2019 Volkswagen GTI Complaint Log

VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTOFF AT VERY LOW SPEED, STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. EACH TIME THE CLUTCH WAS FULLY ENGAGED.

ENGINE STALLING IN LOW SPEED

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT. MANUAL TRANSMISSION, CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED AND THE CAR STALLS. CAR ALSO STALLS ON RESTART OF THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND A CAUSE.

VEHICLE STALLS UNPREDICTABLY, USUALLY WHEN APPROACHING A STOP BUT SOMETIMES JUST WHEN SLOWING DOWN. ISSUE OCCURS WITH VEHICLE IN GEAR WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED OR IN NEUTRAL, OR WITH BOTH. HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE CAR WAS BRAND NEW.

THE CAR HAS 43 MILES ON IT AND IS STALLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT'S STALLING WHEN STATIONARY IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. IT'S ALSO STALLING IN GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH PRESSED (AT A STOP SIGN, CAR IN FIRST GEAR, FOOT ON CLUTCH, RPMS DROP TO ZERO AND CAR QUIETLY JUST TURNS OFF). IT DOESN'T RUMBLE LIKE A NORMAL MOTOR STALL WOULD, IT JUST SHUTS OFF (LIKE AUTO ON/OFF WOULD ON A AUTOMATIC).

CAR STALLS WHEN COASTING TO (OR JUST ARRIVED AT) STANDSTILL WITH CLUTCH PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED. CAR IS 6SPD MANUAL TRANSMISSION. TWO OCCURRENCES OF STALLING IN FIRST 500 MILES OF OWNERSHIP. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART FAIL FOR TWO TO THREE TRIES (CAR IDLES ROUGH AND RE-STALLS), THEN IT WILL RUN PROPERLY AND I CAN DRIVE AWAY. NO OTHER OBVIOUS ISSUES DURING NORMAL DRIVING.

MY 2019 RABBIT DSG GTI IS STALLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. IT HAPPENS USUALLY WHEN THE CAR IS ALREADY WARM. WHEN IT STARTS HAPPENING, THE ISSUE COMES UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FOLLOWING STOPS. I HAVE TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO P MODE TO TURN THE CAR ON, HAVING THE CAR STOPPED FOR A WHILE. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. ATTACHED IS A VIDEO OF IT HAPPENING (FILMED ON A PRIVATE PARKING GARAGE). HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=6DCGEOXYJDI

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED THE ENGINE WILL STALL

2019 GTI SE 6MT. CAR SOFT STALLS - RPM DROPS TO ZERO (WITHOUT JERKING MOTION) AT RANDOM INTERVALS WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH CLUTCH PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED. PRESSING THE START/STOP BUTTON STARTS THE ENGINE AGAIN AND THE CAR OPERATES AS NORMAL. CAR IS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE, AMBIENT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES. BEHAVIOR IS NOT READILY REPRODUCIBLE. CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WITH A BUILD DATE OF 1/19.

I HAVE A 2019 GTI RABBIT EDITION WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WILL STALL OUT AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE COMING TO A ROLLING STOP WHILE THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON A WARMED UP ENGINE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN I COME TO A ROLLING STOP. IT'S A VERY QUIET STALL AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT STALLED OUT.

VEHICLE STALLS SPORADICALLY WHEN MOVING SLOW OR AT A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES ROUGH IDLE SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE SO FAR HAS ONLY STALLED WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED. THE ROUGH IDLE HAPPENS BOTH WHEN THE CAR IS COLD AND WARMED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD 40 MILES AND HAD CONTINUED NOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS 2000 MILES.

I PURCHASED A 2019 GTI S ON MARCH 30TH 2019 AND IN ONE WEEK'S TIME I STALLED OUT 7 TIMES. 3 OF THOSE 7 TIMES WERE WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, IN NEUTRAL WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE ONLY (NOT ON THE CLUTCH). THE OTHER 4 TIMES WERE IN 2ND GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS BETWEEN 8 AND 10 MPH WHEN I WAS EITHER PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY OR GOING OVER A LONG BUT LOW AND NOT AGGRESSIVE SPEED BUMP. THE STALL WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WOULD DEPRESS THE CLUTCH, NOT ON THE RELEASE.

