Volkswagen India Complaints & Reviews

Hello,

This is Sampath PULLABHATLA( +91 [protected]).
I have purchased a Second hand Volkswagen Vento 1.6MPI AT Highline BSIV bearing registration number MH43AJ0691 from a local car dealer at Pune.
I got transferred from Pune to Hyderabad.
I got the NOC from Pune RTA to Hyderabad RTA.

After talking to the local RTA agent, i came to know that i require the Invoice for transfer.
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Wishing you a happy healthy & prosperous new year in advance. I have chosen VW for its proven track record of a high standard of quality & aftersales service.My Vehicle Registration number is MH02 CP 1592, VENTO 1.6CR(MT) HIGHLINE. It is just about 25000 KM of running & This is the fourth time i am facing fuel injection system problem. It's annoying & indeed disappointing from a German multinational of a extrely high reputation. I have already paid close to RS 50000 For replacement at Vidyut motors, Authorised service centre for VW in Pune @ Mangala Talkies.
Sevice manager of Vidyut Motors ( Most Probably Mr. Singh) has suggested to fill in fuel at SHELL only for its better quality, i am been regularly filling from them although the Gas stations are far away from my residence. The result is still disappointing.
Must mention that my confidence is shaken big time to take the car for long travels. There is a fear that Spiral Indicator would start blinking any time. On search on google it is evident that this a a very common problem faced by many. Transmission to 2nd gear is another. In developed countries for problems such as these, The organisations are very accountable & alert. There is a mass recall in case it is a batch problem. I need help on this problem, ideally entire fuel injection assembly should be replaced free of cost & with honour. The problem is live & i am not driving the car in disappointment.

I visited frontier volkswagen service centre, Gurugram(Haryana) on 16th December, 2020.My appointment time was 9.30am and i reached service centre at 9.25am.There was no customer there as yet, and still my job card was made arnd 10.10am.hence i had to wait approx 40min to get the job card open and let the service of my car start.
2 days before i received whatsapp message from service centre asking to give 5star rating on customer feedback to which i replied il see.On this, the person requested again to give them 5star rating and share if i had any issue, on sharing the issue the person remained mum and till date no action or revert has been recieved by me from them.
Infact, i was told that the car would be given to me by 3-3.30pm only, but it was me who was standing on the head and getting things done timely, and hence i got the car timely too though.
Request you to look into the matter as we owe such a wonderfull product but dont want or expect these kind of services from VW.
Thanks.
Regards,
Vishesh

Hello there,
I have problem with my Volkswagen vento car. Had given for service on 1st week of November. Initially they said it will take 5-6 days to arrive the part. Then told another 5-6 days then another 7-9 days they had given 20th dec as eta, now they have given 30th dec eta ... So it will be around 2 months for which my vehicle is on breakdown I am unable to use it. Not sure if they are going to repair this. Very frustrated with this. Psychologically depressed. Had purchased from Bharat Motors, Pahala, bhubaneswar Odisha. The vehicle was purchased on 12th Mar 2020 and still in warranty period. Vehicle number -- OD02BJ7619.

My name is Ravindra KUMAR I am from jaipur I have VW POLO 1.5 TDI COMFORTLINE my car no is RJ14CY1408 After my 4th service my car starts spring indicater then my son was go to service center and they was solve the problem after run 500km my car ignition is no work properly and the car is unable to start and I was on the road at mid night I was raised a complaint on VW coustmer care the ticket no. CCR06376781 and the cc executive ensure me to solve the problem in 48 hours. Thereafter one of employees mona sharma call me and told me to come the service center my son was go to the service center and the company employee tell my some charges of rs 5500 pay the for some part call them ignition switch. My son was tell him to that problem is created by you because the car is not have any problem before the service and after the service first its start spring indicater and after 1000 km running ignition is not start. I was already paid 13000rs for service and my home is 70 km from your service center but the service manager and mona sharma is not considered my request thereafter I am not pay any single rs. To the VW service center my son is come back to home in next morning because the car is stop again mid night on road my son call the coustmer care again and there is ashish who is coustmer care executive and they was not support. So please solve my complaint my car is not start and stop after service the car on 1000km service center is 70km about my home. The experience is very pathetic. The delear and service centre is liable for my harassment its also call unfair trade practice and also deficiency in service.
REGARDS
R. K. PAREEK
JAIPUR RAJASTHAN

Its almost 5th time, i have visited your service center with the same problem. I need a guarantee fix, then only i will agree for the sensor replacment. Unless i can't waste of money and time on the trail and error approach. Kindly do the exact and reliable fix. Hope you understand my concern.

