Volkswagen GTI

"Leaked around sunroof. Was recalled &leak fixed & now dome light doesn’t work"

"There was a slow coolant leak from a perforated hose. I was able to top up the level periodically to keep the system from alarming. Eventually, the frequency of filling was such that I took the car in for repair. Good news is that my GTI has a sensor for that, VW fixed it under warranty and provided a courtesy car during the 2-day down time."

"Well my GTI suffered from a cracked sunroof frame which there was a technical service bulletin for (TSB). A TSB is ther version of an internal recall. I literally had water pouring in through my passenger side visor. They "patched" the roof and had to replace my headliner and carpets. When I went to pick the car up, they had washed it and the new headliner was soaked through. I ended up getting VW to buy this car back and I bought the Honda"

"cracked sunroof frame"

"Sunroof leaked water into passenger visor then into the cabin"

"Groaning noise from door weather stripping when making turns into driveways as body flexes. Requires special lubrication applied to seals and weather stripping to stop noise."

"Weather stripping/seals around the doors cause this weird flexing noise whenever the body of the car is flexing (such as driving over a gutter or going up an incline)."

"The tail light gasket/seal developed a small leak after 4 years of ownership. As a result, rain water would collect between the metal panels in the truck. Ultimately fixing the leak only took minutes, but tracing the source of the leak took many hours as the leak was tiny and obscured behind layers of sheet metal."

"Found water dripping out of overhead console after a heavy rain. Assumed to be a leak around sunroof weather seal (or possibly upper windshield). Only happened once. Has not happened in previous or subsequent hard rains or car washes. Sunroof had not been opened in the rain. Possibly a simple piece of trash (leaf, twig, etc.)"

"Lots of rattles have come up in the car including center console, window controls on the driver's door, loud ratting on the rear driver's side door, etc. They have been very difficult to get under control and VW does not consider squeaks/rattles a warranty issue so they are somewhat hesitant to replace parts at many dealerships. I was only able to get a proper response to these issues when I went to the dealership at which I purchased the car, which was about an hour drive for me. The other issue I experience now is a squeaking noise coming from all of the seals around doors whenever the body of the car is flexing (e.g. driving through a dip in the road at an angle or speed bump, etc.). It's also very annoying."

"Rattling noise in dash in upper portion of passenger's side."

"Items keep rattling in the interior, especially passenger side door and behind the speedometer. Passenger side door rattle was repaired, and behind the speedometer rattle 3 attempts have been made with no resolution. No wonder why VW only covers squeaks and rattles up to 1 year, 12,000 miles."

"Occasional squeaks from sunroof area on bumps and cold weather."

"Sunroof makes rattling sounds when car goes over bumps or vibrates. It has been back to the dealer at least 6 times but no fix has worked to date - 30 months later"

"Right rear ceiling, there seems to be a loose piece of insulation that moves around and squeaks when you hit a bump and then it goes back into position and doesn't squeak and then loosens again"

"Squeaking sound from sunroof occurs when outside temperatures are cold and happens when driving over bumps. Dealership could not reproduce problem. Still persists."

"Vibration noise in right front A pillar"

"I've had continuous squeaks and rattles from the sunroof and rear passenger door area. Been to the dealer multiple times. The sunroof had 2 recalls, neither fix remedied the situation. At this point VW will no longer cover further issues with squeaks and rattles as those items are outside of the warranty. The dealer recommended fixes, but warranty wouldn't cover it. Very disappointed."

"Persistent squeak and rattle in sunroof. 4 trips to service dept have yet to fix it"

"Window rubbed against seal when opening and closing creating noise"

"The sunroof trim squeaks when it gets wet. The dealer tried to fix it but they couldn't come up with a very good solution"

"Minor rattle started after hitting a number of potholes"

"driver door wind noise"

"The front right headlight assembly had a leak in it which shorted out the whole assembly. When it was opened up , everything was rusty indicating it had been that way since I purchased the car. At first they said it wasn't a warranty item but I convinced them otherwise."

"Right front headlight swivel module ceased to function. $1000 repair bill to fix. Needed to replace entire headlight housing."

"When sun roof replaced dome light stopped working"

"LED light built into door interior stopped working. Entire door panel had to be replaced under warranty"

"Both Batteries died on remotes within six months of owning car"

"The heaters on the spray nobles aren't working anymore and the dealer couldn't fix it."

"leaking into interior when raining"

"sunroof slide shade jammed, dealer repaired under TSB and was warranty covered"

"The rear spoiler glue became loose and was making a squeaking sound. It was removed and re-glued by the dealer"