2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32

My vehicle started to develop a crank no start and intermittent stumble when idling at a light shortly after starting. I chalked it up to a possible fueling issue since I had lean codes. I replaced the fuel pump and filter with OE supplier parts. Within two months the crank no start situation return...

My vehicle started to develop a crank no start and intermittent stumble when idling at a light shortly after starting. I chalked it up to a possible fueling issue since I had lean codes. I replaced the fuel pump and filter with OE supplier parts. Within two months the crank no start situation return...

My vehicle started to develop a crank no start and intermittent stumble when idling at a light shortly after starting. I chalked it up to a possible fueling issue since I had lean codes. I replaced the fuel pump and filter with OE supplier parts. Within two months the crank no start situation return...

My vehicle started to develop a crank no start and intermittent stumble when idling at a light shortly after starting. I chalked it up to a possible fueling issue since I had lean codes. I replaced the fuel pump and filter with OE supplier parts. Within two months the crank no start situation return...

I EXITED FROM A DRIVEWAY AT A RITEAID TO GET TO THE LIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, I HAVE ABOUT 3/4 TANK OF GAS AND THE ODOMETER READS 175 MILES, WHEN I GET TO THE MY NEXT DESTINATION, A DRIVE THRU, THE FUEL MARKER STARTS DROPPING FAST AND SO DOES MY ODOMETER, IT GOES DOWN TO ABOVE 1/4 OF A TANK AND MY MI...

I EXITED FROM A DRIVEWAY AT A RITEAID TO GET TO THE LIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, I HAVE ABOUT 3/4 TANK OF GAS AND THE ODOMETER READS 175 MILES, WHEN I GET TO THE MY NEXT DESTINATION, A DRIVE THRU, THE FUEL MARKER STARTS DROPPING FAST AND SO DOES MY ODOMETER, IT GOES DOWN TO ABOVE 1/4 OF A TANK AND MY MI...

WHEN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE FUEL TANK VENTILATION VALVE MAY NOT REMAIN FULLY CLOSED. IF THIS HAPPENS, LIQUID FUEL MAY ENTER THE FUEL TANK VENTING SYSTEM AND MIGRATE INTO THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM, SATURATING THE CARBON CANISTER. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WH...

WHEN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE FUEL TANK VENTILATION VALVE MAY NOT REMAIN FULLY CLOSED. IF THIS HAPPENS, LIQUID FUEL MAY ENTER THE FUEL TANK VENTING SYSTEM AND MIGRATE INTO THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM, SATURATING THE CARBON CANISTER. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WH...

WHEN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE FUEL TANK VENTILATION VALVE MAY NOT REMAIN FULLY CLOSED. IF THIS HAPPENS, LIQUID FUEL MAY ENTER THE FUEL TANK VENTING SYSTEM AND MIGRATE INTO THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM, SATURATING THE CARBON CANISTER. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WH...

WHEN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE FUEL TANK VENTILATION VALVE MAY NOT REMAIN FULLY CLOSED. IF THIS HAPPENS, LIQUID FUEL MAY ENTER THE FUEL TANK VENTING SYSTEM AND MIGRATE INTO THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM, SATURATING THE CARBON CANISTER. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WH...

RAW FUEL SPEWING FROM LEAK DETECTION PUMP (LDP) FILTER LOCATED UNDER PASSENGER SIDE FENDER WELL. CHARCOAL CANISTER, LDP, EVAP LINES, & N80 VALVE ALL CONTAMINATED BY RAW FUEL. FUEL ENTERING EVAP SYSTEM WHEN HIGH AMBIENT TEMPS ARE PRESENT. P026 RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED (IN 2012) BUT ISSUE HAS COME...

RAW FUEL SPEWING FROM LEAK DETECTION PUMP (LDP) FILTER LOCATED UNDER PASSENGER SIDE FENDER WELL. CHARCOAL CANISTER, LDP, EVAP LINES, & N80 VALVE ALL CONTAMINATED BY RAW FUEL. FUEL ENTERING EVAP SYSTEM WHEN HIGH AMBIENT TEMPS ARE PRESENT. P026 RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED (IN 2012) BUT ISSUE HAS COME...

SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONTROLS. VW WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONTROLS. VW WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONTROLS. VW WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONTROLS. VW WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONTROLS. VW WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONTROLS. VW WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THIS OCCURRED ON BOTH HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS, BOTH WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE BRAKING (DOWNSHIFTING). THE LEVER SELECTOR POSITION FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE "DEPRESS BRAKE" INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE REQUIRED SHIFTI...

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THIS OCCURRED ON BOTH HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS, BOTH WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE BRAKING (DOWNSHIFTING). THE LEVER SELECTOR POSITION FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE "DEPRESS BRAKE" INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE REQUIRED SHIFTI...

VEHICLE FALSE NUETRALED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A 18-WHEELER SOLENOID FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION. NO POWER ON VEHICLE UNTIL FIX. THIS COULD CAUSE AND PROBABLY HAS CAUSED DEATH OR INJURY

VEHICLE FALSE NUETRALED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A 18-WHEELER SOLENOID FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION. NO POWER ON VEHICLE UNTIL FIX. THIS COULD CAUSE AND PROBABLY HAS CAUSED DEATH OR INJURY

I AM EXPERIENCING THE WELL KNOWN SYMPTOMS OF A FAILING MECHATRONIC UNIT IN THE VOLKSWAGEN DSG GEARBOX. THERE WAS A RECALL FROM PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. SYMPTOMS ARE LURCHING/HARSH ENGAGEMENT WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. JERKY/ ALMOST BOUNCY REVERSING. HARSH/CLUNKY SHIFTS BETWEEN G...

I AM EXPERIENCING THE WELL KNOWN SYMPTOMS OF A FAILING MECHATRONIC UNIT IN THE VOLKSWAGEN DSG GEARBOX. THERE WAS A RECALL FROM PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. SYMPTOMS ARE LURCHING/HARSH ENGAGEMENT WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. JERKY/ ALMOST BOUNCY REVERSING. HARSH/CLUNKY SHIFTS BETWEEN G...

DSG TRANSMISSION FAILED @ 57,000 MILES

DSG TRANSMISSION FAILED @ 57,000 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MECHATRONIC UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MECHATRONIC UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT...

VW R32 HID HEADLIGHT SYSTEM BURNS OUT BULBS AND SMELLS LIKE BURNT WIRES. THE BULB IGNITER WIRES INSIDE THE LIGHT HOUSING HAVE THE INSULATION FALLING OFF LEAVING THE WIRES EXPOSED AND TOUCHING EACH OTHER. I ATTEMPTED TO INSULATE BARE WIRES, BUT THEY STILL KEEP DETERIORATING FARTHER DOWN THE WIRE. ...

VW R32 HID HEADLIGHT SYSTEM BURNS OUT BULBS AND SMELLS LIKE BURNT WIRES. THE BULB IGNITER WIRES INSIDE THE LIGHT HOUSING HAVE THE INSULATION FALLING OFF LEAVING THE WIRES EXPOSED AND TOUCHING EACH OTHER. I ATTEMPTED TO INSULATE BARE WIRES, BUT THEY STILL KEEP DETERIORATING FARTHER DOWN THE WIRE. ...

BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. HEADLIGHT WIRING IS DETERIORATED. WIRE INSULATION IS BRITTLE, CRACKED AND SEPARATED, LEAVING THE WIRING EXPOSED CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES, BULB AND BALLAST FAILURE. LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSES DURING THE 60000 MILE MAINTENANCE UPON MY REQUEST. "FOUND ...

BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. HEADLIGHT WIRING IS DETERIORATED. WIRE INSULATION IS BRITTLE, CRACKED AND SEPARATED, LEAVING THE WIRING EXPOSED CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES, BULB AND BALLAST FAILURE. LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSES DURING THE 60000 MILE MAINTENANCE UPON MY REQUEST. "FOUND ...

BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. HEADLIGHT WIRING IS DETERIORATED. WIRE INSULATION IS BRITTLE, CRACKED AND SEPARATED, LEAVING THE WIRING EXPOSED CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES, BULB AND BALLAST FAILURE. LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSES DURING THE 60000 MILE MAINTENANCE UPON MY REQUEST. "FOUND ...

BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. HEADLIGHT WIRING IS DETERIORATED. WIRE INSULATION IS BRITTLE, CRACKED AND SEPARATED, LEAVING THE WIRING EXPOSED CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES, BULB AND BALLAST FAILURE. LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSES DURING THE 60000 MILE MAINTENANCE UPON MY REQUEST. "FOUND ...

DSG TRANSMISSION LAGS IN APPLYING THE CLUTCH AND WILL SOMETIMES APPLY THE CLUTCH EXTREMELY HARSH AFTER A SECOND OF LAGGING. IF THE CAR IS ON A HILL IT WILL FALL BACK A FEW FEET BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES IN AN EXTREMELY HARSH MANNER. IF I'M AT A STOP AND ACCELERATE IS WILL NOT DO SO FOR APPROXI...

DSG TRANSMISSION LAGS IN APPLYING THE CLUTCH AND WILL SOMETIMES APPLY THE CLUTCH EXTREMELY HARSH AFTER A SECOND OF LAGGING. IF THE CAR IS ON A HILL IT WILL FALL BACK A FEW FEET BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES IN AN EXTREMELY HARSH MANNER. IF I'M AT A STOP AND ACCELERATE IS WILL NOT DO SO FOR APPROXI...

SHIFTS VERY HARD AT SLOW SPEEDS. GOING INTO REVERSE SOMETIMES HESTATES FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. SARTING FROM A STOP WILL NOT GO FOR A SECOND OR 2. *TR

SHIFTS VERY HARD AT SLOW SPEEDS. GOING INTO REVERSE SOMETIMES HESTATES FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. SARTING FROM A STOP WILL NOT GO FOR A SECOND OR 2. *TR

EXTREME HARSH SHIFTING UP FROM FIRST TO SECOND DURING ACCELERATION. ALSO EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST AND THEN INTO REVERSE. MOST COMMON OCCURRENCE IS DURING SLOW SPEEDS IN PARKING LOTS AND COMING TO AND FROM COMPLETE STOPS. THE ISSUES FEELS TO BE COMING DIRECTLY FROM SHIFTING AND ...

