2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Power Train Problems

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact was able to pull over to the side of the road. The contact stated that the failure had been recurring while driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed and determined that the ABS module had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stopped driving the vehicle due to safety concerns. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.

Mileage: 86,000

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the gear shift indicator started blinking on and off. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact parked on the side of the road and restarted the vehicle to reboot the gear shift indicator lights. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

Mileage: 125,000

I HAVE LIGHT COME ON WHEN TURN ON CAR AND ABS LIGHT CCME ON JERK THE CAR WHN MOVE IT ITTO GEAR. THIS DOES ALL THE TIME I SCARED GOIN GET CAR ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 235,000

THE CAR GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING IT & WILL NOT RETURN TO GEAR. MY CAR ENDING UP STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE! I WAS ALMOST IN A CRASH. THE DEALER REPAIR SAID IT WAS A MECHATRONIC ISSUE. THE RECALL INCLUDES MY YEAR & MODEL BUT SOMEHOW NOT MY CAR? THE DEALER & VW CORP TOLD ME MY VIN SPECIFICALLY WAS NOT PART OF THE TRANSMISSION MECHATRONIC RECALL BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE VIN'S NEED TO BE RE-EVALUATED BECAUSE THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE CAR JUST COMES OUT OF GEAR & STOPS -- NO WARNING!! NOW I'M STUCK WITH A CAR THAT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE & CANNOT AFFORD $4K REPAIR (THE DEALER ALSO STATED IT'S A "DEALER ONLY" TYPE OF REPAIR).

Mileage: 130,000

THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FIRST. THEN IT GOT STUCK N NEUTRAL AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND I'M UNABLE TO DRIVE IT. HAD TO GET A NEW GEAR SHIFTER AND AFTER ALL THAT MONEY SPENT IT STILL ISN'T FIXED. *TR

HAD DROVE THE CAR LITTLE WHILE, THEN MADE A STOP, CRANKED THE CAR TO LEAVE AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS LOW ON OIL, THAT KIND OF. TAPPING SOUND. OIL WAS FINE. BUT THE SOUND STILL THERE THE NEXT DAY. AFTER DRIVING IT A MILE OR TWO. IT GOT LOUDER, THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I STOPPED AT THE CLOSEST PART STORE ABOUT 5 MIN AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON. THEY CHECKED IT WITH THE SCANNER. SAID IT WAS A KNOCK SENSOR CODE. P0328, BANK 1.TOOK IT TO VW. TO GET A DIAGNOSITS DONE. AND THE MAN SAID IT WAS DUE TO A RECALL. THE PROBLEM I WAS HEARING, AND THE CODE. WAS FROM THE RECALLED PART. THEY CHANGED THAT PART. SAID IT WAS A FUSE PANEL ON ENGINE BLOCK. THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THE SAME. THEN, HE SAID IT WAS NOT DUE TO THE RECALL. AND I STILL HAD TO PAY THE 120 DOLLAR FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC. AND SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO OPEN THE ENGINE TO CHECK ANY FURTHER, AND THAT THE LABOR WOULD BE ABOUT 2000 DOLLARS. I HAD TOOK IT BY VW BEFORE IT STARTED TO HAVE ANY NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS.WHEN I HAD HAPPENED TO LOOK UP RECALLS ONLINE. THE MAN LOOKED IT UP BY MY VIN. TOLD ME THERE WERE 3 ACTIVE RECALLS. BUT IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO IT. I ASKED IF IT WOULD BE OK TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT, WAS ANY OF THEM SERIOUS ENOUGH TO NOT. HE TOLD ME , NO, THAT IT WOULD BE FINE TO DRIVE. SAID SPECIALLY SINCE I WASENT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS ALREADY .

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING OVER AN HOUR AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE PERFORMED ROUGHLY AND JERKED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT THE VEHICLE SLID. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 09V333000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 09V164000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

3 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING MY PRE-OWNED VEHICLE IN MAY 2019, SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF THE ENGINE ON MY WAY TO WORK. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE WAS BROKEN ENGINE HOSE CLAMPS. THE SHOP CHARGED ME ALMOST $700 FOR BRAND NEW HOSE ASSEMBLIES AND CLAMPS. ALSO, MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING INTERMITTENTLY AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

Mileage: 123,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND MOST OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL AND THE POWER STEERING WAS FAULTY. THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CONSTANTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CROWN VOLKSWAGEN OF LAWRENCE (3400 IOWA ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66046, (785) 838-7750) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERNAL MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,376.

Mileage: 148,376

MY DSG TRANSMISSION IS THROWING CODES 18232-PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE 3 N217 AND PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE 3 N215. TRANSMISSION REVERSE WILL STOP WORKING. HAVE TO TUN OFF CAR AND TUNR ON WILL WORK. ALSO DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS IN FREEWAY CAR BEGINS TO SLIP GEARS AND THEN SWITHES TO N. HAVE TO RY AND PULL OVER ON SIDE. TURN OFF CAR AND TURN BACK ON. CAR WILL THEN WORK IN LIMP MODE. APPAPERNETLY THIS IS A KNOW ISSUES WITH DSG TRANS BUT MY VIN IS NOT REPORTED TO TO QUALIFY?

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V333000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF TO RESET THE FAILURE. THE GEAR SELECTOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BOB PENKHUS VOLVO MAZDA VOLKSWAGEN, 1101 MOTOR CITY DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80905) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V333000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THE VEHICLE APPROACHED A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED ALL OVER THE GROUND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CAROUSEL VOLKSWAGEN, IOWA CITY, IA, 319-354-2550) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND RUSHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

OIL SEALS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER ENGINE, MAJOR CARBON BUILD UP FAILING AXLES. I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND THE CAR MADE A MAJOR THUD AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK CAR TO DEALER NEXT DAY AND THEY FOUND ALL SEALS ON THE ENGINE ARE LEAKING OIL AND WATER PUMP HAS FAILED AND MAJOR CARBON BUILD UP IN ENGINE. FOUND OIL ON GROUND OF MY GARAGE. FRONT SUSPENSION KNOWN TO MAKE CRUNCHING SOUNDS WHEN GOING OVER MAJOR BUMPS WHEN COLD.

Mileage: 64,200

I AM REQUESTING THAT THE DOT NHTSA INVESTIGATE THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. I STARTED MY CAR ONE MORNING AND THE ENGINE MADE A METALLIC RATTLING SOUND AS I PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON UNTIL REACHING THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. CAR WAS THEN DRIVEN TO DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY AND DIAGNOSED AS HAVING "JUMPED TIME" DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. UPON PICKING UP THE CAR SEVERAL DAYS LATER AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE, THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED US THAT THE METAL RING HOLDING THE TENSIONER LATCH IN PLACE HAD FALLEN OFF; ALLOWING THE TINY ADJUSTABLE LATCH TO FALL OUT, AND THAT BOTH PIECES WERE LYING, LOOSE, IN THE COMPARTMENT WHEN THE CAR WAS TAKEN APART. THIS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 15-12-01. A WEB SEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON AND AFFECTS MULTIPLE YEARS AND MODELS OF VOLKSWAGEN AUTOMOBILES. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE AND NEVER MISSED A SERVICE. VW WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

MY JETTA IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SAFETY ISSUES AS INDICATED IN REPORT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V333000. WHILE IN DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL, UNCOMMAND. HOWEVER, MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL VW 37E3/S7 FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 09V-333. PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING MY VIN NUMBER TO THE VW RECALL. I WILL CONTACT VW AND REQUEST THE SAME.

Mileage: 107,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND WHEN I TAKE TO DEALER IT IS ALWAYS A SENSOR PROBLEM I HAVE ALSO HAD SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES REPLACING BULBS FREQUENTLY. ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE SHIFTING LIGHTS WILL ALL LIGHT UP PRNDS, SOMETIMES THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. ALSO ONE OF THE OVERHEAD LIGHT SEEMS TO HAVE MELTED DUE TO A HIGH HEAT SOURCE OF SOME KIND.

Mileage: 60,000

CAR'S TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WITH NO WARNING. HAS DONE IT WHILE TURNING IN INTERSECTIONS, NEAR RAIL ROAD TRACKS, INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AREAS. CAR HAS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND ENGINE BE SHUT OFF, THEN IT MAY OR MAY NOT GO, MAY HAVE TO DO MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE CAR WILL MOVE AGAIN. FLASHES ERROR IN DASH AND TRANS LIGHT BLINKS. CAR WAS RECALLED ONCE FOR THIS ISSUE AND "FIXED" BY VW AND NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. TOTAL SAFETY ISSUE AND VW IS TURNING THEIR HEADS TO IT.

Mileage: 142,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ABS MODULE MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR. THE AFFECTED PARTS INCLUDED THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE POWER STEERING. THE SPEEDOMETER SHIFTED TO ZERO MPH WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DRIVER, AND THE STEERING WHEEL STIFFENED, WHICH CAUSED FURTHER DIFFICULTIES FOR THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 09/22/16*LJ *TR

Mileage: 90,000

CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL & DRIVE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILS. THERE IS A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND FOLLOWED UP BY THE PRNDS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATING AND AND CAR BEING FORCED INTO A NEUTRAL STATE. CAR HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY SEVERAL MECHANICS. VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MECHATRONIC UNIT. AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL AS WELL. THERE IS STILL NO FIX OR CHANGE. PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 120,000 MILES.

Mileage: 120,000

THE TIMING CHAIN TENSION BROKE CAUSING THE CHAIN TO BREAK OFF AND BEND SEVERAL VALUES CAUSING EXTENSION DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR. MOST CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TIMING BELTS BUT VW WENT TO THE TIMING CHAIN IN RETURN THE TENSIONER WHICH THEY LATER REVISED IS FAULTY AND BREAKS CAUSING THE CHAIN TO DESTROY SEVERAL IMPORTANT PARTS. VW IS UNWILLING TO HELP US WITH THIS ISSUE THAT THEY KNOW IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY LATER CORRECTED IN THE LATER MODELS. I CALLED CUSTOMER CARE BUT BECAUSE THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AT 60,000 IS EXPIRED THEY WILL DO NOTHING. THERE IS A HUGE FORUM STARTED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS USE AROUND 80-110,00 MILES!! I AM OUTRAGED AND HAVE TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE OR BASICALLY GET A NEW CAR. THE CAR IS WORTHLESS AT THIS POINT.

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I HAD MY MECHANIC DO A 120,000 MILE SERVICE AND DIAGNOSE THE DASH ENGINE LIGHT AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED. WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP I SMELLED DIESEL. I DROVE IT 13 MILES, WHEN I GOT HOME I SMELLED DIESEL AGAIN. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS DIESEL ALL OVER THE LEFT ENGINE SIDE. THERE WAS A WET, SPLIT FUEL LINE, LEAKING FLUID IN THE PARKING LOT, A BLUE PLASTIC SET SMALL RINGS (LIKE THE OLYMPIC SYMBOL) SAT NEAR THE SPLIT HOSE. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE, AND OTHER CARS TO BE IN DANGER FROM SLICK ROAD, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

Mileage: 122,040

MY MAKE AND MODEL FALL WITHIN THE PARAMATERS OF THE VW RECALL 37E3/S7, NHSTA 09V333000 AND VWOA IS REFUSSING MY CLAIM. MY VEHICLE HAS SHOWN THE DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS FOR OVER 100,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE GOES INTO NEUTRAL SUDDENLY SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

Mileage: 1

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT ALL THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,291. UPDATED 11/25/15*LJ

Mileage: 185,291

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, AND MY ENGINE STALLED. THIS CAME WITHOUT WARNING FROM THE ALERT SYSTEMS. I TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS, AND MY CAR WAS IN THE MILEAGE AND AGE LIMITS. THEY SAID THEY WOULD TEST MY FUEL, AND IF IT HAD A TRACE OF GASOLINE IN THE DIESEL ENGINE, THEN THE EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WOULD BE VOIDED. THE TEST RESULTS SHOWED NO TRACE OF GASOLINE, BUT THEY STILL REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THIS COST ME OVER $4000. THIS IS IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEMS REPORTED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA11003.

