Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 5/ULEV II emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: CADXJ02.03UA
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
2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR LOST POWER. I FIGURED IT WAS AN ENGINE COIL, BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE, LAST TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, #6 COIL. SINCE I WAS 30 MILES AWAY FROM DEALER, I TOOK MY 2002 GTI TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE # 5 IGNITION COIL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART SINCE THIS WAS THE SECOND ONE TO FAIL. DEALER SAID "NO RECALL AND THE CHARGE WOULD BE ABOUT $200.00 SINCE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLE HAS 50,850 MILES AT THIS TIME. SINCE IT WASN'T COVERED, I HAD IT FIXED LOCALLY. GTI HAS THE 24 VALVE VR 6 ENGINE.*JB
2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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