EXTREME HARSH SHIFTING UP FROM FIRST TO SECOND DURING ACCELERATION. ALSO EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST AND THEN INTO REVERSE. MOST COMMON OCCURRENCE IS DURING SLOW SPEEDS IN PARKING LOTS AND COMING TO AND FROM COMPLETE STOPS. THE ISSUES FEELS TO BE COMING DIRECTLY FROM SHIFTING AND ...

SUDDENLY STARTED HEARING LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE THEN IT STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD SHATTERED. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THE TENSIONER BEARING FAILED AND THAT CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO FAIL. THEY ARE QUO...

SUDDENLY STARTED HEARING LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE THEN IT STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD SHATTERED. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THE TENSIONER BEARING FAILED AND THAT CAUSED THE SERPENTINE BELT TO FAIL. THEY ARE QUO...

2008 VOLKSWAGEN R 32 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OPERATION VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING INTO FIRST FROM NEUTRAL AND ENGAGING INTO REVERSE FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ALSO SHIFT EXTREMELY ROUGH IN SPORT MODE. THE CAR JERKS INTO AND OUT OF EACH GEAR AT ANY SPEED. BEEN TO VW 3 TIMES AND COMP...

2008 VOLKSWAGEN R 32 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OPERATION VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING INTO FIRST FROM NEUTRAL AND ENGAGING INTO REVERSE FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ALSO SHIFT EXTREMELY ROUGH IN SPORT MODE. THE CAR JERKS INTO AND OUT OF EACH GEAR AT ANY SPEED. BEEN TO VW 3 TIMES AND COMP...

THE CAR HAS VERY ROUGH SLOW SPEED LURCHING AND JERKING WHEN MOVING IN REVERSE AND ALSO IN SLOW FORWARD. ITS WORSE ON COLD START MOVING. *TR

THE CAR HAS VERY ROUGH SLOW SPEED LURCHING AND JERKING WHEN MOVING IN REVERSE AND ALSO IN SLOW FORWARD. ITS WORSE ON COLD START MOVING. *TR

HESITATING AND JERKING FROM TRANSMISSION WHEN IN REVERSE OR DRIVE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. *LN

HESITATING AND JERKING FROM TRANSMISSION WHEN IN REVERSE OR DRIVE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. *LN

MY CAR BEGIN MAKING A LOW WHISTLE NOISE A WEEK AGO WHENEVER I ACCELERATED FROM STAND STILL AND A WEEK LATER IT BEGIN SKIPPING GEARS AND THEN THE CAR BECAME INOPERABLE. *TR

MY CAR BEGIN MAKING A LOW WHISTLE NOISE A WEEK AGO WHENEVER I ACCELERATED FROM STAND STILL AND A WEEK LATER IT BEGIN SKIPPING GEARS AND THEN THE CAR BECAME INOPERABLE. *TR

FRONT RIGHT LIGHT BULB WENT OUT, WENT TO DEALER, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, REPLACED BULB $256.00. 1 WEEK LATER THE BULB GOES OUT AGAIN AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE CONTROL UNIT AND THAT THE UNIT COSTING $600.00 HAS TO BE REPLACED OTHERWISE THE LIGHT WILL KEEP GOING OUT. THE...

FRONT RIGHT LIGHT BULB WENT OUT, WENT TO DEALER, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, REPLACED BULB $256.00. 1 WEEK LATER THE BULB GOES OUT AGAIN AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE CONTROL UNIT AND THAT THE UNIT COSTING $600.00 HAS TO BE REPLACED OTHERWISE THE LIGHT WILL KEEP GOING OUT. THE...

FRONT RIGHT LIGHT BULB WENT OUT, WENT TO DEALER, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, REPLACED BULB $256.00. 1 WEEK LATER THE BULB GOES OUT AGAIN AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE CONTROL UNIT AND THAT THE UNIT COSTING $600.00 HAS TO BE REPLACED OTHERWISE THE LIGHT WILL KEEP GOING OUT. THE...

FRONT RIGHT LIGHT BULB WENT OUT, WENT TO DEALER, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, REPLACED BULB $256.00. 1 WEEK LATER THE BULB GOES OUT AGAIN AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE CONTROL UNIT AND THAT THE UNIT COSTING $600.00 HAS TO BE REPLACED OTHERWISE THE LIGHT WILL KEEP GOING OUT. THE...

LOSS OF POWER WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. FORTUNATELY, IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN A SITUATION WHERE A CRASH COULD HAVE OCCURRED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. MY VW SERVICE ADVISER TOLD ME A RECALL FOR THE DSG TRANSMISSION IS IMMINENT. THAT WAS IN AUGUST. SO FAR, I'VE HEARD NO...

LOSS OF POWER WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. FORTUNATELY, IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN A SITUATION WHERE A CRASH COULD HAVE OCCURRED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. MY VW SERVICE ADVISER TOLD ME A RECALL FOR THE DSG TRANSMISSION IS IMMINENT. THAT WAS IN AUGUST. SO FAR, I'VE HEARD NO...

WHEN MY VW 2008 R32 IS IN 2ND GEAR IN THE PARKING LOT IT IS NOT SMOOTH. IT JERKS AND LURCHES LIKE I'M PUMPING THE GAS. ALSO DURING VARYING TIMES, MY CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHY. IT LAGS AND FEELS LIKE ITS SLIPPING. *TR

WHEN MY VW 2008 R32 IS IN 2ND GEAR IN THE PARKING LOT IT IS NOT SMOOTH. IT JERKS AND LURCHES LIKE I'M PUMPING THE GAS. ALSO DURING VARYING TIMES, MY CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHY. IT LAGS AND FEELS LIKE ITS SLIPPING. *TR

DSG TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO GEAR VERY HARD. GOING FROM R TO D SEEMS TRANSMISSION SLIPS GOING INTO GEAR. IN DRIVE, ACCELERATION IS DELAYED. WHEN ACCELERATING, CAR JERKS 3 TIMES AND THEN BACK TO NORMAL. THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. *TR

2008 VOLKSWAGEN R 32 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OPERATION VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING INTO FIRST FROM NEUTRAL AND ENGAGING INTO REVERSE FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ALSO SHIFT EXTREMELY ROUGH IN SPORT MODE. THE CAR JERKS INTO AND OUT OF EACH GEAR AT ANY SPEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE METHAPROMIC UNIT WAS REPLACED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE FAILURE CO...

DSG TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO GEAR VERY HARD. GOING FROM R TO D SEEMS TRANSMISSION SLIPS GOING INTO GEAR. IN DRIVE, ACCELERATION IS DELAYED. WHEN ACCELERATING, CAR JERKS 3 TIMES AND THEN BACK TO NORMAL. THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. *TR

2008 VOLKSWAGEN R 32 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OPERATION VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING INTO FIRST FROM NEUTRAL AND ENGAGING INTO REVERSE FROM A STOP. VEHICLE ALSO SHIFT EXTREMELY ROUGH IN SPORT MODE. THE CAR JERKS INTO AND OUT OF EACH GEAR AT ANY SPEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE METHAPROMIC UNIT WAS REPLACED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE FAILURE CO...

MY 2008 VW R32 IS STARTING TO HAVE DSG TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 22,000 MILES. IT CLUNKS WHEN GOING IN AND OUT OF REVERSE AND DRIVE; IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT WILL NOT DISENGAGE THE FORWARD GEAR WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THEN SUDDENLY DISENGAGES, JOLTING THE WHOLE CAR. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHEN DRIV...

MY 2008 VW R32 IS STARTING TO HAVE DSG TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 22,000 MILES. IT CLUNKS WHEN GOING IN AND OUT OF REVERSE AND DRIVE; IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT WILL NOT DISENGAGE THE FORWARD GEAR WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THEN SUDDENLY DISENGAGES, JOLTING THE WHOLE CAR. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHEN DRIV...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT IF HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO INC...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT IF HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO INC...

AFTER THE CAR GETS TO IT'S WARM TEMPS (ROUGHLY 30 MINS OF DRIVING), IT STARTS TO JERK THROUGH LOW GEARS, HARSH DOWNSHIFTING WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP. TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE FROM A STOP THE CAR WILL LURCH/SPUTTER FORWARD RATHER THAN SLOWLY ROLL FORWARD, AT TIMES (VERY INCONSISTENT, ROUGHLY 2-3...

AFTER THE CAR GETS TO IT'S WARM TEMPS (ROUGHLY 30 MINS OF DRIVING), IT STARTS TO JERK THROUGH LOW GEARS, HARSH DOWNSHIFTING WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP. TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE FROM A STOP THE CAR WILL LURCH/SPUTTER FORWARD RATHER THAN SLOWLY ROLL FORWARD, AT TIMES (VERY INCONSISTENT, ROUGHLY 2-3...

1) PURCHASED THE CAR AND NOTICED THE JUMPS TWICE ON MY WAY HOME. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE TWO WEEKS OF MY OWNERSHIP. 2) ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP THE CAR HESITATES, HANGS, AND THEN JUMPS FORWARD AFTER A MOMENT. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT HALF THE TIME. I NOTICE WHEN I ROLL ...

1) PURCHASED THE CAR AND NOTICED THE JUMPS TWICE ON MY WAY HOME. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE TWO WEEKS OF MY OWNERSHIP. 2) ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP THE CAR HESITATES, HANGS, AND THEN JUMPS FORWARD AFTER A MOMENT. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT HALF THE TIME. I NOTICE WHEN I ROLL ...

