Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2009 Volkswagen Gti.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The warning light went on engine oil pressure off. Search manual. Then it wouldn't start. But lights where on so we put… |
| 2022-08-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen GTI. The contact stated while driving 35-40 MPH, the ABS warning light, traction con… |
| 2022-04-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I recently purchased this used car and discovered that there is a recall on it. I made an appointment for the recall s… |
| 2021-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS MODULE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE ON THIS MODEL YEAR VOLKSWAGEN GTI. SOME VINS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL E… |
| 2020-05-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING MY CAR FOR FIVE MINUTES, I HEARD A LOUD "POP" FROM THE CAR'S RIGHT SIDE. I LOOKED OVER AND OBSERVED THAT … |
| 2020-05-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS AFFECTED BY THE 2017 RECALL FOR THE ABS MODULE. I WAS DRIVING AROUND A CORNER AND HIT BRAKES TO SLOW A LITTL… |
| 2020-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS A RECALL FOR THE ABS MODULE, I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE VW OF MURIETTA CALIFORNIA DEALER TO GET THE RECALL TAK… |
| 2020-01-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY PRNDS LIGHTS FLASHING. WHEN I PUT CAR IN D OR R NOTHING HAPPENS. ACTS LIKE ITS IN NEUTRAL. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 65… |
| 2019-12-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE TAKING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND STEERING ASSIST LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGI… |
| 2019-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | A NUMBER OF WARNING LIGHTS COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED ON AND SOUND ALARMS COME ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERI… |
| 2019-09-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS CODE 16352 PRESENT. CAR LOST CONSISTENT ELECTRONIC STEERING ASSISTANCE MAKING FOR VARYING STEERING WHEEL RESISTANCE… |
| 2019-07-14 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A CITY STREET IN DRY CONDITIONAT A STEADY SPEED THE ESC LIGHT ON MY DASH… |
| 2019-07-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL MY VOLKSWAGEN HAS MANY PROBLEMS THAT I BELIEVE ARE FACTORY DEFECTS. STARTING WITH THE AIRBAG FAULT WARNI… |
| 2019-04-10 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS IN MOTION WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. PARKED THE CAR IN MAY OF 2017 AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT … |
| 2019-04-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ONE OF THE HID HEADLAMP STOPPED WORKING CAUSING THE BULB FAIL WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH TO BE ILLUMINATED. I WENT TO TH… |
| 2019-03-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CAR DISENGAGES ITSELF WHEN SHIFTING IN REVERSE I GIVE IT GAS IT SUDDENLY CATCHES GEAR AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.… |
| 2018-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED… |
| 2018-07-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION SLOWING DOWN TO A RED LIGHT WHEN THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND BREAK LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SA… |
| 2018-07-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS FALIURE. ABS WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATES, ACTIVATES SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING RANDOMLY, BRAKING ABILITY IS HAMPERED, D… |
| 2018-06-13 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | MY GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS (PRNDS) FLASH AND MY CAR EITHER WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR OR WILL LIMP. IT HAS DONE IT SEVERAL… |
| 2018-06-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WITHOUT WARNING, THE ABS MODULE IN THE CAR FAILED, GIVING WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. RE… |
| 2018-04-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEGINNING IN MARCH, 2018. EPC LIGHT COMES ON (SEEMINGLY) RANDOMLY. OCCASIONALLY, CHECK… |
| 2018-03-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I RESEARCHED MY VIN WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND AN INCOMPLETE SAFETY RECALL ON THE ABS MODULE. THAT RECALL N… |
| 2018-02-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS 140,455 MILES ON IT AND WAS WELL MAINTAINED. AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH HEARD LOUD SOUND AND HAD TOTAL ENGINE … |
