2023 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R — Complaint #1998650
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:HILL START ASSIST:CLUTCH SOLENOID filed June 11, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1998650 (ODI reference 11593749) concerns a 2023 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R and was filed on June 11, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 11, 2023. The vehicle had 20 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:adas:hill start assist:clutch solenoid, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R cohort independently describe similar electrical system:adas:hill start assist:clutch solenoid failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2023 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Volkswagen Golf R. The contact stated that while the vehicle was at a stop light on an incline, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that there was a three-second delay before the vehicle responded. The contact stated that due to the failure, the vehicle was almost rear-ended by a local fire truck that was responding to a call. In addition, the contact stated that the failure had occurred over ten times since the vehicle was purchased in August 2023. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1998650 |
| ODI Number | 11593749 |
| Date Filed | June 11, 2024 |
| Failure Date | August 11, 2023 |
| VIN | WVWBB7CD1PW |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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