1) PURCHASED THE CAR AND NOTICED THE JUMPS TWICE ON MY WAY HOME. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE TWO WEEKS OF MY OWNERSHIP. 2) ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP THE CAR HESITATES, HANGS, AND THEN JUMPS FORWARD AFTER A MOMENT. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT HALF THE TIME. I NOTICE WHEN I ROLL ...

1) PURCHASED THE CAR AND NOTICED THE JUMPS TWICE ON MY WAY HOME. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE TWO WEEKS OF MY OWNERSHIP. 2) ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP THE CAR HESITATES, HANGS, AND THEN JUMPS FORWARD AFTER A MOMENT. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT HALF THE TIME. I NOTICE WHEN I ROLL ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND THEN SHIFTS INTO GEAR. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO SHIFT FROM FIFTH TO SIXTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND THEN SHIFTS INTO GEAR. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO SHIFT FROM FIFTH TO SIXTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE...

DSG TRANSMISSION DROPS INTO THEN OUT OF THEN BACK INTO 1ST GEAR. ALSO ENGINE REVS AND THE CAR JERKS IN REVERSE. *TR

DSG TRANSMISSION DROPS INTO THEN OUT OF THEN BACK INTO 1ST GEAR. ALSO ENGINE REVS AND THE CAR JERKS IN REVERSE. *TR

WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW IT WAS SMOOTH AND RIDE WAS GREAT SHIFTING WAS PERFECT, AS TIME AND MILES PASS THE CAR GOT REALLY JERKY WITH THE TRANSMISSION, CAR NOW RIDES SMOOTH BUT THE SIFTING IS TERRIBLE, AND TRANNY IS MAKING ALOT OF NOISES WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL I ALWAYS HEAR A CLU...

WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW IT WAS SMOOTH AND RIDE WAS GREAT SHIFTING WAS PERFECT, AS TIME AND MILES PASS THE CAR GOT REALLY JERKY WITH THE TRANSMISSION, CAR NOW RIDES SMOOTH BUT THE SIFTING IS TERRIBLE, AND TRANNY IS MAKING ALOT OF NOISES WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL I ALWAYS HEAR A CLU...

WHILE DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL (ABOUT 30MPH) AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MADE A LAST MINUTE DECISION TO BRAKE HARD AND MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN WITHOUT SIGNALING. I SLOWED TO A STOP BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHILE THEY TURNED. ONCE THE VEHICLE COMPLETED IT'S TURN, I PROCEEDED...

WHILE DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL (ABOUT 30MPH) AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MADE A LAST MINUTE DECISION TO BRAKE HARD AND MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN WITHOUT SIGNALING. I SLOWED TO A STOP BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHILE THEY TURNED. ONCE THE VEHICLE COMPLETED IT'S TURN, I PROCEEDED...

DSG TRANSMISSION SLAMS WHEN PLACED INTO "D" OR "S" MODE EVEN THOUGHT BRAKE IS PUSHED. *TR

DSG TRANSMISSION SLAMS WHEN PLACED INTO "D" OR "S" MODE EVEN THOUGHT BRAKE IS PUSHED. *TR

MY 2008 GOLF R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION IS HAVING ROUGH SHIFTING, ROUGH CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT, CHOPPY REVERSE AND POWER LOSS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. PLEASE PUSH VW OF AMERICA TO HAVE A RECALL CAMPAIGN DONE. HOW LONG DO OWNERS HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS? I GUESS VW AND NHTSA WANT ...

MY 2008 GOLF R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION IS HAVING ROUGH SHIFTING, ROUGH CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT, CHOPPY REVERSE AND POWER LOSS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. PLEASE PUSH VW OF AMERICA TO HAVE A RECALL CAMPAIGN DONE. HOW LONG DO OWNERS HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS? I GUESS VW AND NHTSA WANT ...

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH SOME CORRECTED BUT THE HESITATION OF POWER AND SHIFTING ISSUES WITH DSG CONTINUE TO PERSIST. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS ALSO SOME JERKING IN THE CAR AS I...

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH SOME CORRECTED BUT THE HESITATION OF POWER AND SHIFTING ISSUES WITH DSG CONTINUE TO PERSIST. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS ALSO SOME JERKING IN THE CAR AS I...

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH SOME CORRECTED BUT THE HESITATION OF POWER AND SHIFTING ISSUES WITH DSG CONTINUE TO PERSIST. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS ALSO SOME JERKING IN THE CAR AS I...

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH SOME CORRECTED BUT THE HESITATION OF POWER AND SHIFTING ISSUES WITH DSG CONTINUE TO PERSIST. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS ALSO SOME JERKING IN THE CAR AS I...

AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND LETTING OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHILE THE CAR IS STILL IN DRIVE, IT WILL LURCH OR JUMP FORWARD - ALMOST AS THOUGH I'VE PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS SEEMS TO GET WORSE AS THE OUTSIDE AMBIENT TEMPS INCREASE. IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE CAR IS A NIGHTMARE TO DRI...

AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND LETTING OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHILE THE CAR IS STILL IN DRIVE, IT WILL LURCH OR JUMP FORWARD - ALMOST AS THOUGH I'VE PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS SEEMS TO GET WORSE AS THE OUTSIDE AMBIENT TEMPS INCREASE. IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE CAR IS A NIGHTMARE TO DRI...

1. UPON DECELERATION AT ANY SPEED 2. JERKY, HARSH, JARRING DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR WHETHER IN DSG MANUAL OR DSG AUTO MODE. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. 3. NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. I WAS TOLD THAT IS THE NORMAL DSG BEHAVIOR. *TR

1. UPON DECELERATION AT ANY SPEED 2. JERKY, HARSH, JARRING DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR WHETHER IN DSG MANUAL OR DSG AUTO MODE. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. 3. NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. I WAS TOLD THAT IS THE NORMAL DSG BEHAVIOR. *TR

LURCHING MOTION OF CAR AS TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES. THIS HAPPENS MAINLY WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP. LOSS OF POWER/FORWARD MOMENTUM. THIS HAPPENS WHEN DOWN SHIFTING MANUALLY AND PRESSING GAS TO GAIN SPEED QUICKLY TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC (HIGHWAY/INTERSTATE TRAFFIC). THIS ALSO ...

AFTER PURCHASING MY 2008 VW R32 IT WAS A VERY SMOOTH VEHICLE. THE DSG TRANSMISSION WAS ADVERTISED AS DRIVING EXACTLY LIKE A CONVENTIONAL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION-EQUIPPED VEHICLE. AFTER A YEAR AND 12,000 MILES I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT DISENGAGES. THE...

LURCHING MOTION OF CAR AS TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES. THIS HAPPENS MAINLY WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP. LOSS OF POWER/FORWARD MOMENTUM. THIS HAPPENS WHEN DOWN SHIFTING MANUALLY AND PRESSING GAS TO GAIN SPEED QUICKLY TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC (HIGHWAY/INTERSTATE TRAFFIC). THIS ALSO ...

AFTER PURCHASING MY 2008 VW R32 IT WAS A VERY SMOOTH VEHICLE. THE DSG TRANSMISSION WAS ADVERTISED AS DRIVING EXACTLY LIKE A CONVENTIONAL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION-EQUIPPED VEHICLE. AFTER A YEAR AND 12,000 MILES I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT DISENGAGES. THE...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAS CONSTANT TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHERE THE CAR BUCKS AT LOW SPEEDS AND HAS A VERY CHOPPY REVERSE. I'VE TAKEN IT FOR ITS ALLEGED RECALL AND THE CAR STILL ACTS THE SAME WITH BUCKING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THERE WAS PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO GEAR A...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAS CONSTANT TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHERE THE CAR BUCKS AT LOW SPEEDS AND HAS A VERY CHOPPY REVERSE. I'VE TAKEN IT FOR ITS ALLEGED RECALL AND THE CAR STILL ACTS THE SAME WITH BUCKING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THERE WAS PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO GEAR A...

2008 R32 ON OCCASION DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY WHEN IN D MODE. IN ADDITION, WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDSTILL IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE CAR TO JERK WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED. *TR

HAVE A 2008 VW GOLF R32 DSG. SHIFTING IS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND APPEARS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. IN FACT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO MY SHIFTS AND ALL AND "COASTS" UNTIL ENGAGING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED BY REPLACING THE MECHATRONIC UNIT, BUT VW DENIES THE ISSUE. THIS IS RIDIC...

2008 R32 ON OCCASION DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY WHEN IN D MODE. IN ADDITION, WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDSTILL IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE CAR TO JERK WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED. *TR

HAVE A 2008 VW GOLF R32 DSG. SHIFTING IS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND APPEARS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. IN FACT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO MY SHIFTS AND ALL AND "COASTS" UNTIL ENGAGING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED BY REPLACING THE MECHATRONIC UNIT, BUT VW DENIES THE ISSUE. THIS IS RIDIC...

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND MOBILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STAND STILL .... THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES A WEEK IN THE MONTH I'VE HAD THE CAR . IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC ..!! ALSO WHEN BACKING/REVERSE SLOWLY INTO MY GARA...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R32 HAS DSG ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SMOOTH WHEN GOING FROM A STOP (BRAKE APPLIED) TO GO (GAS PEDAL). SOMETIMES THE DSG GEARBOX GOES INTO NEUTRAL AS WELL WHILE HAVING THE GAS PEDAL PRESSED AND IN MOTION. I KNOW THERE IS A CURRENT VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR SOME MKV VW VEHICL...

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND MOBILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STAND STILL .... THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES A WEEK IN THE MONTH I'VE HAD THE CAR . IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC ..!! ALSO WHEN BACKING/REVERSE SLOWLY INTO MY GARA...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R32 HAS DSG ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SMOOTH WHEN GOING FROM A STOP (BRAKE APPLIED) TO GO (GAS PEDAL). SOMETIMES THE DSG GEARBOX GOES INTO NEUTRAL AS WELL WHILE HAVING THE GAS PEDAL PRESSED AND IN MOTION. I KNOW THERE IS A CURRENT VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR SOME MKV VW VEHICL...