Mileage: 85,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 35 MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY DIES, LEAVING ME NO POWER TO ESCAPE A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, BRAKES ARE HARD TO USE, STUCK IN A TRAFFIC LANE WITH CARS COMING UP ON ME AT 35 TO 45 MPH, TURNS OUT THE HPFP EXPLODED SENDING METAL THRU OUT THE FUEL SYSTEM CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STARVE FOR FUEL AND STALL OUT, WITH NO FUEL GETTING TO THE ENGINE THE MOTOR WONT RESTART CAUSING A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

Mileage: 80,200

I RECENTLY REPLACED THE DMF (DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL) IN MY CAR. IT WAS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, AS A FAILED FLYWHEEL IS A HAZARD. THE FLYWHEEL WAS FAILING TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD BE HEARD RATTLING WHILE THE CAR WAS RUNNING. THE FLYWHEELS CAN FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY AT ANY TIME OR SPEED, POSSIBLY CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, AND POSSIBLY CAUSING A SUDDEN, UNCONTROLLABLE STOP. RESEARCHING ONLINE SHOWS THIS PART IS PRONE TO FAILURE. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. VW HAS DONE NOTHING OF THE SORT.

Mileage: 120,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. CAR WORKS PROPERLY AFTER PARKING AND RESTART.

Mileage: 112,000

I WAS DRIVING MY JETTA TDI TO WORK ON I-270 IN THE MORNING,THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURN ON AND THE ABS LIGHT FLASHING AND THE TRANSMISSION GOING TO NEUTRAL AND STOP WORKING , CANNOT ACCELERATE THE CAR JUST SLOW DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY, I TURN MY SIGNAL LIGHT TO RIGHT AND LET IT DECELERATED TO THE RIGHT LANE .AT MY BACK WAS A TRUCK ITS GOOD THAT THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN IF NOT MY JETTA WILL BE REAR ENDED CRUSH. LET THE ENGINE COOL DOWN AND RESTART IT AND DROVE HOME QUICKLY. I USE MY VAG SCANNER ON ENGINE CODE I GOT 049409 AND ON ABS 01315 BOTH ABOUT TRANSMISSION MODULE LOST COMMUNICATIONS. INSIDE THE DSG ITS THE MECHATRONIC UNIT FAILURE. I CHECK WITH VW DEALER THE MECHATRONIC IS OUT OF WARRANTY NO EXTENSION TOO.ANYWAY I BOUGHT THE MECHATRONIC AND FLUIDS REPLACES IT AND DO THE BASIC SETTINGS. THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE AGAIN.THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE VW SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS MECHATRONIC FAILURE. IN AUSTRALIA AND IN ASIA COUNTRY THEY HAVE RECALL TOO.

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS WERE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT AND THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V333000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

Mileage: 79,000

2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION WITH 67,000MILES WHILE ACCELERATING TO ROADWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE BEGAN HESITATING FOLLOWED BY A DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER AND STRUGGLED TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE. DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CRASH. VOLKSWAGEN DEALER DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A DEFECTIVE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WHICH COULD ONLY BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $2,000 DUE TO THE IN ACCESSIBILITY OF THE SENSOR AND NEEDING TO UNINSTALL AND RE-INSTALL THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

THE TURBOCHARGER FAILED AT LOW SPEED. THERE WAS A LOUD WHINING/HOWLING SOUND. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $2,566.64. *TR

Mileage: 75,228

WAS TURNING RIGHT ONTO A BACKROAD, SHIFTING FROM GEARS 1 TO GEAR 2 HITTING 22 MPH. LOST ALL ACCELERATION, HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN VEHICLE OFF, SMELL OF SMOKE BUT NO VISUAL, LET VEHICLE SIT, CHECKED OIL, COOLANTS, ALL PERFECT. SMELL WENT AWAY, ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE WITH HOOD OPEN, CHECKED ENGINE WITH VEHICLE ON, MOVEMENT OF 1-2 INCHES FROM ENGINE ROCKING SEVERELY. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 660,000

VW JETTA REVERSE / FORWARD ACTION ERROR. MALFUNCTION OF CAR ELECTRONICS / MECHANICS CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND SURGING.

Mileage: 62,000

THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A WARPED DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL. THEY REPLACED IT AND IT IS STILL KNOCKING. A SECOND DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT IS STILL KNOCKING BECAUSE THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL IS BAD. IT CAUSES THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT HARD AND ACCELERATION TO BE AN ISSUE. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAYS. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TURBO ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 09V333000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

IN THE AFTERNOON OF 10/16/2013 WHILE TRAVELING BACK TO MY RESIDENCE I STOPPED ON THE ROAD, WHERE I HAD BEEN TRAVELING, BEFORE TURNING LEFT INTO A SUBDIVISION. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME WAS ALSO FOLLOWING ME INTO THE SUBDIVISION. WHEN IT WAS CLEAR TO TURN LEFT I PUT MY CAR INTO FIRST GEAR AND PROCEEDED ACROSS THE LANE AND INTO THE SUBDIVISION. AS I WENT UP THE INCLINE THE CAR CAME OUT OF GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO COME VERY CLOSE TO MINE AS IT SLOWED DOWN WITHOUT ANY BRAKE LIGHTS. I ENGAGED THE CLUTCH AND PUT THE CAR INTO SECOND GEAR AND PROCEEDED UP THE HILL. AT THE TOP OF THE HILL I TURNED RIGHT AND ACCELERATED. I TRIED TO CHANGE TO THIRD GEAR AND WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO GEAR. I TRIED AGAIN AND FOUND IT WASN'T POSSIBLE TO CHANGE GEARS. I COASTED TO THE LOCATION I NEEDED TO GO AND PARKED THE CAR. FOUND I WASN'T ABLE TO CHANGE INTO ANY GEAR WHILE THE ENGINE WAS ON AND THE CLUTCH WAS ENGAGED. I COULD ONLY CHANGE GEARS BY ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND PUTTING THE CAR INTO THE FIRST OR REVERSE GEAR WHILE THE ENGINE WAS OFF. ACCORDINGLY I COULD DRIVE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE. STOP. TURN OFF THE ENGINE. CHANGE INTO FIRST GEAR AND START THE ENGINE TO GO FORWARD IN FIRST GEAR. I COULD NEVER CHANGE OUT OF FIRST GEAR. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE CLUTCH HAD FAILED. THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING OF THE CLUTCH FAILING UNTIL IT STOPPED WORKING ALMOST CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO RUN INTO THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY ONLY ONE DRIVER THROUGH-OUT ITS SERVICE LIFE. DRIVER HAD 30 YEARS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. THE CAR WAS MAINTAINED AS PRESCRIBED IN THE MANUAL AND HAD RECENTLY HAD ITS 50000 MILE SERVICE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY INDICATION THAT THE CLUTCH WAS WEARING OUT. THIS WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND PUT LIVES AT RISK IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR IN ANOTHER SITUATION WITH MORE TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 53,412

CAR WENT INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL WHILE BACKING UP IN PARKING LOT, DEALER REFUSED TO EXTEND WARRANTY VW TDI 2009 SPORTS WAGON. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

AFTER BACKING UP OUT OF A DRIVE WAY IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR.AFTER PULLING OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD I TRIED TO SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED THEN TRIED TO MANUALLY SHIFT IT INTO FORWARD GEARS AND THE SAME THING ONLY FIRST GEAR WOULD ENGAGE.THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH FOR WHICH GEAR YOU ARE IN WAS FLASHING AND UNTIL IT WAS SHUT OF THEN RESTARTED IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WASN'T PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN SO I WOULD HAVE TO FORK OVER 2500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER THAT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION,THE MECHATRONIC THAT CONTROLS THE VALVE BODY AND CLUTCHES.THEY SAID THEY FOUND AN ISSUE WITH IT BUT DIDN'T SAY WHAT IT WAS.I CONTACTED VW AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT,AFTER TWO DAYS THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY WARRANTY ISSUES FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I HAD PURCHASED.NOW IF ITS IN THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT IT IS A PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN.THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T RUN WITH OUT IT.I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON LINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE ALLOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE MECHATRONIC UNIT AND IT IS A SAFETY RECALL DUE TO ACCIDENTS CREATED BY IT.I CANNOT TRUST THIS CAR NOW AND WILL BE TRADING IT IN FOR A TOYOTA.I HAVE 500,000 MILES ON A ECHCO THAT STILL RUNS LIKE IT WAS NEW AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO TAKE IT IN FOR ANY PROBLEMS.I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS CAR FIXED BEFORE GETTING RID OF IT BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL GUILTY IF SOMEONE GOT HURT FROM THE PROBLEM THAT IS IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHENEVER DRIVING UPHILL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *TR

WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO STALL. GLOW PLUG LIGHT FLASHING AND ENGINE LIGHT ON. DISPLAY READS SOMETHING ABOUT ENGINE FAULT WORKSHOP. I TURNED CAR ON AND NO PROBLEM OR LIGHTS OR ERRORS WERE DISPLAYED. STARTED DRIVING AND CAR HAD VERY MINIMAL POWER AND WOULD SHIFT HIGH RPM. TOWED CAR TO VW DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD DETERIORATED AND SENT METAL SHAVINGS THROUGH MY FUEL PUMP SYSTEM. $6K TO FIX! A FAULTY PART AND VW SAYS IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX. I WISH VW WOULD HOLD TO THEIR CARS. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD GEARS "PRND" ARE ALL HIGHLIGHTED. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY AND IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE. DOES NOT AFFECT DRIVEABILITY THUS FAR. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

WHEN COMING TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, THERE WAS AN ENGINE FAULT WORKSHOP WARNING MESSAGE AND A BLINKING YELLOW GLOW PLUG WARNING LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE CAR FELT SLUGGISH, NEEDING EXTRA THROTTLE THAN USUAL TO GET TO 35MPH. AFTER STOPPING AT THE NEXT RED LIGHT, THE CAR WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR (ONLY 30 SECONDS AFTER THE WARNING LIGHT), AND I COULD ONLY GET TO 10MPH IN A 35MPH ZONE. TURNING ON MY HAZARD BLINKERS, I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE INTO A PARKING LOT, OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER FROM THE LEFT LANE BEFORE THE ENGINE DIED. *TR

Mileage: 55,318

I WAS STUCK ON A BUSY INTERSECTION BECAUSE MY CAR WOULDN'T LOCK ONTO THE GEAR. ALL GEARS ON THE CONTROL PANEL WHERE FLASHING. UPON LATER RESEARCH, I WAS TOLD THAT THE DSG GAVE A FALSE-NEUTRAL. *TR

