2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI Problems & Recalls

VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH CATCHING FIRE FROM EXCESSIVE ELECTRICAL DRAW OVER THE MAIN POWER LEAD. OVER AMP DRAW IS CAUSING MAIN WIRING TO MELT AND ALSO MELT THE FUSE BOX OVER THE BATTERY.

Mileage: 225,000

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON WITH NO ACCIDENT. THE READINGS ARE THREE MAJOR INTERMITTENT ISSUES. IT SEEMS THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY OWNERS OF THIS YEAR AND MODEL. THE VW DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO GUARANTEE ANY OF THE FIXES TO THE PROBLEM WHICH CAN TOTAL IN COST $1200 - $1500. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY AN EMPLOY...

Mileage: 156,400

FAULTY COMPONENT: GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP DEFECT SUMMARY: ON MY 2000 GTI GLX, THE FUEL PUMP NIPPLES THAT CONNECTS THE FUEL LINES ARE CRACKED, THIS TENSION ON THE FUEL SUPPLY LINES ARE CAUSING A SEVERE LEAK INSIDE MY CAR. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE LEAKING FUEL, MY SAFETY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED DU...

Mileage: 104,000

FAULTY COMPONENT: GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP DEFECT SUMMARY: ON MY 2000 GTI GLX, THE FUEL PUMP NIPPLES THAT CONNECTS THE FUEL LINES ARE CRACKED, THIS TENSION ON THE FUEL SUPPLY LINES ARE CAUSING A SEVERE LEAK INSIDE MY CAR. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE LEAKING FUEL, MY SAFETY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED DU...

Mileage: 104,000

ABS SYSTEM. THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF AT TIMES AND STAYS OFF FOR A WHILE. THE COMPUTER SCAN DEDUCED THAT ONE OF THE ABS SENSORS WAS FAULTY. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSIST. NOW COMPUTER SCAN DEDUCES THAT ABS MODULE IS FAULTY. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM...

ABS SYSTEM. THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF AT TIMES AND STAYS OFF FOR A WHILE. THE COMPUTER SCAN DEDUCED THAT ONE OF THE ABS SENSORS WAS FAULTY. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSIST. NOW COMPUTER SCAN DEDUCES THAT ABS MODULE IS FAULTY. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM...

ABS SYSTEM. THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF AT TIMES AND STAYS OFF FOR A WHILE. THE COMPUTER SCAN DEDUCED THAT ONE OF THE ABS SENSORS WAS FAULTY. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSIST. NOW COMPUTER SCAN DEDUCES THAT ABS MODULE IS FAULTY. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM...

AFTER HAVING MY AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON DUE TO A FAILED DRIVER AIRBAG SWITCH UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT, & FIXING IT MYSELF, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER VW GOLF MKIV OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. ALSO, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IF THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, THEN NONE OF THE AIR BAGS W...

Mileage: 62,000

WAS ON THE WAY HOME DRIVING DURING RAIN AND SNOW. TYPICAL MINNESOTA WINTER. IT WAS ROUGHLY 25-30 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I LOWERED WINDOW TO REMOVE RAIN AND SNOW BEFORE I STARTED DRIVING. WINDOW REGULATOR STOPPED WORKING AND THE WINDOW WOULD NOT COME BACK UP. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH RAIN/SNOW POURING INTO...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY RIGHT CV JOINTS, ON MY 2000 GTI, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE REPLACED IT 4 TIMES AND IM ABOUT TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF ITS THE PART OR IF ITS THE LABOR WHO PUT IT IN, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AFTER I DO SOME WORK I WOULDN'T WANT TO REPLACE IT FOR F...

Mileage: 131,098

I HAVE OWNED THE 2000 GTI SINCE 10/2001. PURCHASED THE CAR WITH 13,000 MILES ON IT FROM THE ORGINAL OWNER. CURRENTLY THE CAR HAS 80,000 MILES. THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED BY THE DEALER IT WAS PURCHASED FROM CAMPBELL/NELSON 24329 HWY 99, EDMONDS WA, 98026. IN NOV. 2005 THE AIR BAG ICON APPEARE...

Mileage: 78,900

I JUST PURCHASED A 2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI GLS [XXX] FOR MY GRANDSON. WE RECEIVED TWO REMOTE ENTRY KEYS AND ONE PLAIN KEY. THE REMOTE KEY USED AT THE DEALER TO SHOW THE CAR WAS USED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE HOME. UPON ARRIVAL WE TRIED THE SECOND REMOTE ENTRY KEY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WE THEN T...

Mileage: 42,525

I JUST PURCHASED A 2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI GLS [XXX] FOR MY GRANDSON. WE RECEIVED TWO REMOTE ENTRY KEYS AND ONE PLAIN KEY. THE REMOTE KEY USED AT THE DEALER TO SHOW THE CAR WAS USED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE HOME. UPON ARRIVAL WE TRIED THE SECOND REMOTE ENTRY KEY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WE THEN T...