RANDOM LOSS OF POWER/TORQUE COMING OUT OF DSG TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING INTO CERTAIN GEARS, JERKY REVERSE, HESITATION STARTING FROM STOP, JERKY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. HESITATION HAS RANDOMLY OCCURED MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING AT AN INTERSECTION. JERKING (OR PULSATING POWER DELIVERY) DURING REVERS...

RANDOM LOSS OF POWER/TORQUE COMING OUT OF DSG TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING INTO CERTAIN GEARS, JERKY REVERSE, HESITATION STARTING FROM STOP, JERKY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. HESITATION HAS RANDOMLY OCCURED MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING AT AN INTERSECTION. JERKING (OR PULSATING POWER DELIVERY) DURING REVERS...

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO EXECUTE A LANE CHANGE, THE CAR BECAME NON- RESPONSIVE BY HESITATING (APX 2 SEC) AFTER SHIFTING FROM "D" TO "S" (SPORT MODE). ALSO, THE CAR HESITATES AND "JERKS" OFTEN WHEN SHIFTING FROM P TO R OR N TO D. *TR

RANDOM LOSS OF POWER/TORQUE COMING OUT OF DSG TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING INTO CERTAIN GEARS, JERKY REVERSE, HESITATION STARTING FROM STOP, JERKY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. HESITATION HAS RANDOMLY OCCURED MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING AT AN INTERSECTION. JERKING (OR PULSATING POWER DELIVERY) DURING REVERS...

RANDOM LOSS OF POWER/TORQUE COMING OUT OF DSG TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING INTO CERTAIN GEARS, JERKY REVERSE, HESITATION STARTING FROM STOP, JERKY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. HESITATION HAS RANDOMLY OCCURED MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING AT AN INTERSECTION. JERKING (OR PULSATING POWER DELIVERY) DURING REVERS...

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO EXECUTE A LANE CHANGE, THE CAR BECAME NON- RESPONSIVE BY HESITATING (APX 2 SEC) AFTER SHIFTING FROM "D" TO "S" (SPORT MODE). ALSO, THE CAR HESITATES AND "JERKS" OFTEN WHEN SHIFTING FROM P TO R OR N TO D. *TR

YESTERDAY I CHANGED LANES IN ORDER TO PASS. I STOMPED IT, AND ALTHOUGH THE RPMS SHOT UP, NOTHING HAPPENED -- NO POWER. I THOUGHT I HAD SOMEHOW BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. IT WAS NOT IN NEUTRAL, IT WAS IN "S". I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, SHIFTED TO "D", AND THEN REAPPLIED THE ACCELER...

INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH A VW R32 DSG TRANSMISSION. MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A CASE WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD VERY HARD AS THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AT ~3000 RPM. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY H...

YESTERDAY I CHANGED LANES IN ORDER TO PASS. I STOMPED IT, AND ALTHOUGH THE RPMS SHOT UP, NOTHING HAPPENED -- NO POWER. I THOUGHT I HAD SOMEHOW BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. IT WAS NOT IN NEUTRAL, IT WAS IN "S". I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, SHIFTED TO "D", AND THEN REAPPLIED THE ACCELER...

INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH A VW R32 DSG TRANSMISSION. MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A CASE WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD VERY HARD AS THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AT ~3000 RPM. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY H...

WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2008 VW R32 IT DROVE AND SHIFTED SMOOTHLY AND WITHOUT ISSUE. AFTER WE PUT ABOUT 1500 MILES ON THE CAR IT STARTED JERKING FORWARD ROUGHLY AS IF THE CLUTCH WAS ENGAGED AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THIS BEHAVIOR IS INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO BE RELATED...

WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2008 VW R32 IT DROVE AND SHIFTED SMOOTHLY AND WITHOUT ISSUE. AFTER WE PUT ABOUT 1500 MILES ON THE CAR IT STARTED JERKING FORWARD ROUGHLY AS IF THE CLUTCH WAS ENGAGED AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THIS BEHAVIOR IS INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO BE RELATED...

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VW R32 HAS BEEN JERKY ITS WHOLE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP TO GET UP TO DRIVING SPEEDS THE DSG WILL REACT EXTREMELY JERKY AND HESITATE FROM TIME TO TIME, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV SUPER HIGH,...

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VW R32 HAS BEEN JERKY ITS WHOLE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP TO GET UP TO DRIVING SPEEDS THE DSG WILL REACT EXTREMELY JERKY AND HESITATE FROM TIME TO TIME, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV SUPER HIGH,...

MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN MODEL R32. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES HAPPENS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN "D" (DRIVE) POSITION. AT LOW SPEEDS (BELOW 40 MPH) THE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO GO IN AND OUT AND UP AND DOWN THE GEARS RESULTING IN A "CLUNKY" AND UN-SMOOTH MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO THI...

MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN MODEL R32. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES HAPPENS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN "D" (DRIVE) POSITION. AT LOW SPEEDS (BELOW 40 MPH) THE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO GO IN AND OUT AND UP AND DOWN THE GEARS RESULTING IN A "CLUNKY" AND UN-SMOOTH MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO THI...

ON MY 2008 VW R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION, IT CREATES CLUNK NOISE EVERYTIME SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND. *TR

ON MY 2008 VW R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION, IT CREATES CLUNK NOISE EVERYTIME SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND. *TR

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 SEEMS TO SLIP OR NOT ENGAGE CORRECTLY COMING FOR A STOP OR SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. *TR NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO MY CARS TRANSMISSION.

I DRIVE 2008 VW R32. WHEN I DRIVE PARKING LOT OR AT SLOW SPEED TRANSMISSION CALLED DSG JERKS AND CLUTCH SEEMS LIKE NOT ENGAGING SMOOTH. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE BUT IT'S LIKE A POOR SHIFTING MANUAL SHIFT. *TR

VW 2008 R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. MANUAL DOWNSHIFTS FROM 5>4, 4>3, AND 3>2 CAUSE A DANGEROUS POWER OR THROTTLE LAG FROM THE MOTOR. SINCE DOWNSHIFTS ARE OFTEN DONE IN PREPARATION FOR A SAFETY MANEUVER WHILE DRIVING, THIS LAG CAUSES THE MANEUVER TO FAIL LEAVING THE CAR AND DRIVER VULNERABLE AND WITHO...

SEVERAL SYMPTOMS RELATED TO DSG TRANSMISSION SWITCHING GEARS: FROM A STOP, CAR LUNGES AND JERKS INTO FIRST GEAR. RPM'S SOMETIMES DIP AND SURGE, AND CAR SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 3RD, GEAR SOMETIMES ENGAGES WITH A THUNK. WHEN DOWNSH...

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 SEEMS TO SLIP OR NOT ENGAGE CORRECTLY COMING FOR A STOP OR SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. *TR NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO MY CARS TRANSMISSION.

I DRIVE 2008 VW R32. WHEN I DRIVE PARKING LOT OR AT SLOW SPEED TRANSMISSION CALLED DSG JERKS AND CLUTCH SEEMS LIKE NOT ENGAGING SMOOTH. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE BUT IT'S LIKE A POOR SHIFTING MANUAL SHIFT. *TR

VW 2008 R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. MANUAL DOWNSHIFTS FROM 5>4, 4>3, AND 3>2 CAUSE A DANGEROUS POWER OR THROTTLE LAG FROM THE MOTOR. SINCE DOWNSHIFTS ARE OFTEN DONE IN PREPARATION FOR A SAFETY MANEUVER WHILE DRIVING, THIS LAG CAUSES THE MANEUVER TO FAIL LEAVING THE CAR AND DRIVER VULNERABLE AND WITHO...

SEVERAL SYMPTOMS RELATED TO DSG TRANSMISSION SWITCHING GEARS: FROM A STOP, CAR LUNGES AND JERKS INTO FIRST GEAR. RPM'S SOMETIMES DIP AND SURGE, AND CAR SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 3RD, GEAR SOMETIMES ENGAGES WITH A THUNK. WHEN DOWNSH...

2 ISSUES WITH MY DSG TRANSMISSION FIRST; WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM SPEED THE TRANSMISSION JERKS AND SHIFTS VERY ROUGH FROM SECOND GEAR TO FIRST ESPECIALLY. IT IS VERY STRANGE FEELING AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS DUE TO ABRUPT SPEED CHANGES. SECOND THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT UP AFTER ACCELERATING: W...

2 ISSUES WITH MY DSG TRANSMISSION FIRST; WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM SPEED THE TRANSMISSION JERKS AND SHIFTS VERY ROUGH FROM SECOND GEAR TO FIRST ESPECIALLY. IT IS VERY STRANGE FEELING AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS DUE TO ABRUPT SPEED CHANGES. SECOND THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT UP AFTER ACCELERATING: W...

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS EITHER WHEN UP SHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING, THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAVE BEEN VERY JERKY, OR COME WITH A "CLUNKY" FEEL AND NOISE. ALSO HAVE TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 6TH GEAR, DOWN 2, AS VW RECOMMENDS WHEN PASSING ON A HIGHWAY, AND THE CAR WILL EITHER HESITATE...

TYPE VEHICLE: VOLKSWAGEN/R32 2008 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE09035 CURRENT MILEAGE: 25,000. THE FAILURE: SEVERAL SYMPTOMS: 1) LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER: BASICALLY, AT TIMES, FROM A STOP, THE CAR JUST DOESN'T GO. THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS NORMAL FU...