Mileage: 56,218

ALL GEARS ON THE CONTROL PANEL WHERE FLASHING. DSG GAVE A FALSE-NEUTRAL. THANKFULLY, THE CAR IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE BUT STILL WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. LAST TESTED (10/22/13). I HAVE CONTACTED VOLKSWAGEN CUSTOMER CARE AND LOCAL DEALERSHIP, BOTH MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH A G509 (??). *TR

Mileage: 56,704

VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTS HARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND SEEMS TO HAVE DELAYED SHIFTS WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED. VERY UNSAFE DUE JERKING MOTION WHEN TRYING TO STOP OR START. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

THE SAME THING HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 10-15 TIMES NOW. WHILE DRIVING, IT IS AS IF THE CAR GOES INTO NEUTRAL, AND APPLYING GAS DOES NOTHING. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING THAT IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND IF IT WERE TO OCCUR WHILE PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, WE WOULD BE STUCK IN PLACE WITH NO WAY TO ACCELERATE AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND OUR MONEY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS SPENT AND SOLVED NOTHING. IT HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT, SOMETIMES NOT HAPPENING FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, BUT IN THE LAST 5 DAYS IT HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES. IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF ASAP! *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, AT ABOUT 68 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER. THE CAR, HAVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WAS STILL IN GEAR AND SLOWED DOWN VERY QUICKLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING TO OTHER DRIVERS (NO BRAKE LIGHTS). I TRIED TO PUSH IN THE CLUTCH AND COAST TO THE SHOULDER, AND SUCCESSFULLY MADE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR RESTARTED, AND I MADE IT A FEW MILES TOWARDS THE DEALER BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN, LUCKILY ON A LOW-TRAFFIC STREET. THE CAR WAS TOWED THE REST OF THE WAY TOWARDS THE DEALER AND DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FUEL SYSTEM DAMAGE. THE FUEL RAIL, INJECTORS, PUMP, TANK, AND ALL LINES WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AS THE RESULT OF THE PUMP FAILURE CAUSED BITS OF METAL FLAKES TO CIRCULATE ABOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE DIAGNOSIS AND LISTED REPAIRS WERE DETERMINED BY THE VOLKSWAGEN DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 102,815

I WAS ON THE EXIT RAMP OF THE INTERSTATE AND THE GO TO WORKSHOP WARNING CAME ON ALONG WITH THE GLOW PLUG WARNING LIGHT. VEHICLE LOST POWER, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A SIDE STREET AND TURNED OFF VEHICLE, IT RESTARTED AND SEEMED FINE DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES AND STOPPED FOR A LIGHT, CAR STALLED AND WARNING LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. CAR DID NOT RESTART HAD PUSH TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TOW HOME. TOWED TO DEALER FIRST OF WEEK. FOUND TO BE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE OF THE DIESEL ENGINE. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE TO GO BAD FIRST ONE AT 135380 MILES AND NOW AT 228605 MILES ONLY 93225 MILES ON REPAIR JOB. VW REPAIRED THE FIRST ONE, REPLACED ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM AT NO CHARGE, DO TO FAULTY HPFP. EVEN THOUGH THIS PUMP HAS LESS MILES THEY WILL NOT HELP WITH REPAIR COST. BOTH TIMES CAR DIED AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO SIDE OF ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 135,380

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT ON THIS WEBSITE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2009 JETTA SPORTWAGEN WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. MY MECHATRONIC UNIT WAS REPLACED IN JULY 2012, BUT IT WASN'T 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE CAR STARTED BACK TO IT'S OLD TRICKS AGAIN. THIS TIME THE HESITATING FROM A STOP, JERKING, ROLLING BACK AND FORTH WHEN YOU PARK, AND ROLLING BACKWARD ON AN INCLINE WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM REVERSE WAS EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE THE MECHATRONIC UNIT REPLACED. THIS MORNING, WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE (WHICH IS ON A SLOPE) WHEN I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND LIFTED OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR QUICKLY ROLLED BACK 2 TO 3 FEET BEFORE I COULD STOP THE CAR WHILE NARROWLY MISSING OUR TRUCK'S BUMPER. WE WENT STRAIGHT TO VW AND AS BEFORE THEIR IS NO CODE AND THE FLUID IS AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS. THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO... VW CUSTOMER CARE WAS CONTACTED WITH ANOTHER CASE NUMBER. IT APPEARS THAT VW IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR WARRANTY, SO I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO ESCALATE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. *TR

Mileage: 54,350

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 4 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE AND THE DSG TEMPERATURE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

Mileage: 110,000

FELT A SHUDDER IN THE DRIVE TRAIN; A FEW SECONDS LATER THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH; THE MULTI-FUNCTION COMPUTER FLASHED THAT THERE WAS AN ENGINE FAULT AND TO SERVICE THE ENGINE; THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD; ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART; DEALER ANALYSIS REVEALED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED APPARENTLY SENDING SHARDS OF METAL PARTICLES DOWNSTREAM OF THE PUMP; PUMP AND OTHER HARDWARE DOWNSTREAM OF THE PUMP ARE SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT *TR

Mileage: 37,002

2009 TDI JETTA HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. THREE PUMPS HAVE BEEN PUT IN AND IT KEEPS FAILING ON THE HIGHWAY TWICE AND WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I AM OVER WARRANTY AND IT SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY DESIGN. DON'T KNOW WHAT STEPS TO TAKE HERE THEY HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR ALMOST 90 DAYS. *TR THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED TWO TRANSMISSION FANS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TOLD A NEW TURBO WAS NEEDED AT A COST OF $3000. UPDATED IVOQ 12/10/12

Mileage: 70,000

VEHICLE IS A 2009 JETTA SEDAN - TDI (DIESEL) VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. FLOW PLUG LIGHT FLASHED ON DASH ALONG WITH DISPLAY OF "ENGINE FAULT WORKSHOP" VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. PULLED CODE OF P0087 FUEL RAIL/SYSTEM PRESSURE LOW. TOWED TO DEALER, BOUCHER VW IN FRANKLIN, WI. DEALER CONFIRMED FAULT WAS A HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 60,509

MY JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2009. WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF PURCHASE, WE NOTICED THE CAR WOULD JERK AND SLAM INTO GEAR. EVERY TIME WE HAD THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE WE COMPLAINED OF THE "JERK" OR "SLAM". THEN, IN DEC 2009 WE RECEIVED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THE DSG TRANNY FROM 60,000 MILES TO 100,000. THIS OBVIOUSLY SHOWED THERE WERE KNOWN PROBLEMS. AT ALL OF IT'S SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENTS, I WOULD MENTION THE JERKINESS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS SINCE THEY NEVER FELT IT SHIFT FUNNY WHEN THEY DROVE IT. IT WASN'T EVEN UNTIL 43,000 DID ANYONE RIDE IN THE CAR WITH ME TO SEE! NOT ONCE DID THEY HOOK THE CAR TO A COMPUTER TO RUN FOR CODES OR FAULTS. I DID NOT HAVE A CHECK ENGINE FAULT CODE EITHER. WE HAD THE TRANNY SERVICED PER THE VW MANUAL AT A LITTLE OVER 40,000 MILES AND THAT DID NOT HELP THE CAR. NOW, THE CAR TENDS TO DOWNSHIFT WHILE COMPLETELY STOPPED, STILL SLAMS/JERKS INTO GEAR, ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN YOU PUT IT IN PARK AND ROLLS BACKWARDS SEVERAL FEET WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE FROM REVERSE (IN OUR SLOPED DRIVEWAY.) THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO "POWER" BRAKE THE CAR TO ENSURE YOU DON'T ROLL BACK AND HIT THE OTHERS IN OUR DRIVEWAY. SINCE I WAS GETTING NO WHERE, I FINALLY CALLED AN OPENED A CASE WITH VW CUSTOMER CARE. THIS TIME WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE I MENTIONED THE PROBLEM AGAIN AND REFERENCED MY CASE NUMBER. THEY CHECKED MY CAR OUT TODAY AND SAID THEY ORDERED A NEW MECHATRONIC UNIT. THE SERVICE BULLETINS SHOWED THE EXACT SYMPTOMS THAT MY CAR WAS DOING, BUT WE NEVER GOT ANY HELP. IT WASN'T UNTIL I OPENED A CASE WITH VW THAT SOMETHING WAS DONE. WE'LL SEE IF THIS NEW PART FIXES OUR PROBLEM OR NOT. I LOVE MY JETTA, JUST NOT THE CRAPPY TRANSMISSION! *JS

Mileage: 6,500

FIRST INCIDENT IN JULY 2011 BUT SAME ONGOING ISSUE AND AT THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 8 TIMES IN 11 MONTHS. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS NOW. ITS ALWAYS THE SAME "SYMPTOMS" BUT ALWAYS TOLD ITS ANOTHER PROBLEM..... AS FOLLOWS: -SPUTTERS AND JERKS -EXHAUST OR GAS FUMES OVERCOME THE CAR -ENGINE REVS BUT THE CAR WONT MOVE, THEN JOLTS FORWARD. -STALLS WHEN TRYING TO START, IT JERKS VIOLENTLY MAKING A PUTTING NOISE AS IF IT CAN'T GET FUEL THEN DIES. -THERE'S A BEEPING NOISE COMING FROM SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE WHEN IT STALLS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS. I HAVE REPLACED: -INTAKE MANIFOLD -ALL FUEL SENSORS -LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP -HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP -MELTED FUSES WITH UNKNOWN CAUSE -TWO BATTERIES -OTHER SMALLER ITEMS RELATED TO FUEL SYSTEM. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

FOR THE SECOND TIME MY FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. ALSO FOR THE SECOND TIME I WAS ACCUSED OF USING BIO DIESEL OR REGULAR FUEL BY THE DEALER. I WAS DRIVING A LONG IT SOUNDED LIKE A GEAR WAS TUMBLING AROUND THEN A GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED. LUCKILY I WAS A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO A SIDE STREET WITH OUT PROBLEM. LAST WEEK THE GEAR BOX WENT OUT AS WELL. IT HAD ISSUES ON GOING IN TO REVERSE FROM DRIVE. OFTEN I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN TO PARK TURN IT OFF THEN RESTART TO GET IT TO GO IN TO REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 58,897

WHEN STARTING TO MOVE THE CAR SUCH AS AT A STOP SIGN OR AT AN INTERSECTION, WHEN PUTTING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DOWN TO START THE VEHICLE MOVING, THE WHOLE CAR ALMOST STALLS AS ENGINE POWER DISAPPEARS FOR A TERRIFYING FEW SECONDS. *TR THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND EXPECT THE CAR WILL MOVE FORWARD AND NOT STALL. I WENT ONTO A VW FORUM AND LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR VW. *TR

Mileage: 66,655

2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI AT 53,000 MILES MY RADIATOR WENT OUT DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW WERE A CLAMP RUBBED A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR. VW WOULD NOT COVER UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, AT 68,000 MILES THE ALIGNMENT WENT OUT IN THE AUTOMOBILE, AND FINNALLY AT 72,000 MILES I NOTICED MY TRANSMISSION MAKING A HARD SHIFT AND A DELAY SHIFT WHEN TAKING OFF, I INQUIRED ABOUT IT TWICE AT THE DEALER SHIP AND WAS ADVISE NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEN AT 94,000 MILES I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE FROM MY MOTOR IT IS THE DUAL MASS CLUCH FLYWHEEL HAS GONE OUT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $3000.00 TO FIX. I CALLED VW OF AMERICA, THE VP I TALKED TO, SAID JUST BECAUSE THE PART WAS RECALLED IN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THEM. *TT

