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2011 Volkswagen GTI Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	888389
Internal NHTSA #	10432307
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	GTI
Model Year	2011
File date	21/10/11
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	False neutral with dsg transmission: i had something scary happen this morning. Next to my house, where i pull out and make a left on to a 4 land road, traffic is coming around a mostly blind curve at 50mph. I have to pull out across traffic and go left onto this road (which has a median). This morning i pressed the gas for a very light acceleration, and it pulled out just a little bit and when it went to second it didn't engage... It went to neutral. I was only 1/2 way across the first lane of traffic. My car barely rolled out of the way of cross traffic. The engine would rev, but no gears were engaged. The stick was in d. Once the car rolled down to about 2mph and i let the rpms drop down to idle, 1st gear engaged and i went about my business. It had literally just enough roll to get me out of the way of a car that was heading at my drivers side door at 50mph, and the driver was not expecting a car to pull out and stop in front of it (they weren't slowing down). If it didn't have that small amount of energy from 1st gear to roll out of the way, i can't imagine it would have been good. It was quite frightening.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	11958
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	APPLE VALLEY, MN
VIN pattern	WVWHV7AJ1BWXXXXXX
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	15
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2011 Volkswagen GTI Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Volkswagen GTI Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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