TOOK OFF FROM A STOP PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND DSG TRANSMISSION IN 2008 VW R32, REVVED, WENT NOWHERE, THEN FINALLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST VERY ABRUPTLY, CAUSING LOUD BANG, THUD AND ALMOST CAUSING CRASH. *TR

DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE FROM STANDING START WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION HESITATING THEN GRABBING SUDDENLY WITH MECHANICAL SOUND. I CONSIDER THE HESITATION A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE THE DELAYED ACCELERATION IS DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE. TURNING FROM A STOP HAS HESITATION AND THEN THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD SO...

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS EITHER WHEN UP SHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING, THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAVE BEEN VERY JERKY, OR COME WITH A "CLUNKY" FEEL AND NOISE. ALSO HAVE TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT FROM 6TH GEAR, DOWN 2, AS VW RECOMMENDS WHEN PASSING ON A HIGHWAY, AND THE CAR WILL EITHER HESITATE...

TYPE VEHICLE: VOLKSWAGEN/R32 2008 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE09035 CURRENT MILEAGE: 25,000. THE FAILURE: SEVERAL SYMPTOMS: 1) LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER: BASICALLY, AT TIMES, FROM A STOP, THE CAR JUST DOESN'T GO. THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS NORMAL FU...

TOOK OFF FROM A STOP PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND DSG TRANSMISSION IN 2008 VW R32, REVVED, WENT NOWHERE, THEN FINALLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST VERY ABRUPTLY, CAUSING LOUD BANG, THUD AND ALMOST CAUSING CRASH. *TR

DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE FROM STANDING START WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION HESITATING THEN GRABBING SUDDENLY WITH MECHANICAL SOUND. I CONSIDER THE HESITATION A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE THE DELAYED ACCELERATION IS DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE. TURNING FROM A STOP HAS HESITATION AND THEN THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD SO...

DURING NEAR FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION, CAR EXPERIENCES NO INCREASED SPEED. CAR WILL INCREASE RPMS, BUT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SEARCHING FOR A GEAR. IT IS MOST SCARY IF YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE IN ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE, AND THE CAR DOESN'T GO. VERY CHOPPY STARTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, FEEL LIKE SOMEONE DOE...

ONCE THE TRANSMISSION IS WARM IT WILL LITERALLY SLAM INTO FIRST OR REVERSE AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER IS REPLACING THE MECHATRONICS UNIT THAT FAILED IN THE TRANSMISSION BUT IS ON A 8-10 WEEK BACK ORDER, THE DEALER HAS BEEN GREAT BUT THE CAR IS AWFUL WHEN STARTING OUT OR BACKING UP. *TR

DURING NEAR FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION, CAR EXPERIENCES NO INCREASED SPEED. CAR WILL INCREASE RPMS, BUT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SEARCHING FOR A GEAR. IT IS MOST SCARY IF YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE IN ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE, AND THE CAR DOESN'T GO. VERY CHOPPY STARTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, FEEL LIKE SOMEONE DOE...

ONCE THE TRANSMISSION IS WARM IT WILL LITERALLY SLAM INTO FIRST OR REVERSE AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER IS REPLACING THE MECHATRONICS UNIT THAT FAILED IN THE TRANSMISSION BUT IS ON A 8-10 WEEK BACK ORDER, THE DEALER HAS BEEN GREAT BUT THE CAR IS AWFUL WHEN STARTING OUT OR BACKING UP. *TR

WHEN REVERSING IT IS CHOPPY/JERKY, AS IF I AM PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR. THE SAME HAPPENS WHEN IN TRAFFIC AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO SOMETIMES THE CAR IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AS IN THE RPMS'S INCREASE BUT THE CAR IS NOT GOING ANY FASTER. I AM STATIONED IN GERMANY AND THE DEALER HAS A DSG MECHETRONICS UNIT ON B...

MY 2008 VW R32 HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHEN STARTING OR STOPPING, IT HAS A CLUNK AND JOLT WHEN STARTING TO GO (MAINLY AT STOPLIGHTS). IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN'T FIND THE GEAR FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND WHEN IT DOES, IT JOLTS YOU FORWARD. *TR

THE CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH ~2000 MILES ON IT. WHEN COMING TO A NEAR STOP, AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE HARD AROUND A CORNER, ON 4 OCCASIONS THERE WAS A LOUD BACKFIRE, AND THE CAR WOULD STALL COMPLETELY. THE CAR HAD TO BE STOPPED AND RESTARTED EACH TIME. AT ~25000 MILES, A VW TECHNICIAN AND FRI...

IT IS A COMMON DRIVING ISSUE WITH MY MY2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS THE CAR WILL LURCH AND THEN IT APPEARS THE DSG DISENGAGES AND THE CAR COASTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND THIS IS IN EITHER D OR S MODE. ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON T...

2008 R32 MECHATRONIC DSG PROBLEMS.. BEEN TO DEALER AND CONFIRMED PROBLEM... DEALER SAID IT IS BACK ORDERED IN GERMANY AND IT IS OK TO KEEP DRIVING IT BECOMES UNDRIVABLE LET THEM KNOW "WHAT EVER THAT MEAN". *TR

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VW R32 SOMETIMES PERFORMS VERY UNPREDICTABLY. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN DOWNSHIFTING IT SOMETIMES DISENGAGES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS DURING WHICH I HAVE NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. ALSO, IN REVERSE GEAR THE GEAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO ENGAGE, THEN IF BACKING UP-HILL, S...

THERE IS A DELAY WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR FROM A STOP. SEVERAL TIME THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE OF THE DELAY. *TR

DSG MALFUNCTION DURING NORMAL DRIVING ON VW R32 2008: MY AUTOMOBILE HAS ERRATIC MOVEMENT FROM A STANDING STOP AND AT LOW REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (LESS THAN 1500 / MINUTE) AT LOW SPEEDS. THE MOTION IS A JERKING ACTION. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXHIBITS LOSS OF POWER WHEN GEARS ARE LOWERED AND FOLLOWED BY...

DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX IS VERY CHOPPY. DSG IS ESPECIALLY CHOPPY AT LOW SPEEDS AND IN REVERSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TECH SAID IT WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE SO ROUGH. NO PARTS WERE REPLACED OR ORDERED. *TR

ONGOING / RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE DSG AND SLOPPY GEAR CHANGES, INABILITY FOR THE CAR TO FIND THE RIGHT GEAR (SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS), AND NOTICEABLE CLUNKING NOISE WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. ON OCCASION WHEN MOVING AWAY FROM A STANDSTILL AT A LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION WILL DIS-ENGAGE AND RE-ENG...

WHEN REVERSING IT IS CHOPPY/JERKY, AS IF I AM PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR. THE SAME HAPPENS WHEN IN TRAFFIC AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO SOMETIMES THE CAR IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AS IN THE RPMS'S INCREASE BUT THE CAR IS NOT GOING ANY FASTER. I AM STATIONED IN GERMANY AND THE DEALER HAS A DSG MECHETRONICS UNIT ON B...

MY 2008 VW R32 HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHEN STARTING OR STOPPING, IT HAS A CLUNK AND JOLT WHEN STARTING TO GO (MAINLY AT STOPLIGHTS). IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN'T FIND THE GEAR FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND WHEN IT DOES, IT JOLTS YOU FORWARD. *TR

THE CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH ~2000 MILES ON IT. WHEN COMING TO A NEAR STOP, AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE HARD AROUND A CORNER, ON 4 OCCASIONS THERE WAS A LOUD BACKFIRE, AND THE CAR WOULD STALL COMPLETELY. THE CAR HAD TO BE STOPPED AND RESTARTED EACH TIME. AT ~25000 MILES, A VW TECHNICIAN AND FRI...

IT IS A COMMON DRIVING ISSUE WITH MY MY2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS THE CAR WILL LURCH AND THEN IT APPEARS THE DSG DISENGAGES AND THE CAR COASTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND THIS IS IN EITHER D OR S MODE. ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON T...

2008 R32 MECHATRONIC DSG PROBLEMS.. BEEN TO DEALER AND CONFIRMED PROBLEM... DEALER SAID IT IS BACK ORDERED IN GERMANY AND IT IS OK TO KEEP DRIVING IT BECOMES UNDRIVABLE LET THEM KNOW "WHAT EVER THAT MEAN". *TR

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VW R32 SOMETIMES PERFORMS VERY UNPREDICTABLY. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN DOWNSHIFTING IT SOMETIMES DISENGAGES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS DURING WHICH I HAVE NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. ALSO, IN REVERSE GEAR THE GEAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO ENGAGE, THEN IF BACKING UP-HILL, S...

THERE IS A DELAY WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR FROM A STOP. SEVERAL TIME THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE OF THE DELAY. *TR

DSG MALFUNCTION DURING NORMAL DRIVING ON VW R32 2008: MY AUTOMOBILE HAS ERRATIC MOVEMENT FROM A STANDING STOP AND AT LOW REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (LESS THAN 1500 / MINUTE) AT LOW SPEEDS. THE MOTION IS A JERKING ACTION. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXHIBITS LOSS OF POWER WHEN GEARS ARE LOWERED AND FOLLOWED BY...

DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX IS VERY CHOPPY. DSG IS ESPECIALLY CHOPPY AT LOW SPEEDS AND IN REVERSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TECH SAID IT WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE SO ROUGH. NO PARTS WERE REPLACED OR ORDERED. *TR

ONGOING / RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE DSG AND SLOPPY GEAR CHANGES, INABILITY FOR THE CAR TO FIND THE RIGHT GEAR (SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS), AND NOTICEABLE CLUNKING NOISE WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. ON OCCASION WHEN MOVING AWAY FROM A STANDSTILL AT A LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION WILL DIS-ENGAGE AND RE-ENG...