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing today to complain of the poor service I received from your Volkswagen Madras South OMR outlet, on December 1, 2020. I was visited by a representative of the service center, Mr. Abdul, on that day.

I had given my VW Polo for the 15k or 1 year service, which was not inspected properly when filling the job card. The car was received on the 30th of November and during the delivery on the next day, the rear bumper had few scratches on the left corner. While enquiring to the service advisor he mentioned that it was already there when the car was delivered, which is not.

I am owning this vehicle for the past year and has not a single scratch on it except the one which was there during the delivery of the vehicle(rear right panel above fuel lid). I have informed to the service advisor about the existing scratch which was then noted in the job card. The service advisor has then guaranteed me that it is his responsibility to get the scratch in the bumper to be rectified after a huge argument.

I have informed the same to the service manager and had been doing a follow up for the same, and there is no positive response. I am most annoyed that this is not being taken forward nor considered to be responded.

I trust this is not the way Volkswagen wishes to conduct business with valued customers—I have been with you since 2013 and this is my 3rd car with Volkswagen. I have never encountered such treatment before. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss matters further and to learn of how you propose to prevent a similar situation from recurring. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks.

I have a VW Vento from 2015 and noticed that the abs sensor is keep on failing due to quality issue/Poor design in VW ABS sensor. The reason given by the VW service advisor denotes that car is not designed for India
I saw a lot of customers complaining the same problem for Vento and polo.
Requesting to get this issue fixed and not to loot money from customer and this will cause your customer retention.

Customer Name : Vinothini. E
Vehicle Reg No : TN 41 AM 2490
Engine No : CWX112194
Contact number : [protected]

Hi Volkswagon team.

I own a VW Ameo 2016 model. Car no. GA 04 E 0692.
I visited service centre in goa reporting noise in front suspension.
Upon investigation they said I will have to replace entire steering rack.
Car has been driven in normal city conditions and has completed roughly 50k kilometer. I believe VW has very high standard quality parts in their vehicles. But I am surprise to hear that it is possible for a steering rack to be damaged completely in less than 4 years and 50k kilometer. This certainly raises question on the quality of the part used while manufacturing.

I hope you will understand my concern here and help me out with the issue. Such issues will only harm your loyal customer base.

Regards
Prasanna Kelkar

Hi Team

NAME- ARUNKUMAR M
VIN--WVWE14608ET088335

I am really unhappy interacting with VolksWagen Service personnel RAMANI CARS PRIVATE LIMITED, SALEM recently.

I had been servicing my VolksWagen Vento(TN30BZ 0222) regularly at the authorized dealer RAMANI CARS PRIVATE LIMITED, SALEM. Their response to the recent problem reported is unsatisfactory and I need an explanation, I would say justification, rather.

To be precise, the problem with my Car was that the RPM shoots up above normal(more than 1k RPM) at idling condition, REAR defogger wont work at this stage, seems some problem with the power generated does not suffice either of those to power up. Raising up the RPM would not solve this either(which should work ideally). However, Powering off the engine and starting it up again helps REAR defogger would power ON now, not sure why this happens and the officials/service personnels at the Authorised service centres couldn’t help either.

Given that I had changed battery at Authorized Service center(RAMANI CARS PRIVATE LIMITED, SALEM) and changed the Alternator & the flap motor(Genuine parts) from another service person I want clarifications/Justifications for the following

Also I attached the service history report from RAMANI CARS PRIVATE LIMITED, SALEM.

