NHTSA Complaint #11307416 — 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GTI

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.