluated at vw dealer and told the dc-dc convertor is not working properly and shutting down the motor. This part was part of a prior safety recall by nhsta, and the car was evaluated and said to be fixed. Contacted vw of america (case # 04750977) and told there was nothing they could do as the car was out of warranty.

Filed Oct 14, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 25,000 miles · CA

The vehicle intermittently will not unlock/release the charging connector from the connection port. When this occurs, the emergency release procedure for the vehicle will not release the charging connector. The charging status indicator is red. Eventually connector finally releases but after either hours of waiting or sometimes hittting the connector to jar it free. During the locked condition, the vehicle is not moveable - will not operate. If it occurs at a public charger, the car is literally tied to the charger and building, unable even to be towed. Chargers can be in some kind of bleak, scary places. Not always where you want to be trapped alone at night. There are many reports by other owners/drivers of the same year and model, see: https://www.myvwegolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=839&start=10 or https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?9292185-now-charger-port-won-t-release-charger-connecter! Or https://www.myvwegolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=158&start=30 . There are others also.

Filed Sep 16, 2019 · Electrical · 47,000 miles · CA

The 2015 egolf locks the charging connector onto the vehicle during charging. This functionality has two (at least) benefits to the vehicle operator. One benefit is that the (very expenseive) car charger's power supply can't easily be stolen during charging. A second, safety-centric, function is derived by not allowing the charging port to separate while a charge is underway preventing possible electrical arcs and electrocution. The locking mechaism intermittenly fails to unlock together with the rest of the doors and functions on the vehicle. This has several potential dangers to a vehicle operator. Wheh the charge connecter will not release, the vehicle will start and might create a situation of being stranded at night in a publc charging location. Tjrtrrwert---9rr-rrwpwrhis has happened to me. Trying to release the plug requires a strong long narrow object (usually metal) be inserted into the shielded area of the locking mechanism. The mechanism can sometimes be over-ridden through trial and error. Evenaually, though an ooperator is going to accidentally contact one of the high voltage terminals.and be seriously hurt or killed. Clippercreek charging equipment seems more likely to causre this condition. Our hsc-40 unit and the smaller 120v travel model these are other similar reports found online: https://www.myvwegolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=839 ' https://www.myvwegolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=839#p7764 ' https://www.myvwegolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=839#p7764

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Electrical · 26,415 miles · GA

Ev charger will not disengage from port even when car is unlocked with remote. Red light indicating charging failure remains and charger must be removed using emergency disengage pin which is difficult to access and car is immobilized while charger remains stuck. Electrical error message requesting service comes up on dashboard two days but disappears upon restart of vehicle.

Filed Sep 21, 2017 · Electrical · 21,000 miles · CA

My vehicle is parked plugged into a 240 v charging station in my garage/driveway. I cannot disconnect the charger because the red light on my car is on solid red and the lock will not disengage. According to the manual, when the light comes on red solid to seek expert advice. However, no one at the volkswagen dealership knows how to fix it. Now my vehicle stuck in the driveway and can't even be towed because it is attached to my house.

Filed Aug 8, 2017 · Electrical · 27,000 miles · CA

Today, while driving on local road, car started to shake and message appeared "battery malfunction" and car just died while running 40 MPH. After I turned it off and on after few mins everything was fine for another couple of hundreds feet and then it repeated again. This time while I was on the traffic light.

Filed Jun 23, 2017 · Electrical · 22,000 miles · HI

The charging cable does not disengage properly from the charging port. The car intermittently has a charging fault, doesn't recognize that car is unlocked and therefore the cable should be able to be removed. When this happens the car will also not sustain charging. Of course charging occurs when the vehicle is stationary. The car will not move when a charging cable is engaged.

Filed Dec 22, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 25,555 miles · IL

I experienced this error "electrical system failure: stop!". I couldn't use my car. I had to wait for couple of minutes and after this everithing was back to normal

Filed Dec 18, 2016 · Electrical · 19,000 miles · CA

After charging time resumed, the car doesn't release the charge plug . Charge light turned red.-lock won't release.-the car is stuck because the pin is stuck and it won't unlock. At the end of the day it unlocked by itself now it happened for the second time after only 3 days since last time.

Filed Nov 15, 2016 · Electrical · 4,800 miles · MA

There are multiple conditions under which the car's charging connector allows removal of the plug from the vehicle while power is engaged. This has lead to sparks being generated on removal. The conditions involve the failure of the physical locking pin on the charge port, and vw's incomplete implementation of the j1772 charging standard, specifically around the proximity circuit.