Why would I spend on the diagnosis of this issue?. - I shall pay for the replacement parts only whichever would be identified as faulty and replaced, but not for the diagnosis/analysis and not for the parts/tools you would use while diagnosing
I have declared that I replaced parts(OEM parts) from a different vendor and I would be responsible for any problems identified around this, only if those are proved to be not genuine by the Dealer/Service personnel.
I need checklists/declaration of condition of other parts/machineries/systems of the car before proceeding to service, to duly track the changes/damages that would happen during diagnosis of the issue.

Note:-My car is not under warranty and it's 6years old but still i am servicing my car in the Authorised service center.

My Car NO TN 11 AJ 9999. I serviced my car on August, and i told i will purchase Tyre outside but Mr. Vasanth (Alandur Branch)from service team No: [protected] over there compelled me to purchase Tyre over there and told that there is warranty for the Tyre, but it did not last even for two months, but when i ask for replacement no response from their side, People over there do their business only to make money worst response from them.

Lack of responsibility and Negligence of the staff. I have received delivery of my brand new Polo TSI with the scratches on it’s first service.

I have given my brand new Polo TSI for first service at Uppal, Hyderabad on this Monday afternoon at 1PM.

They promised to deliver on Tuesday but they delayed and i have waited for around 2 hours at service center on Wednesday even after informing the advisor well before regarding the delivery.

At last when they bought my car out, there were scratches & paint got removed on left rear door. Upon asking the advisor he had no clue about it and spoke in an attitude way.
Finally met branch manager and he assured to investigate on it & provide me the solution on this by Thursday.

Really frustrated and disappointed with the service.

Complaint against fraudulent practices of Volkswagen Authorized Service Center, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Ref: Volkswagen Polo 1.2L Comfortline (Petrol) Vehicle Registration No: KL-22E-5886.

This is to complain about the mental harassment caused by the above stated service centre due to their service negligence and fraudulent business practices.

On[protected] my car broke down due to worn out clutch plates. As per the suggestion of the Service Advisor at the VW Service Center Mr Ajith Kumar, I have approved for all the essential parts replacement and services to be carried out amounting to an exorbitant ₹ 33, 065.43/-. The vehicle was delivered after 3 days with an assurance that all essential corrective and preventive measures have been taken care of.

Post service breakdown # 1: After a day while on Election duty away from my residence, my car broke down, noticed petrol leak and smoke. The service technician has fixed the issue and informed that it is due to malfunction of the fuel injector which seldom causes issues. Before this service I have never experienced any issues/symptoms relating to fuel injector malfunction.

Please refer Invoice no. PIB2007280 dated[protected] for an insight on the repairs and replacement undertaken by them.

Post service breakdown # 2: Today my vehicle broke down with excessive smoke while travelling with my kids and senior citizen parents leaving me stranded again. Service center denied assistance and the Service Advisor did not attend my call. However, with WV Roadside assistance managed to take the vehicle to the service center. They have informed that the vehicle will be attended on next working day during normal working hours.

How can the car which was sent for service to resolve the clutch plate issue whereas thoroughly serviced by replacing most of the parts on the discretion of the Service Advisor to avoid any imminent issues, breaks down due to faulty fuel injector on the very next day, an issue that was never reported before nor did my car show any symptoms relating to it earlier?

While the world is pledging to “recover with integrity” on the International Anti-Corruption Day, 2020 and Dr. Kurt Michels, Group Chief Compliance Officer, VW pledges and propagates “One Group - One Voice: Say No to Corruption”, the ground reality is otherwise.

Is this the same Volkswagen brand “We keep our Words” with core values of Responsibility/Honesty/Solidarity/Reliability which I trusted and spent my hard-earned money to own my first and probably the last car, or is it the "Betrugswagen" with substandard service support, zero accountability and service negligent workforce.

I am a high school teacher and a family to support with my limited income and time due to my professional obligations. This pathetic service support has resulted in loss of trust, time, money, and peace of mind.

Looking forward to an expedited redressal in this regard.