THE DSG TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND HAS A JERKY FEELING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP. JERKS WHILE PULLING AWAY. SOMETIMES SLAMS IN REVERSE. *TR

2008 VOLKSWAGEN DSG TRANSMISSION ISSUES: HARSH SHIFTING IN LOW SPEED MANEUVERS, ROUGH SHIFTING SOMETIMES, SLOW ENGAGEMENT TO REVERSE, SLOW SHIFTING WHEN COMING TO A STOP CAUSING "LURCHING". *TR

PURCHASED A 2008 VW R32 IN OCTOBER OF 08 EQUIPPED WITH THE 6 SPEED DSG TRANSMISSION. I WAS SATISFIED WITH THE CAR AS A WHOLE HOWEVER RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME FAIRLY SCARY ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT I RELATE TO THE TRANSMISSION. OFTEN TIMES, WHEN MANUALLY DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 1ST ...

MY 2008 VW R32 WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION SURGES FORWARD AS SOON AS I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES IN TRAFFIC OR STOP LIGHTS. IT WILL SURGE FORWARD AND THEN ROCK LIKE SOMEONE DUMPED THE CLUTCH EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO MANUAL CLUTCH. THE CAR ALSO IS VERY CLUNKY IN REVERSE, AND ROCKS ALOT. THESE PROBLEMS...

BOUGHT MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION EVER SINCE NEW. MANY TIMES WHEN 1. THE MOMENT BEFORE I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, OR 2. TAKE OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR, 3. SWITCHED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE CAR WOULD JERK/BUCK WITH A CLUNKING ...

MY 2008 VW R32 HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. IT LURCHES WHEN STARTING AND STOPPING, MAKES HARD SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST. ON OCCASION IT HAS SELECTED NEUTRAL RATHER THAN THE NEXT GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND MAKE DRIVERS BEHIND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO AVO...

RECENTLY MY 2008 VW R32 EQUIPPED WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SUFFERING A JERKINESS AND HARSHNESS IN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND VICE VERSA. SOMETIMES THE CAR TAKES TIME TO REACT AND THEN DOES IT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED AND ABRUPT WAY. ...

JERKING AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. SEEMS RANDOM, BUT NOT EASILY REPEATABLE. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VW R32 EQUIPPED WITH A COMPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CALLED "DSG". THE EVENTS THAT ARE LEADING UP TO A FAILURE ARE; VEHICLE JERKING WHILE TAKING FROM A STOP, ENGINE SPEED DROPPING AND CAR LURCHING FORWARD ALL IN A SUDDEN WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE IN A TRAFFIC OR A LIGHT OR ANY OT...

IN MY 2008 VW R32, WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION DURING LOW SPEED ACCELERATION THE CAR BUCKLES KIND OF LIKE IF DRIVING A MANUAL AND YOU DON'T PUSH IN THE CLUTCH AND THEN DEPRESS IT QUICKLY, BASICALLY IT HAS HAD ROUGH SHIFTING, AND ROUGH CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT. *TR

THE DSG TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND HAS A JERKY FEELING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP. JERKS WHILE PULLING AWAY. SOMETIMES SLAMS IN REVERSE. *TR

2008 VOLKSWAGEN DSG TRANSMISSION ISSUES: HARSH SHIFTING IN LOW SPEED MANEUVERS, ROUGH SHIFTING SOMETIMES, SLOW ENGAGEMENT TO REVERSE, SLOW SHIFTING WHEN COMING TO A STOP CAUSING "LURCHING". *TR

PURCHASED A 2008 VW R32 IN OCTOBER OF 08 EQUIPPED WITH THE 6 SPEED DSG TRANSMISSION. I WAS SATISFIED WITH THE CAR AS A WHOLE HOWEVER RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME FAIRLY SCARY ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT I RELATE TO THE TRANSMISSION. OFTEN TIMES, WHEN MANUALLY DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 1ST ...

MY 2008 VW R32 WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION SURGES FORWARD AS SOON AS I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES IN TRAFFIC OR STOP LIGHTS. IT WILL SURGE FORWARD AND THEN ROCK LIKE SOMEONE DUMPED THE CLUTCH EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO MANUAL CLUTCH. THE CAR ALSO IS VERY CLUNKY IN REVERSE, AND ROCKS ALOT. THESE PROBLEMS...

BOUGHT MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION EVER SINCE NEW. MANY TIMES WHEN 1. THE MOMENT BEFORE I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, OR 2. TAKE OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR, 3. SWITCHED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE CAR WOULD JERK/BUCK WITH A CLUNKING ...

MY 2008 VW R32 HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. IT LURCHES WHEN STARTING AND STOPPING, MAKES HARD SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST. ON OCCASION IT HAS SELECTED NEUTRAL RATHER THAN THE NEXT GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND MAKE DRIVERS BEHIND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO AVO...

RECENTLY MY 2008 VW R32 EQUIPPED WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SUFFERING A JERKINESS AND HARSHNESS IN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND VICE VERSA. SOMETIMES THE CAR TAKES TIME TO REACT AND THEN DOES IT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED AND ABRUPT WAY. ...

JERKING AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. SEEMS RANDOM, BUT NOT EASILY REPEATABLE. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VW R32 EQUIPPED WITH A COMPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CALLED "DSG". THE EVENTS THAT ARE LEADING UP TO A FAILURE ARE; VEHICLE JERKING WHILE TAKING FROM A STOP, ENGINE SPEED DROPPING AND CAR LURCHING FORWARD ALL IN A SUDDEN WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE IN A TRAFFIC OR A LIGHT OR ANY OT...

IN MY 2008 VW R32, WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION DURING LOW SPEED ACCELERATION THE CAR BUCKLES KIND OF LIKE IF DRIVING A MANUAL AND YOU DON'T PUSH IN THE CLUTCH AND THEN DEPRESS IT QUICKLY, BASICALLY IT HAS HAD ROUGH SHIFTING, AND ROUGH CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT. *TR

RPM PULSES OR SURGES AT LOW RPM, WHEN CREEPING ALONG IN D AS IN A PARKING LOT OR IN TRAFFIC. JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE OPERATING SAFELY AT NEAR STOP, THE CAR SURGES AHEAD PULSING THE RPM BY ABOUT 100 RPM. THE SYMPTOM HAS BEEN VERY REPEATABLE THROUGH OUT THE 21K+ MILES I HAVE ON THE CAR. THE DEALER...

RPM PULSES OR SURGES AT LOW RPM, WHEN CREEPING ALONG IN D AS IN A PARKING LOT OR IN TRAFFIC. JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE OPERATING SAFELY AT NEAR STOP, THE CAR SURGES AHEAD PULSING THE RPM BY ABOUT 100 RPM. THE SYMPTOM HAS BEEN VERY REPEATABLE THROUGH OUT THE 21K+ MILES I HAVE ON THE CAR. THE DEALER...

VW 2008 R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. MANUAL DOWNSHIFTS FROM 5>4, 4>3, AND 3>2 CAUSE A DANGEROUS POWER OR THROTTLE LAG FROM THE MOTOR. SINCE DOWNSHIFTS ARE OFTEN DONE IN PREPARATION FOR A SAFETY MANEUVER WHILE DRIVING, THIS LAG CAUSES THE MANEUVER TO FAIL LEAVING THE CAR AND DRIVER VULNERABLE AND WIT...

VW 2008 R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. MANUAL DOWNSHIFTS FROM 5>4, 4>3, AND 3>2 CAUSE A DANGEROUS POWER OR THROTTLE LAG FROM THE MOTOR. SINCE DOWNSHIFTS ARE OFTEN DONE IN PREPARATION FOR A SAFETY MANEUVER WHILE DRIVING, THIS LAG CAUSES THE MANEUVER TO FAIL LEAVING THE CAR AND DRIVER VULNERABLE AND WIT...

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT MY 2008 VW R32 IT WAS A DECENTLY SMOOTH RIDING CAR. AFTER A FEW MONTHS IT GOT REALLY ROUGH. WHEN I START MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS BACK AND FOURTH 1 OR 2 TIMES ROUGHLY. THIS HAPPENS 100% OF THE TIME. ALSO, THE CAR SLAMS INTO FIRST GEAR REALLY HARD WHEN SLOWING DOW...

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT MY 2008 VW R32 IT WAS A DECENTLY SMOOTH RIDING CAR. AFTER A FEW MONTHS IT GOT REALLY ROUGH. WHEN I START MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS BACK AND FOURTH 1 OR 2 TIMES ROUGHLY. THIS HAPPENS 100% OF THE TIME. ALSO, THE CAR SLAMS INTO FIRST GEAR REALLY HARD WHEN SLOWING DOW...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING AND HE SMELLED GASOLINE. HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER ALLOWING IT TO COOL DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY FOR A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURS. THE VEHICLE WAS T...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING AND HE SMELLED GASOLINE. HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER ALLOWING IT TO COOL DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY FOR A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURS. THE VEHICLE WAS T...

THE CAR LOSES POWER (I.E. HICCUPS OR HESITATES) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MOST NOTICEABLE ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST ACCELERATION - EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. AT TIMES IT WILL IDLE IN A SIMILAR STAGGERED WAY. WHEN CITY DRIVING THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS ON ACCELERATION. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY BUT ONCE IT STARTS...

THE CAR LOSES POWER (I.E. HICCUPS OR HESITATES) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MOST NOTICEABLE ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST ACCELERATION - EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. AT TIMES IT WILL IDLE IN A SIMILAR STAGGERED WAY. WHEN CITY DRIVING THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS ON ACCELERATION. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY BUT ONCE IT STARTS...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND THE GAS TANK VENTILATION VALVE ALLOWED GASOLINE TO ESCAPE FROM THE GAS TANK. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE AND FUEL WOULD LEAK FROM THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM. THE V...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND THE GAS TANK VENTILATION VALVE ALLOWED GASOLINE TO ESCAPE FROM THE GAS TANK. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE AND FUEL WOULD LEAK FROM THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM. THE V...

THIS "HICCUP" JUST STARTED HAPPENING TO ME. I TOOK THE R32 ON A ROAD TRIP FROM MIAMI UP TO NORTHERN FLORIDA (500 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI), AND 30 MILES INTO THE TRIP THIS HAPPENED. WE HAD JUST TOPPED OFF THE TANK WITH 93 (GIRLFRIEND ASSURED ME SHE DIDN'T FILL IT UP WITH 87) SO THIS COULDNT HAVE BEEN TH...

