2002 Volkswagen Gti

I HAVE A 2002 VOLKSWAGEN GTI 1.8T WITH 4700 MILES AT THE TIME OF THIS COMMON COIL PACK FAILURE. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. ONE OF MY COIL PACKS WENT WHILE TURNING ONTO MAIN ROAD AND CAUSING MY CAR TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER. ON COMING TRAFFIC HAD SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME. THANKFULLY AN ACCIDENT WAS AVERTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THESE COIL PACKS ARE FAILING AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS. MAJOR NEWSPAPERS ARE DOING ARTICLES ON THIS PROBLEM. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED WHILE I WAITED IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND I MISSED WORK. VW WILL ONLY REPLACE BAD COIL PACKS AS THEY FAIL AND MY DEALER ADMITS THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY REPLACED THE BAD COIL PACK BUT I STILL HAVE 3 THAT ARE GOING TO FAIL AT SOME POINT. CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING WITH THIS IN YOUR MIND? PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB

I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI 1.8T ON JUNE 22, 2002. ON JANUARY 29, 2003 I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT FOR THE #2 IGNITION COIL FAILURE. AT THAT TIME, THE CAR ONLY HAD 10,600 MILES ON IT. NOW, AS I DRIVE DOWN ROUTE 93 FROM NH TO MASS EACH DAY FOR WORK, I BRACE MYSELF FOR THE TIME THAT THE NEXT COIL FAILS. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS, THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE LOSS IN POWER, TO THE POINT THAT THE CAR CAN STALL. THE CAR BEGINS TO "BUCK" AND STAGGER, AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS. AS VOLKSWAGEN IS WELL AWARE, THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC PROBLEM WITH THE 1.8T ENGINES IN ALL OF THEIR CARS. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE ALL 4 COILS AT ONCE. THEREFORE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME THAT THIS HAPPENS AGAIN TO MY CAR, AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BUYERS THAT HAVE EITHER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM ALREADY OR WILL BE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE PARTS, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IGNITION COILS AND THE LOSS OF SAFETY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPARABLE LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY, THIS CAN BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED.

I HAVE A 2002.5 VOLKSWAGEN GTI 1.8T WITH A 4-CYLINDER TURBOCHARGED ENGINE. ALL VW ENGINE IGNITION SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED. THE COIL OR COILPACK FAILS DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURE OR DESIGN. IN SOME CASES MULTIPLE CYLINDERS WILL LOOSE POWER. I LOST CYLINDER #1 WHEN ACCELERATING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION. I LOST CYLINDER #2 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC ON SURFACE STREETS. IN BOTH CASES THE SIGNIFICANT LOSE OF HORSEPOWER COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO REMAIN IN AN INTERSECTION LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. VW IS CURRENTLY REPLACING FAILED COILS FREE OF CHARGE AND PROVIDING RENTAL CARS WHEN A REPLACEMENT CANNOT BE PERFORMED IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER, VW WILL NOT REPLACE ALL COILS, JUST THOSE THAT FAIL. THIS LEAVES THE OTHERS TO FAIL AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE ACCIDENTS. I MUST DRIVE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I COULD LOSE POWER FROM ONE OR MORE CYLINDERS AT ANY TIME. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HEAVY TRAFFIC OR WHEN CROSSING ANY INTERSECTION WHERE CROSS-TRAFFIC HAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.

3 IGNITION COILS FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE STALLING ON HIGHWAY. CONSUMER HAD TO WAIT 4 WEEKS FOR REPLACEMENT COILS IN BOTH INCIDENTS. DEALER ADVISER CONSUMER WILL NOT REPLACE REMAINING COILS UNTIL FAILURE. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED MID-OCTOBER 2002. 2ND INCIDENT IN DECEMBER 2002. *AK

VW POLICY ON THERE DEFECTIVE COIL PACKS IS TO REPLACE THE BROKEN COIL WITH A NEW ONE AND SEND THE DRIVER BACK ON THE ROAD WITH 3 DEFECTIVE COILS JUST WAITING TO LEAVE THEM STRANDED. I AM PUSHING FOR A RECALL DO TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THE NEAR ABSOLUTE FAILURE OF THE DEFECTIVE "H" COILS AND POSSIBLE COLLISIONS WITH OTHER VECHICLES.