Mileage: 86,000

VEHICLE WILL NOT START ON FIRST 4-6 ATTEMPTS AFTER A COLD SNAP AND SUBSEQUENT WARM WEATHER. ISSUE POINTS TO WATER BUILDING UP IN INTERCOOLER HOSES. VW HAS TSB POSTED BUT MAY NOT FULLY RESOLVE ISSUE. 21 11 01 / 2025464 DATED MAY 24, 2011, TITLED "FROZEN CHARGE AIR COOLER ? ENGINE WILL NOT START". IT CALLS FOR INSTALLING A 1K0-198-803-B COLD WEATHER INTERCOOLER KIT. A LOT OF INTERNET DISCUSSION ON THIS: HTTP://FORUMS.TDICLUB.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=266863. DATE OF NO START: 25 DEC 2011 (WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT!) LOCATION: CENTRAL NEW YORK (UTICA AREA) MILEAGE: ~42000 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BEFORE NO START: SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW... LOW OF 19F, HIGH OF 39F... SEE HTTP://WWW.WUNDERGROUND.COM/HISTORY/...Q_STATENAME=NA TOOK TO DEALER: NOT THAT DAY... HAD A STATE INSPECTION IN CHARLOTTE, NC SCHEDULED FOR LATER THAT WEEK AT VW OF SOUTH CHARLOTTE: THEY FOUND ZERO ISSUES WHEN I MENTIONED THE PROBLEM (NO CODES, ETC.) AND DIDN'T CHARGE ME ANYTHING FOR "CHECKING IT OUT". COMMENTS: THIS WAS THE FIRST NO-START SINCE BUYING THE JETTA IN 12/2008. CAR DID HAVE WEIRD "PHANTOM FUEL LOSS" ISSUE SINCE INITIAL IN-SERVICE DATE... AFTER 6 VISITS TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS COMPLAINING OF ISSUE IT WAS FINALLY ADDRESSED IN AN ECU UPDATE IN LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING OF 2011. DATE OF NO START: 5 JAN 2012 LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA, PA MILEAGE: 44250 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BEFORE NO START: COLD SNAP THE NIGHT BEFORE (MID TEENS F) THEN MEAN OF MID 30'S THIS DAY... HAPPENED IN MORNING OF 5TH WHEN IT WAS STILL COLD FROM NIGHT BEFORE. SEE: HTTP://WWW.WUNDERGROUND.COM/HISTORY/...LYHISTORY.HTML TOOK TO DEALER: NOT THAT DAY, BUT THE DAY AFTER. NO FAULTS FOUND AFTER A $50 DIAGNOSTICS CHECK SINCE "CAR WAS NOT IN WARRANTY". DEALER (FRED BEANS VW OF DEVON, PA) WANTS TO HAVE IT OVERNIGHT AFTER A SIMILAR COLD SNAP.. WILL PROVIDE LOANER. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH CONNECTOR WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH PLUNGER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF YEARS LATER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLUNGER WAS DANGLING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000.

Mileage: 45,000

DURING THE SNOW STORM THE CLUTCH AND THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DID NOT ENGAGE. I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE AS THE CAR STARTED TO ASCEND AN INCLINE IN THE ROAD, IT STARTED TO SKID; AND WHEN I ENGAGED THE BRAKES, ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE GEARS, THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE. WHEN THE CAR CAME TO A STOP,THERE WAS A ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER. I CONTACTED VW AMERICA ABOUT THE FAILURE, THEY COVERED THE COST OF THE PART AND NOT THE SERVICE AS A CUSTOMER APPRECIATION GOOD WILL GESTURE. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

DSG TRANSMISSION IS GETTING MORE FREQUENT WITH THE HARD SHIFTING/SURGING BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE AND OCCURS USUALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THEN LETTING GO OF THE BRAKE UPON A GREEN LIGHT. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL ROLL BACK IF ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN LETTING GO OF THE BRAKE. VW DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE DSG IS A VERY "ACTIVE" TRANSMISSION AND IT IS NORMAL. I WAS TOLD THIS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND GOING TO BRING MY CAR IN AGAIN UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. *KB

Mileage: 25,000

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TDI 18000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 61000 THOUSAND MILES. JUST SHOULD NOT BE... ONE UNDER WARRANTY ONE NOT. 2 REPLACED MEANS POOR DESIGN ON VOLKSWAGENS PART. I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TDI 18000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 61000 THOUSAND MILES. JUST SHOULD NOT BE... ONE UNDER WARRANTY ONE NOT. 2 REPLACED MEANS POOR DESIGN ON VOLKSWAGENS PART. I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

MY 2009 JETTA TDI ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH WHEN I PUSHED THE CLUTCH IN WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT 3 WEEKS AGO. I COASTED TO A PARKING SPOT AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP IMMEDIATELY TO SEE IF IT WAS GOING TO BE OK AND IT SOUNDED GOOD SO I SHUT IT OFF. WHEN I RETURNED ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR STARTED BUT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING ON ONLY ONE OR TWO CYLINDERS AND THEN DIED. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL WHEN HE ARRIVED. THE DEALER ASKED IF I HAD EVER RUN GASOLINE THROUGH IT. I SAID 'NO, WHY WOULD I DO THAT?' HE SAID THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT VW WOULD PAY FOR THIS 'ONE TIME' EVEN THOUGH THE WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT. WELL, IF THEY ARE AT FAULT THIS TIME, THEY WILL BE AT FAULT THE NEXT TIME TOO. MY CONCERN IS THE NEXT TIME. I DRIVE ON A 70 MPH INTERSTATE 90 MILES ROUND TRIP TO WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT I WILL BE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC AT THAT SPEED THE FIRST TIME AND JUST WHERE WILL I BE WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN? IF THEY ARE REPLACING THIS SHREDDED HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WITH THE SAME MODEL MADE OF THE SAME MATERIALS, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IS THERE ETHANOL BEING PUT INTO DIESEL IN THIS COUNTRY? WHAT ABOUT THE ADDITIVES TO DIESEL THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR LUBRICITY THAT ARE PUT IN BY THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES? IS ONE OR MORE TYPES OF THESE THE CULPRIT? THIS PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND I HOPE THAT VW CAN COME UP WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED - IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. MEANWHILE - STILL WAITING FOR MY CAR TO BE RETURNED TO ME.

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO AN UNRELATED ISSUE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V333000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE MILEAGE RANGE OF THE RECALL AND WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,600.

Mileage: 84,600

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR FAILS TO ENGAGE IN REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

ENGINE ABRUPTLY STALLED ENTERING LARGE MULTI-LANE INTERSECTION, AS ENGINE REPAIR LIGHT CAME ON. SUDDENLY INOPERATIVE POWER TRAIN ON THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. TDI DIESEL POWERED VEHICLE. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED WITH HPFP (FUEL PUMP) & FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE.

Mileage: 17,305

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V164000 (POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT). HE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE HE MANUALLY POWERED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AGAIN WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO RESET. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO THEY REPLACED THE MECHATRON. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

Mileage: 36,000

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE NEEDED TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON BEFORE IT WOULD MOVE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THAN OFF ON THE DAY BEFORE I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE IT HAPPENED EVERYTIME I STARTED THE CAR THAT DAY VEHICLE IS NOW AT DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TECH SUPPORT FROM VW AND IT WOULD BE UNTIL NEXT WEEK BEFORE ANY THING WAS DONE. *TR

Mileage: 40,800

2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE RPM WOULD SPIKE AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER AS IF THE GEAR SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE TWO OPEN RECALLS, BUT HER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 VW JETTA WOLFSBURG EDITION ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR LOSES POWER AND SHUTS OFF. I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE PASSING LANE AND LUCKILY WAS NOT STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THIS SAME SITUATION HAS SINCE OCCURRED 10-15 TIMES. MY WIFE AND I ARE HOPING A NEW CAR WILL ISSUED TO US AS WE JUST CAN'T RISK THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY. THIS CAR SHOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD ANYMORE....IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3X WITH NO RESOLUTION. *TR

Mileage: 17,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT REV. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, MANUALLY REV THE ENGINE AND THEN SHIFT INTO DRIVE SO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION; THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,000.

Mileage: 21,000

I OWN A 2009 JETTA TDI WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO GET HIT WHEN I START FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND HESITATES. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER WITH OUT BEING FIXED. IT IS TERRIFYING TO DRIVE A CAR THAT MAY OR MY NOT ACCELERATE WHICH ALSO JUMPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR! *TR

2009 VW JETTA TDI. ENGINE STALLS FREQUENTLY, WITH DELAYED RESTART. THE ECU WILL SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE IF THE RPM FALLS, EVEN MOMENTARILY, BELOW SOME PREDETERMINED LEVEL, I OBSERVE THIS THRESHOLD AT ABOUT 600 RPM. THE KEY MUST BE CYCLED TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN BACK TO START TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT ONCE SHUT DOWN, THERE IS A BRIEF DELAY BEFORE THE ECU WILL ENGAGE THE STARTER, LEAVING THE DRIVER OF A STALLED VEHICLE IN POSSIBLE HARMS WAY, WITH THE KEY IN THE START POSITION WAITING FOR THE ENGINE TO RESTART. DISCUSSION OF THIS PROBLEM IS OFTEN OBFUSCATED BY SHAME, DENIAL AND RECRIMINATIONS ABOUT DRIVERS ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY OPERATE A MANUAL TRANS AND CLUTCH. VERY SKILLED DRIVERS MAY NEVER SEE THE PROBLEM, BUT MAY ALSO DENY IT. MANY DRIVERS, NEW TO THE CAR, ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT ALL. I, AS A MODERATELY SKILLED DRIVER, AFTER OVER A YEAR DRIVING THE CAR EVERYDAY, STILL STALL THE VEHICLE PERIODICALLY. THE SOLUTION IS TO UPDATE THE FIRMWARE IN THE ECU SO THAT THE LOW RPM THRESHOLD IS LOWER (APPROX 400 RPM), AND/OR THAT A SHORT DELAY BE ADDED TO THE SHUT DOWN FEATURE SO THAT BRIEF TRANSIENT LOW RPM EVENTS DO NOT TRIGGER THE SHUT DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 25

CAR SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING,ENGINE REVS AND CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN ENGINE GOES TO IDLE, TRANSMISSION WILL SOMETIMES ENGAGE. PROBLEM STARTED AT 4000 MILES (NOW 37000) MULTIPLE CALLS TO VW AND TRIPS TO VW SERVICE WITH ZERO RESULTS. NO FAULT CODES,NO REPAIR. LAST CALL TO VW CUSTOMER SERVICE I WAS TOLD BY THE REP. BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION AND SEE WHETHER THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED . THIS AUTOMOBILE WAS TROUBLESOME FROM THE BEGINNING WITH HARD SHIFTING AND SLAMMING INTO FIRST GEAR. I ALSO HAVE A 2006 TDI WITH ZERO PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