NO EVENT LEAD UP TO FAILURE. THE CAR SPUTTERS, HICCUPS, WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. IT HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC, AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE INTERSECTION, IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP AND SMELLED OF FUEL. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IT WILL NOT START. IT CUTS OUT AROUND CORNERS, AND HAS DONE IT WIT...

THIS "HICCUP" JUST STARTED HAPPENING TO ME. I TOOK THE R32 ON A ROAD TRIP FROM MIAMI UP TO NORTHERN FLORIDA (500 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI), AND 30 MILES INTO THE TRIP THIS HAPPENED. WE HAD JUST TOPPED OFF THE TANK WITH 93 (GIRLFRIEND ASSURED ME SHE DIDN'T FILL IT UP WITH 87) SO THIS COULDNT HAVE BEEN TH...

NO EVENT LEAD UP TO FAILURE. THE CAR SPUTTERS, HICCUPS, WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. IT HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC, AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE INTERSECTION, IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP AND SMELLED OF FUEL. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IT WILL NOT START. IT CUTS OUT AROUND CORNERS, AND HAS DONE IT WIT...

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW VW R32 FROM ELINDSAY VW DEALER AT DULLES VA. AFTER BUYING THE CAR I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR SOME MINOR PROBLEMS AND THEY WERE PARTIALLY RESOLVED TO MY SATISFACTION. AROUND 8000 MILES (COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO) CAR STARTED TO FEEL JERKY. TODAY THE CAR STALLED ON ME TWO TIMES AT THE...

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW VW R32 FROM ELINDSAY VW DEALER AT DULLES VA. AFTER BUYING THE CAR I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR SOME MINOR PROBLEMS AND THEY WERE PARTIALLY RESOLVED TO MY SATISFACTION. AROUND 8000 MILES (COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO) CAR STARTED TO FEEL JERKY. TODAY THE CAR STALLED ON ME TWO TIMES AT THE...

2008 VW R32, THE CAR WOULD THROW CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ALL THE TIME, THE CHECK GAS CAP LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY DAYS AFTER LAST FILL UP, THE CAR WOULD RANDOMLY HAVE LOST OF POWER OR STALL, TAKES 20 SECONDS AFTER FILL UP TO START AND RUN PROPERLY, SOME TIMES NOT START AT ALL. THE CAR FIRST WENT IN TO A V...

2008 VW R32, THE CAR WOULD THROW CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ALL THE TIME, THE CHECK GAS CAP LIGHT CAME ON RANDOMLY DAYS AFTER LAST FILL UP, THE CAR WOULD RANDOMLY HAVE LOST OF POWER OR STALL, TAKES 20 SECONDS AFTER FILL UP TO START AND RUN PROPERLY, SOME TIMES NOT START AT ALL. THE CAR FIRST WENT IN TO A V...

MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE ON ME WHEN IT HAD 6647 MILES. IT OCCURRED TWICE IN A SPAN OF TWO HOURS. I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED TO "HICCUP". IT JUMPS BETWEEN SHIFTS, THIS OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN IT IS HUMID OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE ALSO EMITS A LOUD TICKING SOUND FROM THE GAS TANK, AND IN EXTREMELY CO...

MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE ON ME WHEN IT HAD 6647 MILES. IT OCCURRED TWICE IN A SPAN OF TWO HOURS. I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED TO "HICCUP". IT JUMPS BETWEEN SHIFTS, THIS OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN IT IS HUMID OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE ALSO EMITS A LOUD TICKING SOUND FROM THE GAS TANK, AND IN EXTREMELY CO...

MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE ON ME WHEN IT HAD 6647 MILES. IT OCCURRED TWICE IN A SPAN OF TWO HOURS. I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED TO "HICCUP". IT JUMPS BETWEEN SHIFTS, THIS OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN IT IS HUMID OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE ALSO EMITS A LOUD TICKING SOUND FROM THE GAS TANK, AND IN EXTREMELY CO...

MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE ON ME WHEN IT HAD 6647 MILES. IT OCCURRED TWICE IN A SPAN OF TWO HOURS. I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED TO "HICCUP". IT JUMPS BETWEEN SHIFTS, THIS OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN IT IS HUMID OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE ALSO EMITS A LOUD TICKING SOUND FROM THE GAS TANK, AND IN EXTREMELY CO...

1. CAR WAS RUNNING FINE TILL ABOUT LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH. ON 10/13/08 PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CAR WAS EXPERIENCING RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN RPMS AND ENGINE WOULD DIE WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE. HAD DIFFICULTY IN RE-STARTING CAR. PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND FELT JERKY NON-RESPONSIVE ACCELERATION WITH TRANSMISSIO...

1. CAR WAS RUNNING FINE TILL ABOUT LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH. ON 10/13/08 PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CAR WAS EXPERIENCING RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN RPMS AND ENGINE WOULD DIE WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE. HAD DIFFICULTY IN RE-STARTING CAR. PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND FELT JERKY NON-RESPONSIVE ACCELERATION WITH TRANSMISSIO...

THREE (3) DUNLOP SP SPORT 01 A/S 225/40R18 92H M+S TIRE FAILURES IN 4800 MILES. THESE ARE THE OE TIRES MY NEW CAR (2008 VW R32) CAME WITH. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 600 MILES (MARCH 2008)WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE AT A VERY LOW SPEED. RIM SLICED THE TIRE, THUS CAUSING LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. REPLACED TIRE...

THREE (3) DUNLOP SP SPORT 01 A/S 225/40R18 92H M+S TIRE FAILURES IN 4800 MILES. THESE ARE THE OE TIRES MY NEW CAR (2008 VW R32) CAME WITH. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 600 MILES (MARCH 2008)WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE AT A VERY LOW SPEED. RIM SLICED THE TIRE, THUS CAUSING LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. REPLACED TIRE...

ON OCTOBER 27, 2008 I WAS TRAVELING ON ONE OF THE LOCAL HIGHWAYS, WHEN I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS IN POWER, RAPID MISFIRE AND HESITATION IN MY 2008 VW R32. PRIOR TO SAID DATE, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAULTS SEVERAL TIMES, WHICH I MENTIONED TO MY LOCAL SERVICE ADVISOR. MY LOCAL SERVICE ADVISOR INFOR...

ON OCTOBER 27, 2008 I WAS TRAVELING ON ONE OF THE LOCAL HIGHWAYS, WHEN I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS IN POWER, RAPID MISFIRE AND HESITATION IN MY 2008 VW R32. PRIOR TO SAID DATE, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAULTS SEVERAL TIMES, WHICH I MENTIONED TO MY LOCAL SERVICE ADVISOR. MY LOCAL SERVICE ADVISOR INFOR...

MY BRAND NEW R32 HAS BEEN STALLING/HICCUPING SINCE 3100 MILES. IT HAS A LOSE OF POWER UNDER ACCELERATION, THEN IDLES ROUGH AND SOMETIMES DIES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE GAS CAP LIGHT COMES ON BUT AS SOON AS YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT GOES AWAY. IT HAS DIED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ...

MY BRAND NEW R32 HAS BEEN STALLING/HICCUPING SINCE 3100 MILES. IT HAS A LOSE OF POWER UNDER ACCELERATION, THEN IDLES ROUGH AND SOMETIMES DIES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE GAS CAP LIGHT COMES ON BUT AS SOON AS YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT GOES AWAY. IT HAS DIED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 EXHIBITS INTERMITTENT FUEL DELIVERY ISSUES. AT TIMES, USUALLY FOLLOWING A REFUELING, THE CAR SEEMS TO "HICCUP" AND BRIEFLY LOSE POWER, AS IF THE FUEL SUPPLY WAS CUT OFF MOMENTARILY. THIS CAUSES A SEVERE JERKING IN THE CAR, AND CAN HAPPEN AT LOW SPEEDS AFTER ROUNDING A CORNER...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 EXHIBITS INTERMITTENT FUEL DELIVERY ISSUES. AT TIMES, USUALLY FOLLOWING A REFUELING, THE CAR SEEMS TO "HICCUP" AND BRIEFLY LOSE POWER, AS IF THE FUEL SUPPLY WAS CUT OFF MOMENTARILY. THIS CAUSES A SEVERE JERKING IN THE CAR, AND CAN HAPPEN AT LOW SPEEDS AFTER ROUNDING A CORNER...

THE CAR WAS EXPERIENCING "HICCUPS" WHILE ACCELERATING AND WOULD EVENTUALLY SMELL AND SEE GAS ESCAPING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE. WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE FOR THIS AND NOW I AM TOLD IT IS A FAULTY GAS TANK THAT WAS PRODUCED. I HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY WAITING ABOU...

THE CAR WAS EXPERIENCING "HICCUPS" WHILE ACCELERATING AND WOULD EVENTUALLY SMELL AND SEE GAS ESCAPING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE. WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE FOR THIS AND NOW I AM TOLD IT IS A FAULTY GAS TANK THAT WAS PRODUCED. I HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY WAITING ABOU...

WHILE DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY, AT APPROX 75 MPH CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER, HESITATE FELT LIKE SOMEONE TURNED THE THING OFF, BRIEFLY LOST POWER, CAR REGAINED POWER, EVENT OCCURRED THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES DURING MY TRIP. DURING ONE OF THESE SPUTTERING SEQUENCES, I ATTEMPTED TO FILL UP, THINKING I MAY HAVE P...

WHILE DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY, AT APPROX 75 MPH CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER, HESITATE FELT LIKE SOMEONE TURNED THE THING OFF, BRIEFLY LOST POWER, CAR REGAINED POWER, EVENT OCCURRED THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES DURING MY TRIP. DURING ONE OF THESE SPUTTERING SEQUENCES, I ATTEMPTED TO FILL UP, THINKING I MAY HAVE P...

