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2017 Volkswagen GTI Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1641992
Internal NHTSA #	11307416
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	GTI
Model Year	2017
File date	05/02/20
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	2017 vw gti 4 door. Se trim. A couple weeks after reaching 40k miles, after driving several blocks and making it onto a main road, the vehicle stalled out and died while in motion at about 20-25mph. This was after what seemed like a very clunky feeling shifting transmission for a few days leading up to the car breaking down. Car smelled like fuel in the cabin. Car needed to be towed to vewdealership in late hours of the evening. Dealership called the next day to say they were able to turn the car on and drive it. No obvious error codes on vehicle and they would do some deeper diving into what can be wrong. They held onto the car for 4 days and were not able to "duplicate the issue" so they returned the car back to me. They thought "maybe a piece of dirt got into a fuel injector but worked it's way out" after not even a week, the car stalled out and died in the middle of a main road again while moving about 20mph. This time after about 10 minutes i was able to get it to turn on and drove directly back to the same dealership with bo error fault codes appearing on the dash once again. No cabin fuel smell this time but stalled out exactly the same. They have been holding onto my vehicle again with no apparent ideas how to repair it. They are going to open a claim with vw. This was a dangerous situation stalling both times on main roads where i could have been rear ended. Children are driven around in my vehicle which can result in serious injury.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	40150
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ROSELLE, IL
VIN pattern	3VW447AU7HMXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	04/12/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	25
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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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2017 Volkswagen GTI Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2017 Volkswagen GTI Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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