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2012 Volkswagen GTI Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1456791
Internal NHTSA #	11081932
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	GTI
Model Year	2012
File date	27/03/18
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Cruise control & disengaging from the cruise control by applying the brake pedal. On tuesday, march 27th, 2018 i was driving south on i-15 coming from mesquite, nevada and headed back into the las vegas valley. As i passed the exit to take the great basin highway west towards the town of pioche, nevada there was a long semi truck in the #2 lane and i was in the #1 lane on this two lane highway. The semi truck made a lane change into my lane because he wanted to get around the vehicle in front of him, after the truck came into my lane i had to adjust my speed. At that moment, i had my cruise control on doing 77 mph, i applied my brake pedal to decrease my following distance now that the truck was in front of me. As i applied the brake pedal, the vehicle wasn't braking and started to go faster towards the bottom bumper of the truck. I couldn't stop my vehicle or make it slow down and eventually ended up running into the back bumper of the truck. Debris from the impact started flying all over the roadway and then my engine hood flew backwards and into my front windshield. I then tried to safely pull my vehicle over to the right and onto the shoulder . The engine hood came back further and was resting against the front windshield where my vision was totally blocked. Prior to that i saw the driver of the semi moving onto the right shoulder, but when the engine hood was firmly against the windshield i just stopped rolling forward for the fear of running into the back of the truck again because i couldn't see if and where exactly he stopped. Immediately after i came to a full stop, i had my passenger make a call to the nevada highway patrol and give our location and the details of what occurred. Luckily we were safe and alive, although a bit shaken.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	93634
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HENDERSON, NV
VIN pattern	WVWED7AJ3CWXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	77
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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.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Volkswagen GTI Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Volkswagen GTI Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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