FUEL LEAK CAUSES THE CAR TO LOSE FUEL. THE FUEL LEAKS OUT EXTERNALLY. THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES JERK AND STALL OR LOSE POWER. *TR

FUEL LEAK CAUSES THE CAR TO LOSE FUEL. THE FUEL LEAKS OUT EXTERNALLY. THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES JERK AND STALL OR LOSE POWER. *TR

THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT OF MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAS A CONDENSATION BUILDUP. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LIGHT IS CONSTRUCTED INTO THE BODY OF THE CAR, OTHER'S HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A MAJOR JOB TO FIX (INCLUDING HOURS OF LABOR AND EXTENSIVE BODY WORK). I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS ALSO IN VIOLATION OF...

THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT OF MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAS A CONDENSATION BUILDUP. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LIGHT IS CONSTRUCTED INTO THE BODY OF THE CAR, OTHER'S HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A MAJOR JOB TO FIX (INCLUDING HOURS OF LABOR AND EXTENSIVE BODY WORK). I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS ALSO IN VIOLATION OF...

THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOPLIGHT (3RD BRAKE LIGHT) HAS CONDENSATION AND AT TIMES APPEARS TO FLICKER. THE FACTORY RESOLUTION IS TO SEND THE CAR TO A BODY SHOP TO REMOVE THE FACTORY SPOILER AND REPLACE THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE FACTORY MANUAL WARNS THAT THIS IS A MULTI-DAY JOB AND MAY RESULT IN A BROKE...

THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOPLIGHT (3RD BRAKE LIGHT) HAS CONDENSATION AND AT TIMES APPEARS TO FLICKER. THE FACTORY RESOLUTION IS TO SEND THE CAR TO A BODY SHOP TO REMOVE THE FACTORY SPOILER AND REPLACE THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE FACTORY MANUAL WARNS THAT THIS IS A MULTI-DAY JOB AND MAY RESULT IN A BROKE...

CAR STARTED TO BOG-OUT OF POWER ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 7TH IN THE AFTERNOON. FUEL STARTED TO LEAK FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL AREA ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS HAPPENS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/TRIM OF THE PRODCUCT LINE. A PROMINENT AUTOMOBILE FORUM WEBSITE (VWVORT...

CAR STARTED TO BOG-OUT OF POWER ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 7TH IN THE AFTERNOON. FUEL STARTED TO LEAK FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL AREA ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS HAPPENS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/TRIM OF THE PRODCUCT LINE. A PROMINENT AUTOMOBILE FORUM WEBSITE (VWVORT...

FUEL SYSTEM ON CAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING 75MPH ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK AND DROP IN SPEED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. FUEL SMELL OUT OF A/C VENTS. VW HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND HAS SAID THEY'VE HAD THIS ON MANY CARS OF THE SAME MODEL. VW IS REPLACING THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM RESULTING ...

FUEL SYSTEM ON CAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING 75MPH ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK AND DROP IN SPEED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. FUEL SMELL OUT OF A/C VENTS. VW HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND HAS SAID THEY'VE HAD THIS ON MANY CARS OF THE SAME MODEL. VW IS REPLACING THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM RESULTING ...

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I AM BRINGING THIS TO THE DEALER. WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE DIES AND CANT START IT AGAIN. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO DEALER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. DEALER ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG I SAID IT FELT AS IF THE BATTERY DIED AND THE ENGINE JUST DIED. THEY TRIED FIXING IT AND IT HAPPENED AG...

THE CAR HICCUPPED AND BEGAN TO RUN VERY RUFF NO POWER AND I WAS ON FREEWAY IN THE VALLEY AREA (HOT OVER 100 F) CAR SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF AFTER REACHING COOLER AREA. VISITED THE DEALER THEY FOUND NO FAULTS WITH CAR. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS 2008 VW R32 CARS. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I AM BRINGING THIS TO THE DEALER. WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE DIES AND CANT START IT AGAIN. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO DEALER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. DEALER ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG I SAID IT FELT AS IF THE BATTERY DIED AND THE ENGINE JUST DIED. THEY TRIED FIXING IT AND IT HAPPENED AG...

THE CAR HICCUPPED AND BEGAN TO RUN VERY RUFF NO POWER AND I WAS ON FREEWAY IN THE VALLEY AREA (HOT OVER 100 F) CAR SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF AFTER REACHING COOLER AREA. VISITED THE DEALER THEY FOUND NO FAULTS WITH CAR. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS 2008 VW R32 CARS. *TR

FIRST MINOR INCIDENTS: MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT HICCUPS IN POWER FOR A FEW WEEKS. NO CELS OR INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG OTHERWISE. FIRST SERIOUS INCIDENT: AT HIGHWAY SPEED (70MPH) 30 MINUTES INTO A COMMUTE, THE CAR LOSES POWER AND THROWS THE DRIVER FORWARD IN THE SEAT. WA...

FIRST MINOR INCIDENTS: MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT HICCUPS IN POWER FOR A FEW WEEKS. NO CELS OR INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG OTHERWISE. FIRST SERIOUS INCIDENT: AT HIGHWAY SPEED (70MPH) 30 MINUTES INTO A COMMUTE, THE CAR LOSES POWER AND THROWS THE DRIVER FORWARD IN THE SEAT. WA...

USUALLY DURING HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FAILURE IS PRESENT. THE FAILURE - CAR HESITATES UNDER ACCELERATION ALMOST AS IF THE FUEL IS BEING CUTOFF. OTHER TIMES IT STALLS DURING IDLE AT STOP LIGHT. OTHER TIMES THE CAR WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE TRIES TO RESTART. WHEN PARKED AFTER A DRIVE THE VEHICLE ...

USUALLY DURING HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FAILURE IS PRESENT. THE FAILURE - CAR HESITATES UNDER ACCELERATION ALMOST AS IF THE FUEL IS BEING CUTOFF. OTHER TIMES IT STALLS DURING IDLE AT STOP LIGHT. OTHER TIMES THE CAR WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE TRIES TO RESTART. WHEN PARKED AFTER A DRIVE THE VEHICLE ...

USUALLY DURING HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FAILURE IS PRESENT. THE FAILURE - CAR HESITATES UNDER ACCELERATION ALMOST AS IF THE FUEL IS BEING CUTOFF. OTHER TIMES IT STALLS DURING IDLE AT STOP LIGHT. OTHER TIMES THE CAR WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE TRIES TO RESTART. WHEN PARKED AFTER A DRIVE THE VEHICLE ...

USUALLY DURING HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FAILURE IS PRESENT. THE FAILURE - CAR HESITATES UNDER ACCELERATION ALMOST AS IF THE FUEL IS BEING CUTOFF. OTHER TIMES IT STALLS DURING IDLE AT STOP LIGHT. OTHER TIMES THE CAR WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE TRIES TO RESTART. WHEN PARKED AFTER A DRIVE THE VEHICLE ...

THE ENGINE POWER OF MY 2008 VW R32 CONTINUED TO CUT OUT PERIODICALLY FOR A FEW WEEKS, THE CEL NEVER ONCE CAME ON. THIS PROBLEM PERSISTED REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER OR VEHICLE SPEED. ONE DAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, SHE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE CAR DIED, SHE RESTARTED IT AND NOTICED A...

THE ENGINE POWER OF MY 2008 VW R32 CONTINUED TO CUT OUT PERIODICALLY FOR A FEW WEEKS, THE CEL NEVER ONCE CAME ON. THIS PROBLEM PERSISTED REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER OR VEHICLE SPEED. ONE DAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, SHE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE CAR DIED, SHE RESTARTED IT AND NOTICED A...

MY BRAND-NEW 08 VW MAKES SEVERE HICCUPS ON MODERATE ACCELERATION WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE ABOUT 95 F. (SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND COME BACK UP IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.)HAVE STARTING PROBLEM AFTER THE SYMPTOM, SOMETIMES SMELL OF GAS FROM OUTSIDE REAR. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LEAVE ANY ERRO...

MY BRAND-NEW 08 VW MAKES SEVERE HICCUPS ON MODERATE ACCELERATION WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE ABOUT 95 F. (SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND COME BACK UP IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.)HAVE STARTING PROBLEM AFTER THE SYMPTOM, SOMETIMES SMELL OF GAS FROM OUTSIDE REAR. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LEAVE ANY ERRO...

MY BRAND-NEW 08 VW MAKES SEVERE HICCUPS ON MODERATE ACCELERATION WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE ABOUT 95 F. (SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND COME BACK UP IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.)HAVE STARTING PROBLEM AFTER THE SYMPTOM, SOMETIMES SMELL OF GAS FROM OUTSIDE REAR. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LEAVE ANY ERRO...

MY BRAND-NEW 08 VW MAKES SEVERE HICCUPS ON MODERATE ACCELERATION WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE ABOUT 95 F. (SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND COME BACK UP IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.)HAVE STARTING PROBLEM AFTER THE SYMPTOM, SOMETIMES SMELL OF GAS FROM OUTSIDE REAR. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LEAVE ANY ERRO...

MY BRAND-NEW 08 VW MAKES SEVERE HICCUPS ON MODERATE ACCELERATION WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE ABOUT 95 F. (SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND COME BACK UP IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.)HAVE STARTING PROBLEM AFTER THE SYMPTOM, SOMETIMES SMELL OF GAS FROM OUTSIDE REAR. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LEAVE ANY ERRO...

MY BRAND-NEW 08 VW MAKES SEVERE HICCUPS ON MODERATE ACCELERATION WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE ABOUT 95 F. (SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND COME BACK UP IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.)HAVE STARTING PROBLEM AFTER THE SYMPTOM, SOMETIMES SMELL OF GAS FROM OUTSIDE REAR. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LEAVE ANY ERRO...