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2007 Volkswagen GTI transmission problems

28 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2007 Volkswagen GTI, which is 27% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
28 28% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
22,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2007 Volkswagen GTI Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 22,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 22,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 83% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles11
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 22,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

My 2007 VW gti DSG has transmission safety problems that have caused me to nearly get hit numerous times. The problems began when the car was less than 4 months old. Without warning the car slips out of gear, lags, then grabs gear again and has to re-accelerate causing loss of control of vehicle speed. This has happened in traffic at speeds of 65 as well as in city 30-45 MPH.

Reported at 2,000 miles, November 2006

DSG transmission. The car lurches from 1st to 2nd gear and when coming to a slow stop. This issue was reported to cardinale VW in corona but they stated they could not replicate the problem yet I experience it daily.

Reported at 7,000 miles, September 2009

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