Mileage: 42,525

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAS FAILED TWICE IN APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS, SO VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS. *NM

Mileage: 55,000

EVERY MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR AIRBAG SYSTEM HAS FAILED WITHIN A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. - IN 12/05 OUR AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER SAID THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO WE DID (VW PAID FOR THE PART AND WE SPLIT THE LABOR WITH THE DEALER FOR A TOTAL COST TO US OF APPROXIMATEL...

Mileage: 24,000

ON MARCH 3, 2006, I WENT TO THE METRO VOLKSWAGEN TO HAVE MY INSPECTION AND AN OIL CHANGE DONE. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME I HAD A SMALL HOLE IN MY OIL PAN, SO I AGREED TO REPLACE THE PAN. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I STARTED MY CAR IT SHUT OFF THREE TIMES. SINCE THEN, MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF EVERY TIME I STA...

ON MARCH 3, 2006, I WENT TO THE METRO VOLKSWAGEN TO HAVE MY INSPECTION AND AN OIL CHANGE DONE. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME I HAD A SMALL HOLE IN MY OIL PAN, SO I AGREED TO REPLACE THE PAN. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I STARTED MY CAR IT SHUT OFF THREE TIMES. SINCE THEN, MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF EVERY TIME I STA...

CONSUMER 2000 GTI MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED TWICE AFTER REPAIRS. *TS ***NAR*** THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WAS BROKEN. *JB

Mileage: 396

CONSUMER 2000 GTI MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED TWICE AFTER REPAIRS. *TS ***NAR*** THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WAS BROKEN. *JB

Mileage: 396

CONSUMER 2000 GTI MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED TWICE AFTER REPAIRS. *TS ***NAR*** THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WAS BROKEN. *JB

Mileage: 396

CONSUMER 2000 GTI MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED TWICE AFTER REPAIRS. *TS ***NAR*** THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED. THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH WAS BROKEN. *JB

Mileage: 396

I PURCHASED A 2000 GOLF GTI/VR6 IN MAY OF 2005. A FEW WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING, MY SEAT (DRIVER'S) BROKE AWAY FOR NO APPEARANT REASON. *NM

Mileage: 88,000

ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILURE ON A 2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM WHICH BROKE WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE BODY. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THAT OWNER TO CONTACT THE DEALER , AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT THERE RESPONSE WILL BE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD POP WHEN PULLING FRO...

Mileage: 58,400

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM WHICH BROKE WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE BODY. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THAT OWNER TO CONTACT THE DEALER , AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT THERE RESPONSE WILL BE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD POP WHEN PULLING FRO...

Mileage: 58,400

MY 2000 VW GTI 1.8T MANUAL TRANSMISSION'S CLUTCH KEEPS FAILING. I ADMIT I DROVE IT AGGRESSIVELY WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT... AFTER ALL, THAT'S HOW THEY ADVERTISE THE VEHICLE, AS A SPORTY, FAST CAR. WELL, I'VE REPLACED IT THREE TIMES (YES, I'M ON MY FOURTH CLUTCH IN FOUR YEARS!!!) AND EVEN THOUGH AFTER ...

Mileage: 10,000

MY 2000 VW GTI 1.8T MANUAL TRANSMISSION'S CLUTCH KEEPS FAILING. I ADMIT I DROVE IT AGGRESSIVELY WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT... AFTER ALL, THAT'S HOW THEY ADVERTISE THE VEHICLE, AS A SPORTY, FAST CAR. WELL, I'VE REPLACED IT THREE TIMES (YES, I'M ON MY FOURTH CLUTCH IN FOUR YEARS!!!) AND EVEN THOUGH AFTER ...

Mileage: 10,000

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED FOLLOWED BY NON ACCELERATION, THEN STALLING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO KEPT IT FOR SIX WEEKS. SEVERAL ENGINE COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS LATER. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK

Mileage: 75,000

MY DAUGHTERS 2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI WAS PARKED AT 11:00P.M. FOUR HOURS LATER ( 3:00 A.M ), THE CAR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED 30 - 40 FEET AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. SHE HAD LEFT THE CAR IN GEAR WITH THE BRAKE ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS TYPE INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE REPO...

MY DAUGHTERS 2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI WAS PARKED AT 11:00P.M. FOUR HOURS LATER ( 3:00 A.M ), THE CAR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED 30 - 40 FEET AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. SHE HAD LEFT THE CAR IN GEAR WITH THE BRAKE ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS TYPE INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE REPO...

YESTERDAY, WHEN I WENT TO RAISE THE (ELECTRIC) WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 2000 VOLKSWAGEN GTI, THE WINDOW FELL DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR! FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR WASN'T MOVING. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEAR...

Mileage: 24,500

MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED.

POP-OUT CUP HOLDER BROKE TWICE. REPLACED ONCE, I HAVN'T BOTHERED TO REPLACE IT A SECOND TIME. THE SPRING POPS OUT OF THE ARM THAT HOLDS THE CUP IN PLACE. I USE THE CUP HOLDER EVERY DAY, AS MOST COMMUTERS DO.

GLOVE BOX DOOR HINGE BROKE. REPLACED TWICE. I REPLACED THE DOOR MYSELF THE SECOND TIME AND FOUND THAT LUBRICATING THE HYDRALIC MECHANISM REDUCED THE STRESS ON THE HINGE.

MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED PREMATURELY. DEALER REFUSES TO COVER PART UNDER EMISSIONS WARRANTY. WHEN MAF SENSOR FAILS, DAMAGE IS CAUSED TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE CONVERTER, DECREASE IN FUEL ECONOMY AND DECREASED ENGINE PERFORMANCE. TS

Mileage: 31,000

THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VOLKSWAGEN POWER WINDOWS. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR ALL CARS WITH PLASTIC POWER WINDOW REGULATOR CLIPS. THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE WINDOW, LET ALONE RAISE AND LOWER IT.*AK

WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED, CAUSING DRIVERS WINDOW TO DROP INTO THE DOOR. THIS IS A SAFETY AND SECURITY PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CURRENT MODEL IN 1999.5. A RECENT SURVEY ON THE VW VORTEX WEBSITE INDICATED THAT ALMOST 50% OF 1000 OWNERS RESPONDING HAD EXPERIENCED T...

THE WINDOW REGULATOR HAS FAILED TWICE ON EACH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. THE WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I AM AWARE THAT OTHER POST 99.5 VW'S SUFFER FROM THE PROBLEM YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN DONE BY VOLKSWAGEN. *TS ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12...

Mileage: 32,775

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED THE NEXT DAY. THE DEALER CLAIMS THIS AFFECTS EVERY VW. WHY DON'T THEY FIX THEM. NOW I'M OUT OF WARRANTY AND I'M SURE MY OTHER WINDOW REGULATOR AND OXYGEN SENSOR WILL BE GOING BAD ANY DAY NOW. VW SHOULD BE ACCOUNT...

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED THE NEXT DAY. THE DEALER CLAIMS THIS AFFECTS EVERY VW. WHY DON'T THEY FIX THEM. NOW I'M OUT OF WARRANTY AND I'M SURE MY OTHER WINDOW REGULATOR AND OXYGEN SENSOR WILL BE GOING BAD ANY DAY NOW. VW SHOULD BE ACCOUNT...

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE WHICH CAUSES WINDOWS TO ROLL UP SLOWLY AND A COME OF THE TRACK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUR WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURES IN TWO YEARS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BEING PROPERLY ADDRESSED. I RECOMMEND AN ACTION BE INITIATED TO FORCE VOLKSWAGEN TO RECALL ALL DEFECTIVE WINDOW REGULATORS. THANK YOU. *AK

MASS AIR SENSOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING CAR TO LURCH UNCONTROLLABLY - DEALER IN KEENE, NH STATED THE MAF IS NOT COVERED BY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FAILURE OF WINDOW REGULATOR CAUSES WINDOW TO FALL INTO THE DOOR, HAS TO BE FIXED AT DEALER, OUT OF WARRANTY REPAIR IS APPROX $500, WHICH IS REDICULOUS FOR A KNOWN BAD PART. THIS CAUSES A SAFTEY CONCERN, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CAN BE VANDALIZED WITH NO WINDOWS, BUT DUE TO EXTEREME WEATHER, THE ...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BOTH WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE FAILED TWICE ON ME ALL AT SEPARATE TIMES, IN SEPARATE CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER VW DRIVERS ON THE HIGH POPULAR INTERNET FORUM VWVORTEX.COM, THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM TO MANY PEOPLE AND VW NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN, WINDOW STOPPED ABOUT 1/2 WAY. CONSUMER HEARD A CRACKING NOISE. THEN, WINDOW SLAMNED DOWN INTO VEHICLE'S DOOR PANEL. WHEN TRYING TO ROLL UP WINDOW IT WOULD NOT ROLL UP. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BOTH WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING BOTH WINDOWS TO DROP INTO THE DOOR CAVITY.

POWER WINDOWS FAILED ON BOTH SIDES - WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER AND ON A CAR ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD! THE WINDOWS FAIL IN THE DOWN POSITION - NOT PLEASANT DURING A NE WINTER AND LEAVING THE CAR A POTENTIAL ROBBERY CANDIDATE. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER - TIME FOR A VW RE-DESIGN AND VOLUNTARY RECALL ON T...

PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO DEALER AND LOOKED AT. DEALER STATED THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEM. FAILED AFTER 24,000 MILES AND DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

THIS PART SEEMS TO BE FAILING ON CARS ALL OVER THE NATION. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN A SHORTAGE OF REPLACEMENT PARTS AS A RESULT.*AK

POWER WINDOW REULATOR HAS FAILED 3 TIMES, ONCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE TWICE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *ET

PROBLEM WITH WINDOW REGULATOR/SEEMS TO BE NATIONWIDE (WWW.EDMUNDS.COM/TOWNHALL). *AK

VERY COMMON WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AT OVER 3500 IT GRINDS. *AK

OIL PAN MADE FROM ALUMINUM, WAY TOO CLOSE TO GROUND DAMAGE EASY. *AK

I HAVE CRACKED THE OILPAN TWICE, DUMPING ALL OF THE ENGINE OIL. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SOMEONE AT VW AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE DAMAGE. I HAVE DOCUMENTED VIA THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. VW HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A P