Horrible service experience, people in customer service are completely unprofessional, have given my car for general service and after complete health check-up the car is delivered to me, as I had taken pick and drop service, in just a few days the car is again showing EPC error and after consultation with Vidhut Motor Pune, they want me to send back the car to the garage, it has been more than a week I have requested for pick up and every day calling to customer care for pick up but since then they are just giving me lame excuses every day, during this Covid everyone prefer to use its own vehicle rather than public transport, unfortunately, if you bought a Volkswagen brand, you will have to experience this, I would request people to look for an alternative option for their car service and this is the reason there are lot many new players in the car service market, this pathetic service experience, and money-making business model is bringing new players,

Hello Sir/Madam,

This is with reference to an engine issue with my car given to the service center " BU Bhandari "in Oct'2020. It's now more than 2 months since it's with the service center and no progress has been made.

I have purchased the new car "Volkswagen Ameo" in April 2018 from B.U Bhandari agency, Pune. All the services were done on a regular basis by BU Bhandari service center, Pune. Total miles driven so far is 33, 000 only.

On Oct'2020, while driving there was sudden smoke and vibration started coming out from the engine. Hence I had given the Car to BU bhandari service center and they are asking for 1.5 Lakh to fix the engine. I am totally surprised to see such a good / renowned brand Volkswagen car get an engine issue in 2 years. This is really not acceptable.

I would request your immediate intervention so the engine can be fixed / replaced without any cost to me and also it will help you save your brand as well.

Please connect me at this number @ [protected]

Regards
Avinash

We have already informed the personnel regarding a complaint.but he is less responsive to us.we already lost 2-3 days because of his mismanagement..very disappointed with this attitude from VW.

To whomsoever it may concern,

This is one of your customer Dr Harsha GT, I write this mail to raise my concern about my Volkswagen polo GT bearing registration no- KA 05 MV 0703 bought in the year of 2017 in my wife’s name- Dr Rashmi sriram. Sir/ Madam, I have been very compliant with all your advice over maintenance of my vehicle at Volkswagen service, Mysore road, right from the beginning I had also purchased the advised extended warranty for the same which has very recently expired. Just before a month, once the EPC indicator was blinking I was told that the ECM of the vehicle was damaged and that I need to replace it at my cost. Service of my vehicle was postponed due due to the current pandemic situation. Though I have been very compliant with all your advices and got the extended warranty also done, just coz the warranty is expired by few months I can’t b held for such huge penalty. It is totally unfair to make me bear such huge charges to a such compliant customer, especially a doctor couple at this pandemic times.

I will immediately want to escalate this issue to your concerned department.
Please acknowledge at the earliest.
Dr Harsha GT
[protected]

I own a Volkswagen polo diesel 1.2 comfort line. The car is well maintained and single handed driven since the day its purchased. All the services are done well in time. Any replacements also being done on time. But while driving last week I heard a weird sound and the car broke down on middle of highway. Somehow I managed to bring to down to the workshop. There they diagnosed and told me that it's because of the faulty diesel that's been used. Since the day I bought the car I am fueling it from the same fuel station. Also the fuel station in just next to the Volkswagen service center also in the heart of auto agar guntur which is a hub to all automobiles. Volkswagen cannot make customers pay for such problems as no other car has any such problems. On top of this the parts replacement cost with labour is 2.2 lakhs which one cant afford to. Unethical business from Volkswagen. They are fooling people with poor quality cars which look good from interiors and exteriors but when it comes to engine its of the least quality

Given vehicle for service saying the problem and and they have charged me 24000 for the repair and just next week the problem has repeated again and the VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE CENTER KAJAGUDA people are saying again they will charge 35000 for the repair and saying the leakage is from other side. Hope the

I own a volkswagen polo tdi 1.5 2015 model. I changed my abs sensor on 2018 they said its manufacturing defects happening in every car. But they billed me abs sensor and told me it has 2 year warranty. And now after two years next warranty expired it failed again. If its manufacturing defect y they are billing it. They need to replace it for free or recall all car which have problems. Or they need to improve their product quality still now their car has same complaint