DRIVING A 2009 JETTA TDI - THERE SEEMS TO BE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH THE CAR WHERE THE CAR WILL CONSTANTLY JERK FORWARD WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT OR STARTING ACCELERATION FROM THE LIGHT. AT TIMES, ACCELERATION OR BRAKING ON THE FREEWAY CAUSES THE CAR TO 'SHUDDER'. ALSO, 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS, THE CAR HAS STALLED WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A RED LIGHT, AND THE CLUTCH DOES NOT 'GRAB' THE GEAR SOON ENOUGH. STALLING REQUIRES ME TO THEN PLACE THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION COMPLETELY OFF, AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE BEFORE I CAN CONTINUE DRIVING. TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES HAS NOT YIELDED ANY FINDINGS, WITH THE VW DEALERSHIP TELLING ME THAT THE PROBLEMS DO NOT EXIST AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE ANY ISSUES, AND THAT ALL PARTS OF THE CAR ARE UP TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY UNDER 25000 MILES, AND WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER. CONTINUOUS COMPLAINTS HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY. *TR

Mileage: 23,000

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI DIESEL CAR WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND 20,000 MILES. I HAVE NOTICE THAT THE CAR IS EXTREMELY EASY TO STALL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. IT SEEMS THE INJECTION TIMING MAY BE TOO FAR ADVANCED. I HAVE DRIVEN LOTS OF SIMILAR OLDER MODEL DIESEL CARS IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE WITHOUT ANY SUCH PROBLEMS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTICED THAT YOU MUST SPEED UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN FIRST GEAR BEFORE SHIFTING TO SECOND. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE UNABLE TO LUG AT A LOW RPMS. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE THE CAR IS IN THE "DRIVE" POSITION I CAN TURN OFF THE CAR AND TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. THIS ALLOWS THE CAR TO ROLL FREELY IF ON ANY SORT OF A SLOPE. *TR

Mileage: 21,050

PLEASE REFERENCE NHTSA ACTION # PE09035. MY CAR HAS HAD THIS RECALL PERFORMED AND CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT THE BEHAVIOR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS SINCE HAVING THE RECALL PERFORMED IN NOVEMBER OF 2009. THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED AT THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND IT STILL OCCURS. THE DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL IN NOVEMBER 2009, REPLACED THE AFFECTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN MARCH 2010, REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IN MAY 2010, AND REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IN JUNE 2010. I JUST GOT THE CAR BACK FROM HAVING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010 AND THE "FALSE NEUTRAL" REFERENCED IN THE NHTSA ACTION # PE09035 OCCURRED AGAIN ON SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY WAITING ON A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE!! *TR

Mileage: 12,900

THE DSG TRANSMISSION MECHATRONIC UNIT IS FAULTING CAUSING ROUGH SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE CONTROL UNIT TO CHOOSE A GEAR AND WHEN IT DOES, THERE IS A HARD HAMMERING BANG WHEN IT FINALLY GOES INTO GEAR. VW IS REPLACING THE UNIT - HOWEVER, IT WILL TAKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO GET THE VIN CODED UNIT. *TR

Mileage: 21,000

FOURTH INCIDENT: THREE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS BY DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. SPEEDS RANGING FROM 65 MPH TO 20 MILES PER HOUR...GENERALLY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. AUTO IS A 2009 VW JETTA EQUIPPED WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. CAR WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, PRNDSL INDICATOR LIGHT WILL FLASH AS WILL "APPLY BRAKE" WARNING LIGHT. ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION, SIMPLE APPLICATION OF BRAKE CURED THE PROBLEM. IN THE LATEST CASE (TODAY, MARCH 20, 2010) I HAD TO TURN OFF THE MOTOR TWICE BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL FUNCTIONING. AS STATED, THIS HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 8,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *TR

Mileage: 7,683

2009 VW TDI JETTA. ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, SUTTERS AT CERTAIN POINTS AND LACKS POWER. WILL SOMETIMES STALL IN TRAFFIC. HAVE DOCUMENTED WITH DEALERS. VW AMERICA REFUSES TO ANSWER. VW HAS SOFTWARE FIX, BUT WILL NOT APPLY IT TO VEHICLE. DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE THESE PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION.

Mileage: 3,000

DURING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS IN NH. MY 2009 VW JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI HAS EXHIBITED A ENGINE STUMBLE PROBLEM WHEN IT IS STARTED. THE CAR WILL START BUT RUN ROUGH AND ABRUPTLY STALL. IT TAKES ON AVERAGE OF 5 STARTS BEFORE THE ENGINE WILL STAY RUNNING IN A SMOOTH MANNER. MOST OF THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN 30 MILES AND PARKING IT OVERNIGHT IN A NON-HEATED GARAGE AT 44F. ONE OCCURRENCE WAS IN MY WORK PARKING LOT AFTER SITTING 8HRS IN 30F WEATHER. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF 10 TIMES. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. MOST RECENTLY IT STARTED AND DIDN'T RUN ROUGH UNTIL I HAD PULLED OUT ON TO THE ROAD. THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE. THE CAR HAD TO BE SHUTOFF AND RESTARTED BEFORE IT RAN SMOOTH. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 10F. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO VW SERVICE TWICE. THE CAR DOESN'T TRIGGER A CODE FOR VW TO DIAGNOSE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS VERY REAL. VW DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CAR COULD LEAVE MY FAMILY STRANDED IN COLD CONDITIONS OR POSSIBLY HIT WHILE THE CAR IS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SYSTEM FAILED IN SNOW STORM. PARTS REPLACED COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. 8 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED. DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE. NO START SITUATION, TWICE. DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE. TRANSMISSION NOISE. DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE, WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION IF NOISE CONTINUES. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SYSTEM FAILED IN SNOW STORM. PARTS REPLACED COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. 8 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED. DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE. NO START SITUATION, TWICE. DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE. TRANSMISSION NOISE. DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE, WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION IF NOISE CONTINUES. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SHE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH HER VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS A RECALL# 09V333000, POWER TRAIN, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AND EACH TIME THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETE THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

Mileage: 7,000

2009 VW JETTA TDI (TURBO-DIESEL) EQUIPPED WITH DSG (DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX) TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE PREMATURELY DOWNSHIFTS FROM 2ND INTO 1ST GEAR AT SLOW SPEEDS. WHEN DRIVING IN 'TIPTRONIC' (MANUAL) SHIFT MODE AT SLOW SPEED CONDITIONS, SUCH AS RIGHT TURNS, PARKING LOTS/GARAGES, YIELD CONDITIONS, ETC., THE VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY FROM 2ND GEAR INTO 1ST AFTER REACCELERATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN, RESULTING IN THE ENGINE'S RPMS TO "SKYROCKET". IF THIS OCCURS WITHIN A TURN IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION IS STALLED DUE TO THE LOWER GEAR. PANICKING, ONE SHIFTS THE VEHICLE INTO 2ND AT THE HIGH RPMS AND THE TRANSMISSION JOLTS UNDER THE POWER AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD RAPIDLY UNDER POWER. THIS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO NEAR REAR-END CRASH SITUATIONS FOR BOTH DRIVERS FOLLOWING AT THE DOWNSHIFT/STALL CONDITION AS WELL AS VEHICLES IN FRONT AT THE UPSHIFT/ACCELERATION CONDITION. IN PARKING LOTS WHILE MODERATELY TRAVELING IN 2ND GEAR LOOKING FOR A PARKING STALL, WITHOUT WARNING, AGAIN THE VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST CAUSING THIS BRAKING "BUCKING' EFFECT AND THE ENGINE RPMS SKYROCKET UNTIL ONE EITHER LIFTS OFF THE ACCELERATOR OR SHIFTS BACK INTO 2ND. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AN OVERALL MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT AND UNNERVING TO DRIVE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, PARKING LOTS, AREAS WITH SPEED BUMPS, GARAGES, OR ANY OTHER SLOW SPEED ENVIRONMENTS WHERE ONE WOULD PREFER TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE IN 'MANUAL' SHIFT MODE AS PROVIDED BY THE DSG'S DESIGN. IT SEEMS APPARENT TO ME THAT THE SOFTWARE AND/OR SENSOR COMPONENTS RELATED TO THE SHIFTING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DSG WHILE IN THESE MODES, SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT INTO THE 1ST GEAR UNLESS THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP, OR AT LEAST AT AN ALMOST NON-DETECTABLE SPEED, THEREBY ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO REACCELERATE IN 2ND WHICH, IN COMBINATION WITH THE HIGH-TORQUE NATURE OF THE DIESEL ENGINE IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR THESE SCENARIOS. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS PROBLEM AFTER RECALL SERVICE HAS BEEN DONE. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V333000 IS FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE IN OCT. 2009. AT VW DEALER WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. ON NOV 27, 2009 VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AND HAS DONE IT ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER ON NOV. 29, 2009 AND AWAITING RESULTS OF THEIR DIAGNOSES. I AM SENDING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECT IS NOT GETTING FIXED WITH THE ORIGINAL RECALL, WHICH LEAVES A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM OPEN TO OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES AND OTHERS. *TR

Mileage: 5,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL, AND THEN THE VEHICLE DOWN-SHIFTED INTO THE NEUTRAL GEAR. HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY RESTART THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE; THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

Mileage: 150

THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND DISPLAY STARTED TO BLINK JUST AS I WAS ENTERING AN INTERSECTION HAD TO STOP AND RESTART CAR. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

2009 VW JETTA TDI SPORTSWAGEN. WHEN MOVING FROM COMPLETE STOP, VEHICLE SOMETIMES PAUSES, THEN LURCHES FORWARD WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION; EVEN THOUGHT STEADY FOOT PRESSURE WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

Mileage: 200

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED A PULLING SENSATION AND BEGAN HESITATING INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURES PROGRESSED BETWEEN 0 TO 55 MPH AND THE ENGINE SURGED WHILE MAINTAINING SPEED. AN AUTHORIZED TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A MANUFACTURERS DESIGN WITHOUT A REMEDY. THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM CODE WAS RESET TO THE MANUFACTURER'S SERVICE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO FURTHER DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,500.

Mileage: 150

THE VEHICLE HAS A 1 TO 2 SECOND LAG WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STANDING START OR WHEN I STEP HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IT ACTS LIKE IT HAS TO THINK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE MOTOR STARTS TO REV UP AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR-ACCIDENTS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, AND AT STOP SIGNS WHEN OTHER DRIVERS DECIDED I'D WAITED TOO LONG AND STARTED INTO THE INTERSECTION AT THE SAME TIME MY CAR FINALLY DECIDED TO GET AROUND TO GOING. THIS IS A TDI WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE DEALER RUN A FULL DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I SEE OTHERS REPORTING THE SAME BEHAVIOR HERE AND ELSEWHERE. I SUSPECT FAULTY PROGRAMMING IN EITHER THE ENGINE OR THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE, THOUGH IT MAY BE JUST THE INHERENT BEHAVIOR OF THE SYSTEM. I'LL PUT TODAY'S DATE ON THE "APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE" ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN NOVEMBER 2008. *TR

