2019 Volkswagen GTI: check engine light

Q: Is check engine light a common problem on the 2019 Volkswagen GTI?

9 of 179 owner complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen GTI (5%) mention check engine light. The model year with the most reports is 2009.

Q: Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2019 Volkswagen GTI?

There are 0 recalls and 130 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.

9 of the 179 complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen GTI describe check engine light.

owner complaints: 9
of this car's complaints: 5%
typical mileage: 750
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 130 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Check engine light by model year

2020
3
2019
9
2018
1
2015
9
2014
4
2013
5
2012
2
2011
4
2010
6
2009
29
2008
1
2007
7
2006
5
2003
5
2002
5
2001
11
2000
1
1997
2
1995
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 27, 2020 · Driver assistance, Engine · 16,000 miles · CT

16000 miles. Check engine light on and off. Purge vale replaced, two weeks later leak detection pump failed and needs replacement. Volkswagen claims leak detection pump is on national back-order with unknown time of arrival.

Filed Dec 30, 2019 · Engine, Transmission · 2,258 miles · FL

My 2019 vw gti rabbit dsg is throwing cel light and intermittently stalling asking me to manually start the engine. Been into the dealer 4 times for p050a cel and stalling. Vw says this has been happening to the manuals, not the dsg. The cel light for p050a comes on randomly but the stalling happens most after the car comes to a stop. I thought it was the start stop system but the car asks for it to be restarted randomly.

Filed Oct 19, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 150 miles · UT

Vehicle intermittently will stall out when coming to a complete stop, and must be manually restarted for each failure and the car successfully restarts every time with no issues. Each stall happened while vehicle was coming to a stop between 0 and 10 miles per hour with no warning, with the clutch fully depressed and the vehicle in neutral. The vehicle does not have an auto start/stop feature. The failure seems to be either electrical or mechanical in nature, and only occurs when the vehicle is completely up to operating temperature. This stalling issue has occurred a total of 15 times in the week that I have owned it, starting with the first day of purchase, but does not happen every time I drive the car. There is currently no check engine light, and no codes stored for this failure. The engine does sometimes run very rough right before it stalls, but this has only happened 3 times out of the total 15 failures that have occurred. The only secondary issue that may be related to this failure is an incorrect gear indication being shown on the dash, which I have only noticed a couple of times. Currently waiting for service at the dealership to look at the vehicle, however, they have informed me that they are not aware of any permanent solutions to this issue and they are aware that this is a common issue with this year make and model of vehicle.

Filed May 28, 2019 · Engine · 215 miles · OH

Car stalls at low speeds while clutch is fully engaged. Soft shutdown almost feels like the auto start/stop on automatic models.. This happened three times this morning while coming onto a military base where there is typically stop and start traffic. No cel or errors on dash.

Filed May 10, 2019 · Engine · 750 miles · NY

Vehicle stalls intermittently when coming to a stop. No check engine light.

Filed Apr 29, 2019 · Engine · 250 miles · WA

While coming to a stop with the clutch depressed the engine cuts out. The engine has also cut out a few seconds after coming to a full stop with the clutch fully depressed. This has occurred multiple times, always while braking or immediately after braking while stationary. I am able to restart the car manually after this behavior. The car is new with 250 miles driven. The car does not register a check engine light or otherwise indicate any problem.

Filed Apr 7, 2019 · Engine, Fuel system · 1,400 miles · CA

I have the 6-speed manual transmission. While commuting home on surface streets and stopped at a stoplight with the car in neutral and the clutch out, the car randomly stalls. This only has happened while idling at a stoplight/stop sign. I have plenty of gas and no cel comes up. The engine is warm. It happens within 1-2 seconds after coming to a complete stop with the car in neutral. It has happened many times but then easily starts again. It's a very gentle stall and almost feels like the car has auto stop/start, which my car does not. Fortunately, the dealership was able to recreate the stalling. They even contacted and worked with vwoa but were not able to determine exactly what the problem was. They had the car for close to 2 weeks tried several different fixes, but none worked. So when all else fails, they did a 'capacitive hard reboot' of the system and everything seemed to be fixed. However, after I picked the car up from the dealership, it stalled twice on my drive home. Now, it's been a couple of weeks since then and it hasn't stalled since, but it doesn't give me much confidence that it won't return if they don't know what the reboot did.

Filed Apr 4, 2019 · Transmission · 4,000 miles · GA

Engine shuts off/stalls when braking to a stop in a 6mt urano grey golf gti rabbit edition. On dozens of occasions at this point, with no check engine light or engine codes being dropped. I will be in neutral or with the clutch fully engaged, usually coming to a stop but has also happened when rolling slowly, and the car will stall out. It has been so gentle that I don't even notice until I press the gas and start moving and nothing happens. It has occurred during heavy braking and light braking, usually after a longer drive. Tends to occur in bursts, I've gone two weeks with no incidents and then on a single drive (after about 3 hours on the highway) it will occur multiple times in rapid succession, but won't be consistent. I am not stalling the car by having the clutch partially engaged or anything, I will be in full neutral or with the clutch to the floor and foot off the gas. I have had the issue when slowing to an intersection preparing for a turn, or when braking to a stop traveling straight. Have also had the issue when slowing down from highway speeds and stop-and-go traffic speeds. Its very difficult to pin down, with the exception of usually after extensive driving, haven't had it happen after a <10 min drive yet that I can remember. Currently being encountered by several other owners, and we're trying to consolidate what we know: https://www.reddit.com/r/golfgti/comments/b9cpb7/possible_2019_6mt_stall_issue_your_feedback/ https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?p=776852#post776852 https://www.reddit.com/r/golfgti/comments/amh7h0/golf_gti_mk75_stalling_coming_to_stop_with_clutch/ the latest times in atl traffic when I was preparing to merge from a stop into traffic and it stalled out while moving slowly, its getting dangerous to lose power when you're in traffic and needing it.

Filed Apr 4, 2019 · Engine · 89 miles · CA

The car will stall when slowing down to a stop in neutral, then will require restarting. Problem is more persistent in warmer temperature and also when the oil temperature is above 220 degrees. However does not cause cel or throw any codes. I am concerned about my safety operating the vehicle in this condition because I constantly have to restart the car which can put me in very dangerous situation.