| 2018-01-17 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON STREET ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THE CAR WILL SHIFT DOWN INTO A UNKNOWN GEAR AND ALL LIGHTS START… |
| 2017-12-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED EXACTLY WHAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 16V913000 AND IT IS THE MODEL AND YEAR AS LISTED IN THE CAMPAI… |
| 2017-11-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING LIGHTS FLASHING,SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING ,FUEL GAUGE STOPS WORKING. STEERING WHEEL MOVES FUNNY. THERE IS… |
| 2017-10-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER WENT AND DESTROYED THE ENTIRE ENGINE THAT HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. APPARENTL… |
| 2017-09-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | FLASHING BRAKE LIGHT, WITH ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS. ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL NO LONGER FUNCTION. BELI… |
| 2017-08-25 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | ABS CONTROL MODULE. ABS LIGHT, TRACTION LIGHT AND BLINKING E-BRAKE LIGHT. NO TRACTION CONTROL OR ABS WHILE DRIVING. |
| 2017-08-21 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I GOT A RECALL FOR THE ABS MODULE FOR MY 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO VOLKSWAGEN I WAS TOLD THE RECALL WEN… |
| 2017-08-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | EPC LIGHT ISSUE -WHICH MEANS ELECTRONIC POWER CONTROL THE VEHICLES COMPUTER SUDDENLY CUTS POWER AWAY FROM THE ACCEL… |
| 2017-08-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RURAL HIGHWAY IN CLEAR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT TRAFFIC,AT ABOUT 45 MPH, SEVERAL LIGHTS CAME ON THE DA… |
| 2017-07-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE 12 VOLT OUTLETS IN MY CAR AREN'T WORKING. WHEN I WENT TO CHECK THE FUSE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE DIAGRAM OF THE FUSE… |
| 2017-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT FAILED TO RE… |
| 2017-05-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE JUST STARTED TO ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS WITH MY ABS MODULE. I RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE MODULE AND TOOK IT IN TO AN A… |
| 2017-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ALSO, WHILE MAKI… |
| 2017-02-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 16V913. THE MANUFACTURE HAS FAILED TO COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE ABS MODULE. THE REASON GIVEN WAS THAT ALTHOUGH MY… |
| 2017-02-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) AND ELECTRONI… |
| 2017-02-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AN 25,2017 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER45F2 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER16V913 RECALL STATUSRECALL INCOMPLETE SUMMARY ON CERT… |
| 2017-02-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN I BRAKE SOMETIMES THE BRAKES LOCK UP, ABS LIGHT COMES ON, TRACTION CONTROL AND BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. THE LIGHTS STA… |
| 2017-02-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS ON PERMANENTLY. BRAKE LIGHT BLINKS ALWAYS. STEERING WHEEL, EPC AND CHECK ENGINE LIKE… |
| 2017-02-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN FAILURE 60000 MILES; 6 MONTHS LATER ENGINE COILS FAILED. |
| 2017-01-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, I NOTICED OCCASIONAL MISFIRES UPON STARTUP AND ACCELERATION. THEN, THE VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING LOUDLY … |
| 2017-01-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE WARNING LIGHTS FOR ABS, BRAKE AND THE ESC SYSTEMS ILLUMINATED MAKING A BEEP NOISE, T… |
| 2017-01-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS FAILED ABS MODULE, AS DIAGNOSED BY MECHANIC. ABS LIGHT IS ON AND BRAKE LIGHT FLASHES, AS TO BE EXPECTED. WH… |
| 2016-12-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS MODULE AND PUMP IS FAULTY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE CASE WITH MANY OTHER VOLKSWAGEN GTI SPECIFIC TO THE 2009 YEAR. THI… |
| 2016-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CHECK ENGINE,… |
| 2016-11-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS BRAKES AND STABILITY CONTROL FAILURE, EVERY TIME THE ABS OR STABILITY CONTROL IS ACTIVATED THE SYSTEMS IMMEDIATELY … |
| 2016-11-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE ABS PUMP MODULE FAILS ON 2009 CARS REGULARLY. THE ABS, STABILITY CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL NO LONGER FUNCTIONS … |