Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2017 Volkswagen Gti.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Had an immediate loss of propulsion event without warning (2-Feb-2026) after recall work completed on 16-Dec-20256 (24V… |
| 2026-01-09 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | The vehicle was involved in a low-speed frontal collision (under approximately 20 mph) resulting in relatively minor fr… |
| 2025-10-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | On October 13, 2025, while driving my 2017 Volkswagen GTI, I noticed a strong odor of gasoline inside and around the ve… |
| 2025-10-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Description of the Problem: The fuel pump failed and began spraying gasoline during operation. The malfunction was docu… |
| 2025-08-09 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I had fuel leaking from my carbon canister. I was driving the previous day and noticed a gasoline smell. I thought it w… |
| 2025-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Rear back-up camera fails repeatedly. The image portrayed on the dash is garbled and I am unable to determine vehicles… |
| 2025-01-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The steering wheel clockspring mechanism has failed causing the vehicle steering wheel operated controls (including the… |
| 2024-12-22 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Earlier in 2024, Volkswagen of America issued a recall for the Suction Jet Pump, on the 14th of December i went to VW o… |
| 2024-07-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen GTI. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator … |
| 2024-06-21 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen GTI. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH up an incline, the vehicle lurched forw… |
| 2024-04-17 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen GTI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V110000 (Fuel Sys… |
| 2024-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI. The contact stated that while stopped at a red light, the vehicle shuddere… |
| 2022-08-09 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen GTI. The contact stated upon pulling into a parking spot, the vehicle started sputte… |
| 2021-03-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL TANK WOULD NOT ACCEPT REFUELING. WHEN CHECKED OUT WAS FOUND THAT TANK WAS LEAKING GAS. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER… |
| 2021-03-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | INTERIOR TRIM IN FRONT OF SHIFTER IS UNREASONABLY SHARP. WHEN REMOVING ITEMS, LIKE CELL PHONE, OR WALLET FROM THE STORA… |
| 2021-02-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | COULD NOT PUMP GAS INTO THE GAS TANK. COULD INSERT THE PUMP NOZZLE INTO THE OPENING TO THE GAS TANK. WHEN TRIED TO PUMP… |
| 2020-12-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 1 | THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THE CENTER CONSOLE STORAGE OF THIS VEHICLE THAT IS CAUSING DEEP CUTS AND GASHES ON PEOPLE'… |
| 2020-11-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF HAS BEGUN TO BECOME UNADHERED TO THE BODY CAUSING IT TO RAISE UP AND CREATE A GAP BETWEEN THE WIN… |
| 2020-10-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FIRST NOTICED STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL. FUEL SMELL DISSIPATED AFTER AROUND 45 MINU… |
| 2020-08-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE VW GTI IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 32,753 MILES. DRIVING THROUGH A SHOPPING PLAZA, STEAM SUDDENLY BEGAN TO RISE FROM THE… |
| 2020-07-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT 47,000 MILES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALLOW FUEL TO BE PUT INTO THE TANK. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO BE TOLD THAT THE SUCTI… |
| 2020-07-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | 7-3-2020: DROVE CAR IN DRIVE MODE AND SPORT MODE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, STOPPED TO TALK TO SOMEONE AND CAR SAT ON A … |
| 2020-07-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE IS A CONSTANT COOLANT LEAK COMING FROM THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND WATER PUMP AREA. IT STARTED AS A SLOW LEAK, EVE… |
| 2020-06-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM HAVING THE EXACT ISSUE FROM THE 2015-2016 GTI SUCTION PUMP RECALL. MY CAR IS A 2017 GTI AND IS LEAKING THROUGH THE… |
| 2020-06-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL AT A RATE OF ONE GALLO… |
