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2009 Volkswagen GTI hesitation / surging reports

7 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2009 Volkswagen GTI — roughly 4% of all complaints for this model year.

7
Hesitation / surging reports
4%
share of complaints
74,950 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other GTI years

2008 GTI19
2007 GTI9
GTI hesitation / surging by year →

Other symptoms owners describe on the 2009 Volkswagen GTI

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2009 Volkswagen GTI report before drawing conclusions.