Volkswagen Jetta Complaints

10,351 consumer complaints on file.

#10278320July 26, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. THIS ISSUE IS MORE PREVALENT WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED UP, LIKE AFTER DRIVING FOR 20 OR 30 MINUTES OR SO. 2. MY CAR (VW JETTA '08 DSG) AUTOMATIC TRANNY OPERATION FAILS USUALLY WHEN IN 1ST GEAR (WHILE IN 'D' MODE) OR IN REVERSE SO THAT YOU EXPERIENCE VERY BAD "LURCHING" AND SURGING EFFECT. THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY REV AND JUMP FORWARD A FOOT OR TWO THEN FEEL LIKE IT WAS IDLING WRONG AND FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE, THEN RUN FINE THEN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE CAR WOULDN'T HAVE POWER TO MOVE WHEN ITS NEEDED FOR EXAMPLE IN T-JUNCTION. 3. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WANT TO GET THE CAR IN TO FIX THE BAD MECHATRONICS UNIT. THE NEW MECHATRONICS UNIT PART WAS ORDERED AND IT WILL TAKE "SOME TIME" (NO LESS THAN ONE MONTH), NO EXACT DATE WAS GIVEN WHEN THEN NEW PART IS AVAILABLE AND READY FOR REPLACING. I FEAR THAT THE DSG REPAIRING IS NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION AND IT WILL TAKE LOTS OF REPAIRS TO GET THIS THING EVENTUALLY FIXED. *NOTE* CAR VIN SITE DIDN'T ACCEPT IT FOR SOME REASON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278262July 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PRIOR TO THE EVENT LISTED BELOW, WE NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT PERFORMING AS IT NORMALLY WOULD. WE WERE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, LIGHT TURNED GREEN PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE, CAR MOVED 10 FEET, RPM WENT HIGH AND IT WAS AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO REACH THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PRND WAS LIT UP AND FLASHING AND THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM SYMBOL HAD ERRATIC FLASHING. TRIED PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE NOTHING HAPPENED. PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. RESTARTED ENGINE AND IT ALLOWED US TO DRIVE OFF. WENT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH, THOUGHT WE SEEN AN ANIMAL AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. UPON TRYING TO ACCELERATE, INCIDENT DESCRIBED ABOVE HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. BEFORE CALLING THE DEALER WE DID A SEARCH AND CAME ACROSS THIS SITE. OUR VEHICLE HAD A DSG TRANSMISSION SERVICE (FOR A COST OF $286.75) AT 43,703 MILES AND THE CAR NOW HAS 71,491 MILES. THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAS A PROBLEM AT TIMES, THAT WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER ON JUNE 5, 2007 AND NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT, ON COLD START UP, PUTTING IT IN GEAR AND HAVING A VERY SEVERE JERKING, ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT IT MIGHT STALL THE ENGINE. THIS IS A 2006 VW JETTA TDI W/DSG TRANSMISSION. THE MODEL SELECTION ON FOLLOWING PAGE ONLY LISTED A GLI FOR SELECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278269July 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I'M GOING ON MY 3RD DSG/MECHATRONICS UNIT. I HAVE A 08 WOLFSBURG WITH 31,000 MILES. THE VERY FIRST DAY I HAD THE CAR IN BROKE DOWN WITH 101 MILES ON IT. FLASHING PRNDS AND IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEARS OR REVERSE. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND WAITED 3 WEEKS FOR NEW MECHATRONICS UNIT. FOR A FEW DAYS IT WAS FINE THEN IT STARTED WITH JERKING,HARD DOWN SHIFTS FROM 3 TO 1 IN DRIVE. BACKING UP WAS SCARY AT TIMES. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE SAME DEALER 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEY SAID THIS WAS NORMAL FOR DSG. GOT TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME STORY FROM THEM AND TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS MECHATRONICS UNIT AND ITS ON ORDER SINCE JUNE 12,2009 AND TODAY IS JULY 25, 2009 AND STILL WAITING FOR MY CAR TO BE FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278223July 24, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, EQUIPMENT