| 2020-05-27 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | STARTED TO NOTICE A FUEL ODOR IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIGHT-REAR WHEEL WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE MY GARAGE. MOVED … |
| 2020-05-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE STARTED LOSING COOLANT AROUND 25K MILES. VISIBLE LOSS IN RESERVOIR AND COULD SMELL COOLANT AFTER DRIVING. AT 30… |
| 2020-05-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE COOLANT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN LOWER AND I BROUGHT MY CAR TO VW DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY WANTED TO CH… |
| 2020-04-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FUEL TANK AND CHARCOAL CANISTER IN THIS VEHICLE HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE, ONCE BY THE DEALER I PURCHASED FROM … |
| 2020-03-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERMOSTAT HOUSING LEAK CAUSES COOLANT LEAK AND LOW COOLANT WARNINGS. WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS… |
| 2020-02-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER 55K MILES, MY CAR HAD A WATERPUMP LEAK THAT SEEMS COMMON IN THE FORUMS I ATTEND. |
| 2020-02-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 48K ON THE CAR, AND I WAS INFORMED OF THE LEAKING THERMOSTAT HOUSING THAT IS APPARENTLY KNOWN FOR GOING ON THIS CAR AS … |
| 2020-02-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2017 VW GTI 4 DOOR. SE TRIM. A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER REACHING 40K MILES, AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL BLOCKS AND MAKING IT ONT… |
| 2020-02-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I FIND THAT MY COOLANT LEVEL SLOWING GOES DOWN AND I'VE HAD TO REFILL SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY. MAYBE 2 TIMES A YEAR SINCE… |
| 2020-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I CAN HEAR LOUD WINNING NOISE FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR AT 35 MPH AND HIGHER. I THINK IT COULD BE WHEEL BEARINGS OR BAD … |
| 2019-12-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING ON THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A SIGNIFICANT LEAK, ALLOWING COOLANT TO DRIP ON THE ROADWAY AND ALSO END… |
| 2019-12-06 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | MY WINDSHIELD HAS HEAVY PITTING AND SMALL CHIPPING AFTER JUST 50,000 MILES. LOOKING ONLINE IN THE VARIOUS VW FORUMS (V… |
| 2019-10-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND WHILE THE CONTACT ATTE… |
| 2019-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DISCOVERED COOLANT LEAK ON OIL PAN AND CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION. DEALERSHIP INSPECTION… |
| 2019-07-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR SUFFERED A FAILURE OF THE THERMOSTAT AT 26837 MILES CAUSING A LOSS OF COOLANT. COOLANT ODOR WAS APPARENT SINCE THE … |
| 2019-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT AROUND 28,000 MILES, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS NEAR FREEZING AND THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING OVERNIGHT, I NOTICE… |
| 2019-03-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | NOTICED BURNING COOLANT SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER THE VEHICLE REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND TH… |
| 2019-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE IS LOSING COOLANT. STARTED AT ~50K MILES MARKED. COOLANT NEEDS TO BE TOPPED OFF. NOW THE CAR IS AT 71K MILES. LO… |
| 2019-02-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | NUMEROUS CRACKS APPEARED IN THE SUNROOF FRAME OF THE 2017 VW GTI CAUSING LEAKING AND INSTABILITY OF PANORAMIC SUNROOF. … |
| 2019-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERMOSTAT HOUSING & ASSOCIATED SEALS ON THE CURRENT 1.8L AND 2.0L VOLKSWAGEN/AUDI EA888 GEN 3 ENGINE ARE PRONE TO FAIL… |
| 2018-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE "COMBI" VALVE ON MY GTI STAYS STUCK OPEN CAUSING MORE EXHAUST GASES TO FLOW THROUGH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. AS A R… |
| 2018-02-03 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2017 GTI ON A CITY STREET IN RENTON, WA, AT 35MPH HEADING EAST ON S 180TH STREET. THERE WERE NO OTHER … |
| 2017-09-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THERE IS A PIECE OF RUBBER PROTRUDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE LACE OF MY RIGHT … |
| 2017-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SIDE B-PILLAR IS NOT WELDED TOGETHER CORRECTLY AND CAUSES POPPING AND TAPPING SOUNDS AS VEHICLE FLEXES WITH… |
| 2016-12-18 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE STATIONARY UNDER A CAR PORT IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURE. BOUGHT THE CAR BAND NEW SATURDA… |