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2007 Volkswagen GTI Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	853517
Internal NHTSA #	10396426
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	GTI
Model Year	2007
File date	20/11/09
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	When the car was cold, upon placing it into drive to depart for the day, the transmission was very indecisive about releasing the clutch and caused a severe bucking sensation and made it dangerous to enter traffic. Fortunately there is very little traffic on my street. A software update made it better, but it still was dangerous from time to time. Software update also reduced average fuel economy 2. 5 mpg to which vw will not admit fault. Got a mechatronics replacement under campaign and new mechatronics is less likely to be bad when cold but new mechatronics bucks much worse and is much worse than original mechatronics when it is being bad. New software has improved fuel economy 2 mpg from the low. New mechatronics is extremely dangerous when backing out of a driveway in reverse onto a moderately busy street and then trying to pull away up a hill on the busy street. It is very likely to buck and behave unpredictably after the extremely long delay for the mechatronics to decide to go at all (hit the gas, pray and maybe wait, maybe get whiplash). It was scary and caused a vehicle to slam on brakes to avoid hitting me because my car would not go. It appears that the new mechatronic unit has broken the clutch and vw needs to replace my entire dsg with a completely brand new one with a non-defective mechatronic unit. The original mechatronics appeared to only have one flaw, the component that controlled the release of the 1, 3, and 5 clutch, which caused that clutch to wear out. The new mechatronic unit has other flaws in addition to this one and sounds as if it is breaking the entire transmission (not safety related however).
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
City and State	CHARLOTTE, NC
VIN pattern	WVWHV71K97WXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	1
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2007 Volkswagen GTI Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2007 Volkswagen GTI Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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