6.6

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,448 miles

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problem #2

Jul 092005

GTI 6-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
I was driving at 15 mph and hit a pothole. All of a sudden my passenger side airbags deployed along with the passanger side seat airbag. There is no damage to the car what so ever. There was no reason for the airbags to deploy imagine airbags depolying every time someone ran over a pothole. The dealership (www.reydelvw.com) refuses to cover this under warrenty.

- Absecon, NJ, USA

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problem #1

Sep 282004

GTI 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 20,895 miles
This is the second time my clutch assembly failed. First time at 4500 miles in December 2003. VW dealership replaced clutch. Clutch assemply again became spongy and rpms increased to dangerous levels. Volkswagen America refused to repair malfunctuion in equipment. Many specialty repair shops are saying this is caused by the dual mass fly wheel sticking open.

- Sunrise, FL, USA

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