MY CAR HAS ONLY 800 MILES ON IT. THE CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND NO AUTO STOP/START SYSTEM. WHEN SLOWING DOWN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, I PUSH THE CLUTCH IN AND MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER TO NEUTRAL. DURING THE LAST 5MPH OR SO, THE CAR WILL QUIETLY STALL. I ONLY NOTICE IT STALLED WHEN I TRY TO GET MOVING AGAIN AND REALIZE I HAVE TO START THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. I WANT TO NOTE THAT I HAVE FOUND REPORTS OF THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH OTHER 2019 VW GTI OWNERS ON SEVERAL CAR FORUMS. MANY OF THE OWNERS MENTION BRINGING THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER STATING THEY "CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE." I'M RELUCTANT TO BRING IT TO THE DEALER AS THE ISSUE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REPRODUCE AND SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM. I ALSO CAN'T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT MY CAR FOR A DAY OR TWO WHILE THEY ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH NO RESULTS.

WHITE 2019 RABBIT EDITION 6MT, BUILD DATE OF 10/18, PURCHASED 4/6/19. ISSUE BEGAN THE DAY OF PURCHASE WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WILL FREQUENTLY STALL WHEN THE CLUTCH IS FULLY DEPRESSED SHORTLY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE STALL IS UNCHARACTERISTIC OF OTHER STALLS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR, AS IT CAN BARELY BE FELT THROUGH THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR IS BOTH IN GEAR AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. ONCE THE CAR STALLS, IT MUST BE RESTARTED BY PRESSING THE IGNITION BUTTON AGAIN. AFTER THE ENGINE IS RESTARTED, THE CAR WILL RESUME NORMAL DRIVING OPERATION UNTIL IT STALLS WHILE COMING TO A STOP AGAIN. THE STALLING ONLY SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE CAR IS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS TWICE, BOTH TIMES HAVING NO RESULTS. A VW TECH WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND ITS SOURCE.

THE FIRST TIME WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED OUT AS I WAS PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN IN 2ND GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. I WAS ABLE TO START THE ENGINE BACK UP AND CONTINUE OPERATING AFTERWARDS. THE SECOND TIME WAS JUST LAST THURSDAY WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, AGAIN WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED.

CAR WILL SOFTLY STALL OUT WHEN I COME TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED OR THE STICK OUT OF GEAR. STARTED HAPPENING WITH LESS THAN 200 MILES ON THE CAR. HAPPENED THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS BEFORE 420 MILES. CAR WILL RESTART RIGHT AWAY IN EVERY INSTANCE EXCEPT FOR THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE 420 MILES. THAT INSTANCE THE CAR STALLED, I HIT THE START BUTTON, STARTED AGAIN, THEN STALLED IMMEDIATELY. STARTED AGAIN, STALLED AGAIN. STARTED AGAIN, STAYED IDLE AND I STARTED MOVING.

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. USUALLY WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE THEN COMING TO A STOP IN NEUTRAL WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY ENGAGED.

THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. MOST OF THE OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON CITY STREETS. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED ALL THE WAY IN, OR IF VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL. IT IS A VERY QUIET STALL, NO DASH LIGHTS COME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKS. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE STARTED AGAIN, AS IF IT WAS NEVER RUNNING. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE.

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.

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.

~3000 MILES ON 6 SPEED MANUAL 2019 VW GTI. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS (~10) THE VEHICLE QUIETLY STALLED WHILE DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR AS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION BACK ON OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES.

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.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE CAR DIES OCASSIONALLY. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY WHEN THE CAR DIES AT A STOP. AND I CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RESTARTING THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10+ TIMES.

SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR, IT PERIODICALLY STALLS WHILE IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR STUTTERS AND SHUTS OFF SEVERAL TIMES DAILY. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO SERVICE, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AFTER 4 DAYS.

VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, WITH CLUTCH FULLY PRESSED IN. THIS HAPPENED TO A 2019 VW GTI RABBIT EDITION CORNFLOWER BLUE.

MY VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT/ENGINE WOULD TURN OFF RANDOMLY ON ITS OWN FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND MOVING MOTION. STARTED IN FEBUARY 2019 - CURRENT - COMING DOWNHILL IN NEUTRAL TO A LIGHT. WHEN PROCEEDING AFTER IT TURNED GREEN, I NOTICED MY ENGINE WAS OFF. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE THEN CUT OFF ON ITS OWN AGAIN AT THE NEXT LIGHT WHILE IN NEUTRAL WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES. MY GAS METER WAS AT 1/3 TANK AND I PROCEEDED TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AFTER I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, I WENT ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS COMING TO A SLOW DOWN DUE TO TRAFFIC AND SWITCH MY GEAR TO NEUTRAL AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AND AS SOON AS I WAS COMING UP TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME MY VEHICLES ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS COASTING AT 30-40MPH. I WAS STILL IN MOTION WHEN IT HAPPENED. I PROCEEDED TO RESTART MY VEHICLE WHEN IT CAME TO A FULL STOP AND CALLED MY DEALER. - 2ND OCCURENCE HAPPEND WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE CLUTCH PEDAL GOING INTO 2ND FROM 3RD. MY VEHICLES ENGINE THEN CUTOFF AGAIN WHEN MY FOOT WAS STILL PRESSED INTO THE CLUTCH PEDAL. I HAD RESTARTED THE CAR WHILE IN MOTION TO AVOID INCOMING TRAFFIC TO ACCELERATE INTO THE TURN. - 3RD OCCURENCE HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN I WAS IN NEUTRAL COASTING INTO MY PARKING SPOT AT MY APARTMENT, THE ENGINE CUT ITSELF OFF AGAIN. -4TH OCCURENCE HAPPENED IN A SERIES, I WAS COMING UP TO A PARKING SPOT IN NEUTRAL AND AS I BRAKED TO A COMPLETE STOP, MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND HAD IT DRIFT BACKWARDS IN NEUTRAL, IT HAD SHUT OFF AGAIN WITHOUT MY STICK SHIFT BEING IN ANY GEAR SLOTS. I THEN RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND HAD IT IN FIRST GEAR TO MOVE INTO MY PARKING SPACE AND AFTER MOVING FORWARD AND THEN GOING INTO NEUTRAL TO BRAKE, THE ENGINE CUT OFF AGAIN. - LAST INSTANCE WAS FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO A NEUTRAL COAST LEAVING A PARKING LOT, THIS HAPPEND TWICE.

ON JAN 29, 2019, I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW, FROM A DEALER IN SOUTH FLORIDA WITH APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT. AT THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH PETAL IN THE FULLY RAISED POSITION, AND HAD BEEN IDLING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED. ON THE SHORT DRIVE BACK, THE CAR STALLED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANY EXPLANATION FOR THE STALLING. UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, I DROVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 MORE MILES. ON FEBRUARY 1, 2019, THE ISSUE RECURRED, AGAIN AT A STOPLIGHT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. I CAN ASSERT, WITH CONFIDENCE, THAT NONE OF THE OCCURRENCES WERE DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTO-START SYSTEM (WHICH COULD HAVE EXPLAINED THE BEHAVIOR). ALTHOUGH THE ISSUE HAS NOT RESURFACED SINCE THEN (NOW ABOUT 3000 MILES LATER), THE CAR EXHIBITS A ROUGH IDLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTED COLD. THERE IS NO VISIBLE FLUCTUATION IN THE RPMS ON THE TACHOMETER, BUT I CAN AUDIBLY HEAR AND FEEL THE ENGINE "SKIPPING". THE CAR BUILD DATE WAS OCTOBER 2018.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ARCHER VOLKSWAGEN (888-240-2471, LOCATED AT 10400 SW FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77074) AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 190735652. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500.