Mileage: 100

I WAS DRIVING HOME IN RUSH HOUR AFTER WORK ON A FOUR-LANE ROAD, IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM. AT MILE 1,565, MY CAR LOST POWER, THE P R N D S TRANSMISSION OPTIONS WERE BLINKING, THE FOOT BREAK ICON CAME ON, AND WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS, MY RMPS INCREASED, BUT NO POWER. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE CAR OUT OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER, AND SAT THERE WONDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED. BEING THAT THE CAR WAS NEW, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THERE WAS NO SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON. I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK, SAT THERE FOR A BIT, AND THEN PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE. ABOUT 3 MILES LATER, THE TRANSMISSION OPTIONS BLINKED AGAIN. ONCE I ARRIVED HOME, I CALLED THE VW DEALERS SERVICE DEPT. WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS, TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER (I AM 100+ MILES FROM THE DEALER), TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THEM. I AM VERY UNSATISFIED WITH VW, JETTA, AND MY CAR. I DO NOT FEEL LIKE MY CAR IS SAFE, RELIABLE, OR TRUSTWORTHY. NOW, BECAUSE OF THE INSTANCES THAT OCCURRED, I WILL ALWAYS BE PARANOID WITH MY CAR, WORRYING IF I WILL BE ABLE TO SAFELY GET TO AND FRO THE PLACES I NEED TO BE. I RECENTLY WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH AN INCONSIDERATE TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME NOT GIVING ME A REASONABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND HIS OVERSIZED VEHICLE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE LANES FOR OTHER CARS WERE IN THE ADJACENT LANE. FEAR CAME OVER ME AS I KNOW I WOULD BE IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT IF THE TRANSMISSION DECIDED TO FAIL AGAIN RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY FOR THE OVERSIZED TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND ME TO STOP IN TIME WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CAR I WAS DRIVING LOST POWER. *TR

Mileage: 1,565

TURNING LEFT FROM TURN LANE WITH GREEN LIGHT. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH AMPLE SPACE TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN. STARTED TO ACCELERATE INTO INTERSECTION AND AUTO TRANSMISSION (DSG) SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR CAUSING SLUGGISH ACCELERATION. I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TO GET MORE POWER AND TO AVOID THE APPROACHING TRAFFIC. BY THAT TIME, IT WAS TOO LATE AND A COLLISION OCCURRED, TOTALING BOTH VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWN A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. HE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WENT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR WHILE DRIVING AND HE WAS FORCED TO DRIVE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL; HOWEVER, AFTER AN HOUR, THE VEHICLE RESET ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE THE TRANSMISSION OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE DEALER NOT TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS UNLESS THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. RECALL#09V333000, COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,500.

Mileage: 11,000

PURCHASED A 2009 VW JETTA SPORTSWAGON TDI ON 5/31/09. ON AUGUST 4TH, THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR A 90-INSPECTION. PRIOR TO THIS, I EXPERIENCED THE PANEL LIGHTS FLASHING AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR DID NOTHING AND APPEARED TO BE IN NEUTRAL. I STATED THIS TO THE VW SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. WE WERE GIVEN THE CAR BACK ON AUGUST 6TH, STATING THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY HARNESS CONNECTOR AND A WIRE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. BETWEEN AUGUST 6TH AND AUGUST 13TH, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES IN THE SPACE OF THREE DAYS. ON AUGUST 14TH I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE SAME VW DEALER THAT PERFORMED THE 1ST REPAIR. WHEN TELLING THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WHAT OCCURRED, THE REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND INFERRED THAT PERHAPS MY DRIVING WAS AT FAULT. ON 8/20, THE VW DEALER CALLED AND SAID THAT THEY HAD SPOKEN TO A VW FACTORY REP AND THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY TEMPERATURE CONTROL PROBLEM. ON TUESDAY, 8/25, THE VW DEALER CALLED AND TOLD US THE CAR WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP. I PICKED THE CAR UP THAT EVENING (8/25) AND THE REPAIR NOTICE STATED THAT THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. WHEN DRIVING TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY, 8/26, I EXPERIENCED LURCHING, SEIZING AND NON-ACCELERATION OF THE TRANSMISSION APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES. VW OF AMERICA HAS BEEN INCLUDED "IN THE LOOP" FROM THE BEGINNING (CASE # 90204213). ON THURSDAY, 8/27, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DIFFERENT VW DEALER, HOWEVER, WITH THE SAME BUSINESS NAME (DAVID MAUS). THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WITHIN A SPACE OF 3 WEEKS THAT THE CAR HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES (E.G., TRANSMISSION FAILURE). I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE LURCHING, NON-ACCELERATION AND SEIZING OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE VW DEALER BECAUSE OF THE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED. *TR

Mileage: 3,017

2009 VW JETTA TDI WAGON WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. HARSH / JERKY SHIFTING DURING LOW SPEED STOPS OR ACCELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 1,250

I JUST READ THAT SOME VW'S ARE BEING RECALLED FOR A DSG TRANSMISSION DEFECT; I HAVE A 2009 JETTA SPORTSWAGEN THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE DSG AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCED HESITATION AND A PERCEPTION OF STALLING WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. USUALLY WHEN I AM TAKING OFF FROM A QUICK STOP, THE CAR WILL HESITATE ALMOST AS IF IT WERE STALLING; USUALLY I LIFT UP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND WHEN I REAPPLY IT, THEN THE CAR WILL MOVE. I HAD THE VW DEALER LOOK AT THIS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROLS OF THE TRANSMISSION GEARING AND THAT SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T "KNOW" WHAT GEAR TO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD; THEY RESET THE TRANSMISSION MODULE SO THAT IT WOULD "RELEARN" MY DRIVING STYLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM IN THAT IF YOU'RE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, AND THE CAR HESITATES OR "STALLS" THIS CAN BE HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC. THEREFORE, I ASK THAT YOU LOOK INTO A SIMILAR TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH THE NON DSG AUTO TRANSMISSIONS ON THE JETTA. BY THE WAY, THE DEALER SAID THAT I WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO COMPLAIN OF THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO TEST DROVE A TIGUAN RECENTLY WHICH I WAS CONSIDERING BUYING AND ON THE WAY OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP, THE CAR LITERALLY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN JUST AS IF IT WERE STALLING - SO THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T SEEM TO BE RESTRICTED JUST TO MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

OUR 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT IN AN INTERSECTION THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND WHEN THE CAR STOPPED. ALL OF THE GEARS WERE LIGHTING UP. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE INPUT SPEED SENSOR AND THE FLUID TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND WE FORTUNATELY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SINCE THAT TIME. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

MAKE: VOLKSWAGEN MODEL: JETTA SPORTWAGEN YEAR: 2009 DRIVETRAIN: TDI TRANSMISSION: DSG ISSUE: WHILE DECELERATING, AND UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE DSG TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. DETAIL: THE P-R-N-D-S LETTERS ON THE MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY BEGIN TO FLASH. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT RE-ENGAGE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP, SHUT OFF, AND THEN RESTARTED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DOWNSHIFTING FROM 6TH TO 5TH AND WHILE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

Mileage: 7,000

TRANSMISSION SPONTANEOUSLY DISENGAGES WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING. PROBLEM SOMETIMES FIXES ITSELF IMMEDIATELY, SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE CLEARED. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IS UNWILLING TO FIX IT SITTING THAT THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP WILL ONLY EXAMINE THE PROBLEM 24 HOURS BEFORE I INCUR CHARGES FOR THE LOANER VEHICLE. SO FAR NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE BEYOND ATTEMPTS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED A NEAR ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN IT OCCURRED WHILE THE ENGINE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. AFTER DISENGAGING POWER, THE ENGINE REVVED TO RED LINE, THE TRANSMISSION THEN RE-ENGAGED. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS FREQUENTLY, UP TO 3 TIMES PER WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 200

JETTA VEHICLE GOES INTO NEUTRAL ON IT'S OWN (WHILE STILL IN DRIVE POSITION) AND THEN MAY GO BACK INTO DRIVE. MANY OCCASION THE VEHICLE HAS GONE IN TO NEUTRAL AND BACK. ON ONE OCCASION AT AN INTERSECTION IT WOULD NOT RETURN AFTER SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH. I HAD TO TURN OF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE. THE DEALER FOUND THE MECHATRONICS UNIT FAILED AND SPENT 3+ WEEKS TO REPAIR. THE SAME DAY I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE MY WIFE AND I EXPERIENCED SIMILAR FAILURES TWICE. BOTH THESE INCIDENTS WERE COMING DOWN HILL TO STOP. APPROACHING THE STOP THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL, REVVED UP THE ENGINE, AND THEN WENT BACK TO NORMAL. ALL IN A 3-4 SECOND TIME FRAME. INCIDENTS LIKE THIS HAVE A CONCERN FOR ME ON THESE CARS. FOR ONE, WHEN STOPPING THESE CARS DOWNSHIFT TO AID IN THE BRAKING. A SPORADIC SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL COULD SCARE/ALARM THE DRIVER AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THESE VEHICLES THAT REQUIRES INTERVENTION.*TR

Mileage: 3,700

THERE IS A FALSE NEUTRAL ON THE VEHICLE. THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE AS FAR AS POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE RESPONDS BY INCREASING RPMS, BUT THE POWER IS NOT TRANSFERRED TO THE WHEELS. THIS IS UNSAFE AND UNSETTLING AS YOU ARE PLACED IN THE POSITION OF NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WILL OCCUR AND WHETHER ONE MIGHT BE TRYING TO MERGE OR MAKE A LEFT TURN AND SUDDENLY BE WITHOUT POWER AND SUBJECT TO BEING HIT. *TR

Mileage: 1,777

COMMUTING FROM WORK, ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, I MOMENTARILY RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL ON MY 2009 VW JETTA TDI AUTOMATIC (DSG). WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS ONCE AGAIN TO MAINTAIN SPEED, THERE IS NO POWER. ENGINE BEHAVES AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL, WITH RPMS GOING UP WITH NO ACCELERATION. PRNDS INDICATOR LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD BLINK. IT TAKES A COUPLE OF TRIES OF RELEASING THEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN FOR THE GEAR TO TAKE. IN THE MEANTIME, CAR HAS SLOWED DOWN QUITE A BIT IN A BUSY HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR MAKING FOR A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 7-8 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR (1 MONTH, 2200 MILES). *TR

Mileage: 1,500

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE APPEARED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL WITH NO TRANSFER OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE TO THE DRIVETRAIN. THE PRNDS INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING THOUGH STILL INDICATING IT WAS IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO A STOP AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF BRIEFLY AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF THEN ON AGAIN, BUT HAPPENED AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER RESUMING DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATES IT IS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR AND IS AWAITING A BACKORDERED PART TO REPAIR IT. *TR

Mileage: 9,400

THIS IS FOR A 2009 VW JETTA TDI WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS A TREMENDOUS LAG WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP, IT ALSO HAS A LOUD CLUNK AND A HARD JERK WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO SEEMED TO BE IN NEUTRAL ONCE AND WAS STILL IN DRIVE, IT WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED TO MOVE AGAIN. I HAVE MADE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT MY LOCAL VW DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 10,100

NEW 2009 JETTA TDI SEDAN WITH DSG ENGINE. TWO INCIDENTS...ONE ON THE 3RD AND SECOND ON THE 4TH OF AUGUST. ON THE 3RD WAS DROPPING OFF A GRANDSON AT HIS MOTHERS OFFICE. CAR WAS IN PARK, ENGINE IDLING, CHILD EXITED CAR, I PUT FOOD ON BRAKE, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, WHEREUPON THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL MODE, AND THE LIT GEARS INDICATOR LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, WHILE THE GREEN DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE RACED AND SUDDENLY RE-ENGAGED REVERSE, LURCHED BACKWARD ALMOST STRIKING PASSING CAR. ON THE 4TH WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON A SMOOTH HIGHWAY, BETWEEN 50-55 MPH, WHEN SUDDENLY CAR SLIPPED INTO A NEUTRAL MODE WHILE REMAINING IN DRIVE ON THE GEAR SELECTOR. AS THIS HAPPENED THE ENTIRE GEARS INDICATOR LIGHT STARTED BLINKING RAPIDLY AND THE DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE STARTING LIGHT CAME ON TOO. ENGINE RACED TO REDLINE AND CAR SLOWLY COASTED TO A STOP. AS AN OLDER DRIVER, 68 YEARS, THESE TWO INCIDENTS ALARMED ME. I LOVE THE CAR AND ITS OVERALL PERFORMANCE, BUT I FEAR LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE CAR. THE VW SERVICE MGR. DAN IS GREAT AND THE DEALERSHIP KEMPTHORN MOYORS IS HIGH QUALITY...I THINK VOLKSWAGEN SHOULD REPLACE MY CAR OR MODIFY THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND DUAL CLUTCH/FLYWHEEL ON THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 720

