2010 Volkswagen GTI Engine Problems

“The timing chain tensioner slipped and blew the cams. The clutch was also bad. Every person I talked to when I had to buy a new engine knew that vw GTI or golfs had this notorious issue. We had only owned the car for 9 months and had to buy an entire new engine because of this problem that everyone in the car industry knew about already.”

“I was told that the ignition coil should last up until 100k mileage and this gave out at 65k and caused engine misfiring and almost engine failure. Volkswagen has similar recalls for their ignition coils and I think the 2010 vw GTI should be included. Thank you.”

“Timing chain tensioner failure - the car was parked for the night. In the morning I went to start it. I would not start. There were no lights or error codes. Towed to the dealership. The dealership stated zero compression and bent valves. They stated I need a new engine. 7400.00 called vw of american. They offered no help what so ever. Volkswagen of america just keeps stating the car was out of warranty. There is a TSB, multiple complaints on the internet regarding tiguans, GTI's and passats. …”

“I was driving in traffic when the engine started to run rough and loud. I had to pull over and turn it off. When trying to turn it back on it started up and continued to run rough. I had the vehicle towed to the shop. When they looked at it they told me the engine needed to be replaced due to the timing chain tensioner failing. When I asked about when I was supposed to have this service done they told me its not listed in the owners manuel or at any service interval up to this point. The part is not on any list of service for the car yet failed at 93k miles. …”

“We purchased and we were servicing our vw GTI 2010 at autobarn mt. Prospect/il. In the last 2 years we replaced all ignition coils at different time intervals and twice for cylinder #2. There are actually multiple issues here. First, this kind of problem can easily generate an accident, if one ignition coil fails at the wrong time and the wrong place (when passing or driving on a mountain road). Second, the ignition coils are poorly designed and they go bad way too fast making the car undriveable. Costly towing was required almost every time. …”