2016 Volkswagen E-Golf electrical problems

Filed Nov 20, 2022 · Electrical · MA

While the vehicle is attached to A/C power for charging, the forced air heating system does not warm the car. This can leave the occupants without heat for an extended period of time while charging in a remote location which could be life threatening. There used to be a "work around" using CarNET functions for this car, but that service has been discontinued for the 2016 model year. It should also be noted that other battery electric vehicles allow heating and cooling while plugged in to A/C power.

Filed Oct 14, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · CA

Two miles into my morning commute, I accelerated to 65 mph when the following message appeared on the instrument display "Error: electrical system. Stop!" At the same time, the vehicle lost all electrical motor drive and began to coast and decelerate. As I coasted there was a clicking noise in the drivetrain and remained audible while I changed lanes to the shoulder and made a safe full stop. I powered the vehicle OFF then ON three time or until the error disappeared. The vehicle was driven to a service location and scanned which revealed 14 error codes (ref. attachment) related to electric drivetrain. This error is a safety related fault and needs to be investigated by a the federal safety agency and a VW safety engineer.

Filed Jun 9, 2022 · Electrical · 43,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen E-Golf. The contact stated that while charging the vehicle with the level 3 charger, the female connector on the vehicle became loosened due to a failure with the 4 tabs holding the connector in place on the vehicle. The level 3 charger loosened and exposed the plug with live current going to the part. The contact stated that he smelled a burnt electrical odor and the charger was now inoperable. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer however, there were no trained technicians available to fix the vehicle. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000.

Filed Nov 17, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 79,000 miles · NC

I was driving down the road and the car halted all of a sudden. An error appeared on the dashboard that said electric failure. Stop. Luckily no cars were behind me or it would have been an accident. The car would not start back up for 30-40 minutes.

Filed Jan 10, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 9,700 miles · CA

While charging the car, an electric component failed and the card got disabled and would not start anymore. It also stopped charging. The car was then towed away from charging station to the nearest dealership.

Filed Dec 5, 2017 · Electrical · 21,000 miles · CA

Vehicle charging port does not respect the sae j1772 protocol in stopping current flow when depressing the button (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sae_j1772#safety). This has caused large sparks at charging stations with a broken latch mechanism but working button.

Filed Apr 4, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 volkswagen e-golf. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v138000 (electrical system, engine and engine cooling). The dealer stated that they could not perform the recall on electric vehicles. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer informed the contact that they would have to drive the vehicle to another state to get the recall performed. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Mar 14, 2016 · Electrical · 1,500 miles · CA

I was driving back from work after charging 100%. After I drove for about 10 miles on an expressway (lawrence), I stopped at the signal light. After the signal turned green, I accelerated the car. Immediately, alarms went off and said electric failure. "electrical system failure: stop!". I stopped and restarted the car. Again the same error. Immediately, I turned on the flash lights. Car didnt move and cards behind me were honking the horn. I called 911 and police came and saved me dragging the car to the shoulder. I couldnt even get down the car due to safety concerns and cars going at 50mph. I called egolf emergency road service. They came after an hour and towed the car to volkswagon center. Car is brand new with only 1500 miles. On further investigation. Volkswago service rep called me and told that the 12 v battery is faulty and it will take 6 weeks to replace. One of my friends also had the same battery issue in dec 2015 and he also had the same issue with 12 v battery issue. I am very concerned at this point that I don't want to drive on egolf. One of my friends

Filed Feb 26, 2016 · Electrical, Fuel system · 2,248 miles · CA

I pulled out of my office parking lot and as I was trying to cross into traffic going left, my car died, instrument panel light up like a christmas tree, with a car heading my way. By luck I knocked it into neutral and had enough momentum to get out of the way. Barely escaping an accident. At any moment in the future, I could see this error again: "electrical system failure: stop!", which kills the motor, and means no brake or steering assistance system (power steering), airbag, safety belt pretensioner, and other vehicle safety features.

Filed Feb 13, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 1,456 miles · CA

Vw e-golf electrical vehicle died suddenly while driving coming to an abrupt stop (as if the breaks had been fully applied) while entering single lane highway on-ramp during morning rush hour. Unable to roll the car to the side to avoid traffic. Unable to exit the car as other vehicles were swerving on both sides to avoid a collision. Took over 20 minutes to get assistance to pull the car to the side of the road (thanks to a courageous good samaritan) until police and tow truck arrived over 35 minutes after the incident. Vehicle was towed to dealer where mechanics were unable to deal with it (high voltage vehicle) until they received instructions from vw of america. It took about 1 week to have the issue resolved. Complete description of the work performed at the dealership: "1456 vehicle does not go into ready mode electrical system error displayed on mfd. Gff. P060c internal control module main processor performance active/static in 8c module. Contact techline 1548611. Advised to attach mvb from 8c and 51. Attached mvb. Techline advised to charge 12 volt battery and clear faults. Charge 12v battery. Test battery and okay. Clear faults. Vehicle now starts. Road test 30 miles. Then charge hv battery with level 2 charger. Re scan and no faults. Contact qtm and advised to perform another road test. Road tested vehicle additional 20 miles. Re scan. No faults. Qtm advises to release vehicle at this time." service advisor stated that it was a software glitch and it "should" not happen again. I'm concerned for the safety of the driver and passengers if the issue reoccurs.