I BOUGHT A NEW 2009 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGEN WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION AND AT 1000 MILES EXACTLY, THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL, ALL THE LIGHTS BLINKED ON THE MFI, AND THE CAR COASTED TO A STOP. I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WENT ON MY WAY. AT EXACTLY 1724 MILES, THIS HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AT 2361 MILES AND THEY ARE REPORTING THAT THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL WITH NO WARNING. THE TRANSMISSION REMAINS IN NEUTRAL UNTIL YOU LIFT YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. ONLY THEN WILL IT GO BACK INTO GEAR. THE HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES IN THE 2.5 MONTHS I'VE OWN THE CAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL VW DEALER TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS THERE NOW, HOPEFULLY BEING REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 2,700

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2009 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGEN WHICH RECENTLY LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON AUG. 3, 2009 AND THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 4,500 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 65 MPH ON I95 NORTH WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR JUST SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. MY WIFE PUT THE FLASHERS ON AND MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE -- SCARY! SHE THEN PUT THE CAR IN PARK, LIGHTS WERE STILL FLASHING ON THE DASH, SO SHE THEN TURNED IT OFF. SHE RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED FINE. SHE PULLED BACK OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND ABOUT A HALF MILE DOWN THE ROAD IT HAPPENED AGAIN, SHE AGAIN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED VW. THEY CAME AND TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE DEALERSHIP WAITING TO GET FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 4,886

ENTERING TRAFFIC IN 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TDI SPORTWAGON. AS I APPLIED THE THROTTLE, THE CAR WENT INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL, AND LOST POWER. THE ENGINE STILL REVVED, BUT NOTHING GOT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. ALL THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS (P-N-R-D-S) ON THE DASH FLASHED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND RESTARTED IT, (IN THE INTERSECTION) AND IT WORKED FINE. THE HAPPENED THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING FROM SEATTLE TO SAN JOSE ON 29 JULY. *TR

1. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN 6TH GEAR, FLAT ROAD, IN CRUISE CONTROL. NO ERRATIC DRIVING OR FAST ACCELERATION. 2. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILS BY FALSELY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER IS IN DRIVE. THE PRNDS GEAR INDICATOR ON THE DASH BEGAN FLASHING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR ON JULY 15, 2009. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER TO THE FRONT (DRIVE) WHEELS AND HAD TO BE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, THEN RESTARTED FOR THE CAR TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION. 3. THE CAR HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE VW DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED OR REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

WAS DRIVING MY 2009 JETTA TDI WAGON DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 90KM/H. ALL POWER WAS LOST, THE CAR WAS IN "NEUTRAL." RPMS DROPPED TO ABOUT 1000. THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR WAS FLASHING "PRND." I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY, I WAITED 10 MINUTES, RE-STARTED THE CAR AND DROVE IT TO THE CLOSEST VW DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY TEMPERATURE SENSOR, AND THAT NONE WERE AVAILABLE IN NORTH AMERICA. I WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND JUST TO PULL OVER EVERY TIME THE CAR BEHAVED LIKE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 6,300

2009 JETTA TDI SPORTWAGON WITH ONLY 90 TOTAL MILES ON THE ODO, 3 DAYS OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR JUMPED OUR OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOW (DGS TRANSMISSION). CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. WAITING ON PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 90

THE DSG TRANSMISSION JOLTS THE CAR WHEN SHIFTING AT LOWER SPEEDS WHILE THE SHIFT LEVER IS IN S MODE. THE "MECHATRONICS" CONTROL UNIT HAS BEEN CHANGED, BUT THE CAR STILL JOLTS. I'M AFRAID THAT THESE JOLTS PUT EXCESSIVE STRAIN ON THE REST OF THE DRIVETRAIN AND CAN CREATE AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 825

DSG TRANSMISSION AT SLOW SPEEDS WILL SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST CAUSING ABRUPT ENGINE BREAKING IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING (<25MPH). TRYING TO ACCELERATING FROM THE SLOW SPEED OR STOP WILL CAUSING A 1-2 SECOND DELAY/JERK IN TRAFFIC (NARROWLY AVOIDING BEING REAR-ENDED IN STOP-GO-TRAFFIC). *TR

Mileage: 3,281

DSG TRANSMISSION AT SLOW SPEEDS WILL SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST CAUSING ABRUPT ENGINE BREAKING IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING (<25MPH). TRYING TO ACCELERATING FROM THE SLOW SPEED OR STOP WILL CAUSING A 1-2 SECOND DELAY/JERK IN TRAFFIC (NARROWLY AVOIDING BEING REAR-ENDED IN STOP-GO-TRAFFIC). *TR

Mileage: 3,281

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2009 VW JETTA 2.0TSI WITH A DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX (DSG) TRANSMISSION. THIS TRANSMISSION IS JUST LIKE A STANDARD CLUTCH TYPE STICK SHIFT BUT WITHOUT A CLUTCH PEDAL. ON BOARD COMPUTERS DEPRESS THE CLUTCH FOR THE DRIVER INSTEAD. THE DRIVER HAS A CHOICE OF SELECTING THE GEARS THEMSELVES (TIP MODE) OR CHOOSING A 'D' FULLY AUTOMATIC MODE. WE PREFER FULL AUTO MODE. WE LOVED THE WAY OUR CAR DROVE UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE FELT THE CAR SURGE, PAUSE, AND THEN SURGE AGAIN AS WE ACCELERATED FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE TACHOMETER INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING ERRATICALLY WITHOUT ANY RHYME OR REASON, AS IF IT HADN'T EVER LEARNED HOW TO SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. BUT THE ERRATIC ACCELERATION DIDN'T REPEAT ITSELF AT THE NEXT LIGHT OR THE NEXT ONE EITHER. WE DISMISSED IT AS A FLUKE. BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THIS CONDITION REPEATED ITSELF UNTIL IT GOT SO BAD IT WOULD TAKE A LONG PAUSE BETWEEN GEARS THEN SURGE AHEAD WITHOUT CONTROL! WE FEARED DRIVING IT SO MUCH THAT WE STOPPED AND CONTACTED OUR DEALER THAT MONDAY. WE ALSO GOOGLED 'DSG PROBLEMS' AND WERE ASTONISHED AT WHAT WE SAW, AND READ! WE WEREN'T ALONE. SOME HAVE HAD NEAR COLLISIONS WHILE OTHERS WERE LEFT STRANDED. IT APPEARS THE 'BRAINS' OF THE DSG IS AT FAULT. IT'S CALLED THE MECHATRONICS UNIT MODULE AND IS ON BACK ORDER FOR UP TO 2 OR MORE MONTHS. WE'VE READ THAT MANY WHO HAVE HAD THEIR MECH.U. RECENTLY REPLACED ARE EXPERIENCING REPEATED MELTDOWNS. OUR CAR HAD ONLY AROUND 570 MILES ON IT WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE'RE CONTEMPLATING FILING A LEMON LAW CLAIM WITH VW. WE DON'T TRUST THIS CAR' WE FEAR IT! PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

Mileage: 570

TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED APPROX 2 GEARS AND WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR OR TO THE AUTOMATIC MODE. THE PRNDS LIGHTS ON THE CENTRAL DASH STARTED FLASHING. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DESTINATION STUCK IN 2ND GEAR, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A DEFAULT LIMP HOME MODE. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

DSG TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL SPORADICALLY AT SPEED, AND LOSS OF WHEEL POWER OCCURS FOR 5-10 SECONDS, THEN TRANSMISSION REENGAGES. PRNDS GEAR INDICATOR ON DASH FLASHES DURING THE EPISODE. HAPPENS REPEATEDLY BUT NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT TRIGGERED, AND DEALERS CANNOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM BECAUSE NO FAULT CODES ARE GENERATED. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT REENGAGE AND HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE ENGINE HAD TO BE POWERED OFF ON AND BACK ON TO CLEAR PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

I HAVE THE WOLFSBURG EDITION 2.0T AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE CAR IS ACCELERATING AND SHIFTING GEARS THERE IS A LOUD RATTLING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT AND THEY CLAIMED THAT'S A NORMAL SOUND. I HAD A PASSAT WITH THE 2.0T PRIOR TO THE WOLFSBURG AND IT NEVER MADE THIS SOUND. WE TOOK ANOTHER JETTA WOLFSBURG EDITION FOR A DRIVE THAT WAS ON THE SALES LOT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT MADE THE SAME SOUND. IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW CAR. IT RATTLES EVERY TIME THE CAR ACCELERATES AND IS SWITCHING GEARS. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE IN THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 100

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 VW JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION 65 MPH ON FREEWAY, CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 1175 MILES ON IT, SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL THOUGH WAS STILL IN DRIVE. THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS FLASHED AND NO ACCELERATION RESPONSE WHEN ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED. GEAR RE-ENGAGED APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS LATER AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN SPEED WITH NO INCIDENT. TOOK INTO VW DEALER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE, BUT CALLED VW TECH AND WERE TOLD TO REPLACE THE INPUT TEMPERATURE SENSOR ON THE TRANSMISSION. SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND I GOT THE VEHICLE BACK 5 DAYS LATER. APPEARS TO BE RUNNING FINE, NO REPEAT OF "FALSE NEUTRAL" IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY, BUT SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC COULD VERY EASILY LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 1,170

I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND BLINKING PRND WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, AND SCARED ME. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I THOUGH I HIT THE SHIFTER WITH MY KNEE; SECOND TIME GOT ME CONCERNED; THIRD TIME I SAID I'M GOING TO THE DEALER; 4TH AND 5TH TIMES IT HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER! WHILE IN THE SHOP FOR 2 DAYS, I SENT A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT I EXPERIENCED TO THE HEAD MECHANIC, KNOWING HE WOULD NOT LIKELY BE ABLE TO RECREATE WHAT I EXPERIENCED ON HIS OWN. HE NEVER GOT A FAULT CODE FOR THIS. AFTER CALLING VW, HE CHECKED AND FOUND A FAULTY TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE SENSOR, WHICH SHOWED FAILURE 54 TIMES! APPARENTLY, THE TRANNY GOES INTO PROTECTION MODE (DEATH MODE ON THE HIGHWAY IF YOU ASK ME) WITH THIS FAULT CONDITION. WAITING NOW FOR A TRANNY TEMP SENSOR FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW. *TR

Mileage: 4,800

I OWN A 2009 VOKSWAGON TDI WAGON. LAST WEEK WHILE ON VACATION WITH MY FAMILY I EXPERIENCED SEVERAL "FALSE NEUTRALS". THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WOULD SHIFT INTO A NEUTRAL GEAR AND THE RPM WOULD REV TO 3000+ RPNDS LIGHTS ON THE MFD WOULD FLASH AND ACCELERATION WOULD CEASE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS IN THE CITY... IT ALSO HAPPENED ONCE WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 1,900

