While traveling the highway the vehicle will shut down with out prior warning. Please provide additional information dealer is aware of the problem. Ts
2002 Volkswagen GTI electrical complaints
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I have a 2002.5 volkswagen gti 1.8t with a 4-cylinder turbocharged engine. All vw engine ignition systems are affected. The coil or coilpack fails due to poor manufacture or design. In some cases multiple cylinders will loose power. I lost cylinder #1 when accelerating away from an intersection. I lost cylinder #2 while attempting to merge with traffic on surface streets. In both cases the significant lose of horsepower could have caused me to remain in an intersection longer than expected and cause an accident. Vw is currently replacing failed coils free of charge and providing rental cars when a replacement cannot be performed immediately. However, vw will not replace all coils, just those that fail. This leaves the others to fail and potentially cause accidents. I must drive with the knowledge that I could lose power from one or more cylinders at any time. This is especially dangerous at highway speeds and heavy traffic or when crossing any intersection where cross-traffic has the right-of-way.
3 ignition coils failed while driving on two separate occasions. This resulted in vehicle stalling on highway. Consumer had to wait 4 weeks for replacement coils in both incidents. Dealer adviser consumer will not replace remaining coils until failure. First incident occurred mid-october 2002. 2nd incident in december 2002.
Coilpacks are prone to failure, causing the car to violently lose power. Also having an issue where the car is trying to start itself again with the clutch depressed.
Vw policy on there defective coil packs is to replace the broken coil with a new one and send the driver back on the road with 3 defective coils just waiting to leave them stranded. I am pushing for a recall do to the safety concerns of the near absolute failure of the defective "h" coils and possible collisions with other vechicles.
Car was running rough, smelled bad, and was considered un-drivable by my dealer. Vw towed the car in. In about 30 minutes, my dealer informed me that one coil pack had failed and they would have to order the part. I asked if they could just replace all 6 of the coil packs as there seems to be a history of them failing. Dealer said vw would not approve such a preventative maintenance action. They also told me the part was on a national backorder and they did not know when they would receive it. I was provided $25/day for a rental car. I'm not too upset with the handling of this one incident, but I'm very concerned that there are arguably 5 other 'time bombs' in my car waiting to fail and leave me stranded in a much less convienent manner than this first failure. With such a high number of coil pack failures in vw's line [both the 1.8turbo and the vr6], I wish vw would issue a recall once the part supply is available. This problem along with a chronic warm-start stalling issues has resulted in me not being able to recommend vw to my pals.
Engine coil failure. Car lost power and was only running on 3 of 4 cylinders.
Coilpack failures are a safety issue. Is volkswagon waiting for someone to die until they recall this? While your at it, fix my windows that are going to break soon too.
Vw of american needs to issue a recall and replace free of charge all coilpacks on their 1.8t and 24v vr6 engines. If you visit www.vwvortex.com, you will see many complaints and concerns that these critical parts are failing in large numbers, thus posing a major inconvenience and potential physical endangerment or death if this critical engine component should fail suddenly while in motion! Vw is in denial, and many of us are counting on your organization to investigate. A recall of coilpacks should be issued in my opinion.
Ignition coil pack failure, coil pack #1 and #2. First of two differnent occasions.
I purchased a new, 2002 vw gti 1.8t in august 1 of 2002 from howard cooper volkswagen in ann arbor, michigan. On december 16, 2002, my gti with only 5200 miles started rumbling and shaking violently while being driven in a cold morning. The ''check engine'' light began flashing, and the car lost power and was unable to accelerate. I researched and I found countless vw and audi owners who had experienced the same failures on their vehicles with the 1.8t engine on more than one ignition coil. The car sat in the dealers' lot for more than two weeks waiting for an ignition coil that was on national backorder.
Ignition coil failed after 1900 miles. This seems to happen to all vw's nowadays there really should be a recall as I still have 5 faulty parts since only one coil was replaced
Ignition coil failure on my 2002 vw gti 337. Coil on cylinder #3 failed, cause rough idle and signifigent loss of engine power.
While driving at 35 MPH vehicle wouldn't accelerate. The dealership indicated that this was caused by two of the ignition coils burning out.
Coil packs on the vw 1.8t motor.... I had ignition coil #1 fail this week.... They are failing in a number of 2002 1.8t's. The dealer replaced the failed one with a the new "j" type coil but I have 3 other coils that can fail at any time strangling me on the highway or in the new england cold weather (as the case earlier this week). I would like vw to replace all me defective coil packs with the new "j" type before I get stranded again. Ts
Just had 20k mile service completed along with warranty replacement of broken window regulators. I've had the car back from service a week. Now, the cell light is on yet again, and acting like a coil pack failure which I had about 4 months ago. Ts
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.
2 out of 4 coil packs failed while driving causing the vehicle to stall. Manufacturer is aware of problem, but will not replace component until they all fail.*jb.
While driving, vehicle lost all source of electric power causing engine to fail. Dealer stated that parts are on back order. Please provide additional information. Ts
Vw 1.8t coil pack failures are one of the most common problems with these cars today. If a coil goes out you are not running on all of your cylinders and could cause a problem while driving. Ts
Consumer called complaining about having problem with the ignition coil. Dealer has replace only one out of the six coil. Please provide further information. Ts
The engine light came on. Consumer had vehicle serviced. The dealership indicated that 3 out of 4 ignition coils misfired. This is a common problem, that could make the vehicle inoperative and shut done engine per dealership. Ts all 4 ignition coils were replaced. 3 ignition coils were replaced under warranty.
Part failure on my 2002 vw gti. Coilpacks fail and cause car to lose major loss of power and reliability. Undriveable. Almost caused a accident when passing a large truck. This has happened twice.
Ignition coil pack failure. Ts
4th ignition coil pack failure on my 2002 vw gti. My volkswagen has less than 25k miles on it and has had 4 failed coil packs. Each time was a different situation/weather/speed.
2002 volkswagen gti 1.8t VIN #9bwde61j824005932 issue: coil pack replace at 19k miles mild weather, 60 degrees. Started fine in morning. Cel at 3:30pm, engine sounded awful. Vw of america towed to alexandria vw for repair.
Multiple coilpack failures on 2002 vw gti 1.8t. Dealer refused waranty service claiming aftermarket spark plugs being the cause of the part failure. Car had 2 incidents of coilpack failures prior to the installation of aftermarket spark plugs. Total of 3 failures within the first 8 months of owning the car. (*** the incident date listed below is inaccurate due to having multiple failures on different dates***)
Coil pack went out on my vw gti 1.8t part on national backorder quoted 2+ weeks with rental car
The ignition coil was found to be faulty. Ph scc
Vehicle #1 failed 4 times in 6 weeks, dead batteries, alternators, would not start....vehicle replaced, same problem with vehicle # 2 8 days after purchase......vw will not admit to defects
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