Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 3/PZEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: CADXV02.03PA
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat
Belt Advanced Front Air Bags.
Plant City: Wolfsburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
AIR BAGS
IN FOUR YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, MY 2006 VW GTI MARK V CAR HAS HAD SIX OCCASIONS WHEREBY THE AIRBAG FAULT LIGHT HAS COME ON. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE LIGHT STAYED OFF FOR A PERIOD OF MONTHS BEFORE RETURNING. MOST RECENTLY, MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THIS REASON IN DECEMBER AND THE AIRBAG FAULT LIGHT STAYED OFF UNTIL THIS WEEK. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS MATTER TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALER AND AM AWAITING GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROCEED. ALTHOUGH THE CAR JUST WENT OFF WARRANTY, I AM REQUESTING THAT VW MAKE REPAIRS AT ITS EXPENSE SINCE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A REPEATED PROBLEM THROUGHOUT MY OWNERSHIP OF THE CAR. *TR
2012
POWER TRAIN
WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A FULL STOP (LIGHT) THE ENGINE RPM SURGED TO APPROXIMATELY 4000 AND THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED (A "WRENCH" ICON). THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV BUT THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT OF THE CAR AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT. THE CAR THEN SHIFTED PROPERLY AND THE "WRENCH" ICON HAD DISAPPEARED. THIS OCCURRED WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. *TR