THIS IS A JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI WITH DSG AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITH DSG TRANSMISSION IN 'D" MODE, COASTING AT MODERATE SPEED IN TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR INTO FALSE NEUTRAL, TRANSMISSION DISPLAY FLASHING "PRNDS". STEPPING ON ACCELERATOR CAUSED ENGINE TO REV TO REDLINE, CAR DID NOT SPEED UP. THIS HAPPENED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, EACH TIME I TRIED REPEATEDLY PLACING TRANSMISSION INTO "TIPTRONIC" MODE AND BACK INTO "D", PROBLEM RESOLVED WITHIN 30 SECONDS AND TRANSMISSION THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. CEL DID NOT ILLUMINATE. AS THIS HAPPENED IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, THE FAILURE ONLY DELAYED VEHICLES BEHIND ME TEMPORARILY. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO VW DEALER YET AS THEY HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM. TDI CLUB FORUM POSTS SUGGEST PROBLEM IS FAULTY TRANSMISSION TEMP SENSOR, MAY BE MORE COMMON IN VEHICLES SOLD IN SPRING 2009. *TR

Mileage: 1,500

THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 VOLKSWGEN JETTA TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. THE AUTO SO EQUIPPED CANNOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY AS THE CAR HAS SERIOUS ACCELERATION LAGS BEFORE POPPING INTO GEAR AND SEVERE DOWNSHIFTS. THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT WHEN THE NEXT INCIDENT WILL HAPPEN ONLY THAT THE ACCELERATION LAG HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES AT INTERSECTIONS. TO DATE ONLY A SCRAPED WHEEL WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A BANK DRIVE THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 8,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON I-95, CAR DISENGAGED FROM TRANSMISSION. ENGINE REVVED, BUT SLOWED DOWN. AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGED. AT SAME TIME, CENTER DISPLAY FLICKERED AND BEGAN INDICATING ALL DRIVE MODES. ON JULY 10, 2009, WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT TRANSMISSION DIDN'T ENGAGE, AND WOULDN'T ENGAGE, UNTIL I RESTARTED THE CAR. AS THE INTERSECTION WAS ON A SLIGHT DOWNGRADE, THIS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 3,050

I JUST GOT MY BRAND NEW 09 VW TDI SPORTWAGON WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION AND IT ONLY HAD 298 MILES ON IT, I WAS ON THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE WITH MY 20 MONTH OLD TWIN GIRLS, SOPHIA AND JESSICA AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THEN NO POWER AT ALL . I WAS STUCK ON THAT BRIDGE FOR OVER 3 HOURS WITH MY TWIN GIRLS ! THE TOW TRUCK FINALLY CAME AND TOWED THE CAR TO BAYSIDE VW. *TR

Mileage: 298

2009 VW JETTA TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL UNDER HIGHWAY CONDITIONS RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER/ACCELERATION. REQUIRES SHIFTING TRANSMISSION TO ANOTHER MODE, SOMETIMES PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE. OCCURS TYPICALLY ONCE A DAY UNDER PROLONGED DRIVING CONDITIONS, BUT CAN BE COMPLETELY RANDOM. EFFECT OF SUDDEN STOP OR DECELERATION IN TRAFFIC, VERY UNSAFE. PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED, DEALER UNABLE TO REPRODUCE OR FIND FAULT. OTHERS WITH ISSUE HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION TEMP/SPEED SENSORS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 1,450

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, IN TRAFFIC AND NOT IN TRAFFIC, I HAVE HAD MY TRANSMISSION GO INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL THAT WOULD NOT RECOVER UNTIL I RE-STARTED THE CAR. TRAVELING ALONG AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY APPROACHES REDLINE, WITH NO WARNING. THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR, P R N D S STARTS TO FLASH, INDICATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEUTRAL. TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER IS A WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE. I AM REPORTING THIS HERE NOW, AS I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SITE. *TR

Mileage: 3,067

2009 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGEN: LOSS OF DRIVE AT SPEED, ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR'S DASH BOARD FLASHES THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR ITS AUTOMATIC DRIVE MODE 'PRNDS' AND PRODUCES NO POWER TO THE WHEELS, DESPITE THE SHIFTER REMAINING IN 'D' FOR DRIVE. VEHICLE POWER WAS RESTORED ONLY AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP, SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT. THIS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE, FOR US. VW CHECKED THE VEHICLE, FOUND NO COMPUTER GENERATED "CODES" AND RETURNED IT TO US WITH NO CHANGE MADE. WE BELIEVE IT WAS UNSAFE TO BE WITHOUT POWER ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, WITH NO SHOULDER AND HOPE VW WILL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

DSG TRANSMISSION MECHATRONIC UNIT FAILURE (INTEGRATED CPU UNIT) RESULTING IN SEVERE TO ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR. CARS WOULD SUDDENLY STALL... BUCK OR LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING ON THE SHIFT MODE. MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ON THE VWVORTEX WEBSITE ABOUT THIS MOST RECENT AND SEVERE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. VW IS TAKING UP TO SEVERAL MONTHS TO REPAIR CARS. IT APPEARS TO BE VW-AUDI CARS '08 THROUGH PRESENT THAT ARE SEVERELY AFFECTED. *TR

Mileage: 480

WHILE DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL FAILING TO DELIVER ANY POWER TO THE WHEELS. I STRUGGLED TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS NEARLY IN TWO ACCIDENTS AND I THINK I SCRUBBED ONE OF MY RIMS ON THE CURB, BUT DIDN'T NOTICE AT THE TIME SINCE I WAS FREAKED OUT. I THEN HAD TO STOP AND RESTART THE CAR TO GET IT TO DRIVE AGAIN. THIS WAS THE SIXTH TIME IN ABOUT A WEEK THAT WE HAD THE CAR ACT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING ALONG. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT POWER WAS NOT REGAINED SHORTLY AFTER LOSING POWER. THE FRUSTRATING THING IS THAT I HAD BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER EARLIER IN THE WEEK COMPLAINING THAT A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS WEEK WHERE I HAD LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS BUT THAT I HAD REGAINED IT AFTER 5-10 SECONDS. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM WHEN THEY TEST DROVE THE CAR AND THAT NO "ERRORS" SHOWED UP IN THE COMPUTER HISTORY FOR THE VEHICLE. THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT SINCE THERE WERE NO BULLETINS PUT OUT BY VW THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE ERROR OCCURRED AGAIN. THANKFULLY I WAS CARRYING MY VIDEO CAMERA IN THE CAR AND MY GIRLFRIEND RECORDED MUCH OF THE INCIDENT. I AM EMAILING THE DEALER TODAY AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY NOW. *TR

Mileage: 4,638

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. HE STATES THAT DSG DUEL CLUTH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT THE TEMP SENSOR GOES BAD IT SENDS FALSE READING=S TO THE ELCTRONIC MODULE AND CAUSES THE TRANMISSION TO LOCK UP. GOING AT 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO NEUTREL. THE VEHICLE STAYED IN NEUTRL UNTIL IT HIT 45 MPH WHEN GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND AT A STOP SIGN ON A OFF RAMP AND TRYING TO PASS THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO LOCK UP AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TURNED OFF AND THEN TOWED TO AN DEALER AND THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. ALSO VOLKSWAGEN DIDNT TAKE THIS SITUATION SERIOULSY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 868.

Mileage: 868

DSG TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING DOWN BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPRESSWAY TRAVELING 50MPH, HAD TO COAST CAR FROM LEFT LANE TO RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER. INCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 3-4 TIMES WHEN CARE HAD LESS THAN 700 MILES FROM NEW PURCHASE. *TR

Mileage: 703

09 VW TDI SPORTSWAGEN DSG WILL RANDOMLY SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS TIMES VARYING FROM BEING STOPPED TO CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. DURING THE FIRST VISIT, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME, WE TOOK A VIDEO OF THE EVENT AND SHOWED IT TO THE LEAD MECHANIC. THE SHOP HAS DETERMINED A TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING AND CAUSING THE CAR TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL. THE PART IS REPORTEDLY ON BACK ORDER AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN THE REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED. *TR

Mileage: 2,300

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN CAR, THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING AND THE TRANSMISSION GEAR RANGE DISPLAY FLASHES. THE CARE MUST BE STOPPED AND RESTARTED TO ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO REENGAGE. DIAGNOSED AS A DSG TRANSMISSION PROBLEM CAUSING IT TO GO INTO "SAFETY MODE" IN RESPONSE TO A MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION FLUID TEMPERATURE SENSOR. DEALER WORKING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN INFREQUENTLY AND VERY UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

DSG TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL SPORADICALLY AT SPEED, AND LOSS OF WHEEL POWER OCCURS FOR 5-10 SECONDS, THEN TRANSMISSION REENGAGES. PRNDS GEAR INDICATOR ON DASH FLASHES DURING THE EPISODE. HAPPENS REPEATEDLY BUT NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT TRIGGERED, AND DEALERS CANNOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM BECAUSE NO FAULT CODES ARE GENERATED. *TR

Mileage: 1,300

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED RESULTING IN NO POWER TO MAINTAIN SPEED. THIS OCCURRED TWICE, ONCE ON A RURAL HIGHWAY TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. WITH THE FIRST OCCURRENCE THE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGED AFTER A FEW SECONDS. WITH THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, THE "PRNDS" SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND I HAD TO MERGE OVER THROUGH TRAFFIC INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO AVOID HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, ALL THE WHILE HAVING NO POWER. I THEN HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT TO CLEAR THE MALFUNCTION. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND A SENSOR(S) WERE REPLACED ON THE TRANSMISSION'S COMPUTER. SINCE THE REPAIR I'VE NOT HAD ANOTHER MALFUNCTION. THIS MALFUNCTION POSES A SERIOUS HAZARD AS ONE LOSES THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED IN TRAFFIC, RESULTING IN A STALLED VEHICLE SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 3,945

2009 JETTA SPORTWAGEN WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. CAR WAS BRAND NEW WITH 487 MILES. THE CAR COMPLETELY AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN TRAFFIC ALTHOUGH ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND IN DRIVE. FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. PNDRS LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD BEGAN BLINKING. PROBLEM RESOLVED SPONTANEOUSLY ONLY TO RECUR MOMENTS LATER. WAS TOLD BY VW TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALER. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION IF IT OCCURS IN TRAFFIC OR DURING A LEFT HAND TURN. *TR

Mileage: 487

WE WERE HEADING UP HILL WHEN SUDDENLY TRAFFIC CAME TO A CRAWL AFTER A FEW MINUTES WE STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING LIKE BURNT BRAKE PADS, WE FIGURED IT WAS COMING FROM THE VEHICLES HEADING DOWN HILL BRAKING FRICTION, WE DID NOTHING OF IT UNTIL WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LIFT OPEN THE HOOD THEN NOTICED THAT THE SMELL WAS ACTUALLY COMING FROM OUR CAR ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON A SATURDAY, ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I CALLED VW CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST VW DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED, THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE THE CLUTCH REPLACED, VW AGREED TO HAVE IT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER THE NEW CLUTCH IS BEGINNING TO SHOW THE SAME SIGN OF FAILURE THE CAR HAS ONLY 6500 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HEARD FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES THAT MAIN CAUSE COULD BE THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 3,900