INTERMITTENTLY ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON - AT TIMES FOR MINUTES, OTHER TIMES HOURS, EVEN DAYS; THEN GOES OFF. AT TIMES IT GOES OFF WITH INTERVENTION AS DESCRIBED BELOW; OTHER TIMES BY ITSELF. AT TIMES THE ABS LIGHT TURNS ON JUST PRIOR TO BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS/COASTING; OTHER TIMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER BRAKING, SOMETIMES ALONG WITH A NOISE AND BRAKE PEDAL SINKS SLIGHTLY UNDER MY FOOT PRIOR TO BRAKE BEING APPLIED. OTHER TIMES THE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY OR CITY STREETS. SINCE 12/2006 HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND 2 OTHER REPAIR FACILITIES WITH ABS LIGHT ON, DIAGNOSTICS ALWAYS SHOW CODE 00283, LEFT FRONT SPEED SENSOR MALFUNCTION, AND SENSOR REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. ABS CONTROL MODULE REPLACED 6/2009 AT SUGGESTION OF DEALER (REQUESTED OLD PART AND IN MY POSSESSION) TO REMEDY PROBLEM, BUT ABS LIGHT HAS COME ON AGAIN TWICE IN 7/2009. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278253July 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED A 2008 VW JETTA WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING FOR SAME PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS "CLUNKS" HARD IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC PRIMARILY 2ND TO 1ST TO NEUTRAL. THIS IS WORSE THE LONGER AND HOTTER TRANSMISSION GETS. ALSO TRANSMISSION JUMPS OR SURGES FORWARD OR BACK AFTER PUTTING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THIS PRIMARILY HAPPENS WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, THEN TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE AND SLIGHTLY PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE JUMPS SEVERAL FEET FORWARD OR REVERSE. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED FROM A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT IS OPERATED BY SOFTWARE. I LIKE THE CAR AND HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO"SOFTEN" THE STOP AND GO JERKINESS OF THIS SUPPOSEDLY CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278257July 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278029July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.0T WOLFSBURG EDITION WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. AROUND 5,000 MILES, I STARTED EXPERIENCING BANGING OF GEARS WHEN I WAS START UP AT A LIGHT, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO GET WORSE TO THE POINT MY NECK WAS HURTING AND THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR HAS BECOME LOOSE DUE TO THE CONSTANT FORCE OF THE BANGING. MOST RECENTLY ON MY WAY TO THE DEALER, THE CAR BANGED INTO GEAR AND STARTED TO ROLL BACK (NOT LIKE IT DOES NORMALLY ON A HILL, THIS WAS AFTER THAT SHOULD OF HAPPENED) BEFORE IT MOVED FORWARD. I'VE ALSO EXPERIENCE THE CAR REVVING AND NOT GOING INTO GEAR THEN IN BANGS INTO GEAR AND SURGES FORWARD AT A HIGHER SPEED THEN WHICH YOU HIT THE GAS. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED AT. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND RECALL THE TRANSMISSIONS, AS THE SYMPTOMS GET WORSE THE CAR BECOMES A DANGER TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278070July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN GLI SEDAN EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION I HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS EITHER WHILE ACCELERATING OR SLOWING HAD SUDDEN, ROUGH SHIFTS, AND AT TIMES HAVE BEEN LITERALLY BUCKED AROUND IN THE VEHICLE WHILE SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN LEAVING A STOP LIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE FEBRUARY 2009...POSSIBLY BEFORE, AND HAS BEEN INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. I HAVE ALSO HAD ROUGH SHIFTS DOWNSHIFTING AT TIMES CAUSING THE ESP TO BECOME ACTIVATED IN MY VEHICLE MAKING IT FEEL LIKE I AM LOSING TRACTION. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION IN TO THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY STORIES ADDED TO THE INVESTIGATION. PE09-035. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON THIS BEFORE AND THEY DENIED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278108July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY JETTA WOLFSBURG IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP DUE TO A DSG MECHATRONIC UNIT FAILURE. PRIOR TO BRINGING IT IN THE CAR WAS 'JERKY' AND 'JUMPY' AS THOUGH I WAS DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND RELEASING THE CLUTCH TOO FAST. THIS HAPPENED IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS ~ 12000 MILES ON IT AND THE ISSUE BEGAN AROUND 10000 MILES. THE JUMPINESS OF THE CAR WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT I BACKED INTO A WALL (LUCKILY AT LOW SPEED) EVEN WITH SLIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE (THE CAR LURCHED BACKWARDS SUDDENLY). THE DEALER BELIEVES THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MECHATRONIC UNIT SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PART TO COME IN FOR 2 WEEKS NOW AND AM DRIVING A LOANER IN THE MEAN TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277892July 22, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SLIGHT SMELL OF SMOKE IN 2001 VW JETTA WHILE DRIVING. PARKED CAR AT HOME AND RETURNED TO CAR APROX. 30 MINUTES LATER TO FIND CABIN FULL OF SMOKE/SMOLDERING FROM AREA BEHIND RIGHT REAR SEAT. DISCONNECTED BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL AND PUT WATER ON SMOLDERING AREA TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. 8-10 INCH HOLE BURNED COMPLETELY THROUGH RIGHT SIDE OF REAR DECK. UPON MY INITIAL INSPECTION IT APPEARS TO HAVE INITIATED FROM THE CENTER BRAKE LIGHT WIRING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277986July 22, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2008 VW JETTA WOLFSBURG WITH 2.0T & DSG TRANSMISSION 21K MILES. TRANSMISSION CONSISTENTLY LURCHES FORWARD AT A STOP ESPECIALLY AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS MAGNIFIED WHEN THE A/C IS ON. RPM'S WILL FLUCTUATE +/- 200 AS YOU FEEL THE GEAR ENGAGE. SYMPTOMS ARE WORSE WHEN THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. HAS THE SAME FEELING AS SOMEONE NOT KNOWING HOW TO DRIVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE "JERKINESS" CONTINUES FROM A STOP UNTIL UNDER ACCELERATION INTO 3RD GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO DOWNSHIFTS UNUSUALLY HARD INTO 2ND & ESPECIALLY 1ST GEAR. ALL THESE SYMPTOMS HAVE SLOWLY BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED OVER THE LAST MONTH. THE WORST & POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PROBLEM WAS WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO A BUSY ROAD WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE CAR. I WAS AT A STOP & SHIFTED THE CAR INTO "SPORT" MODE WHICH GIVES THE CAR MUCH QUICKER SHORT TERM ACCELERATION, WHICH WOULD HELP IN THE BUSY SITUATION. AS TRAFFIC CLEARED ENOUGH I PRESSED THE GAS & THE CAR SIMPLY ROLLED WITHOUT POWER INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD TO SHIFT QUICKLY INTO REVERSE TO AVOID BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I ATTEMPTED THIS A 2ND TIME & THE SAME THING HAPPENED...NO POWER, JUST ROLLED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I HAVE NOT RUSTED THIS CAR IN THESE SITUATIONS SINCE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER IN 1 WEEK TO ADDRESS THIS & A RECALL ON THE DRIVESHAFT BOLTS. I AM FILING THIS BECAUSE AS I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE FROM CREDIBLE SOURCES, IT IS APPARENT THIS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR THE DSG TRANSMISSIONS & THE CONSUMER IS GETTING THE RUN AROUND. I COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS/FATAL ACCIDENT WITH MY FAMILY & IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP AT THE SCENE THAT I PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WHEN IN REALITY THIS TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE (TWICE) AND JEOPARDIZED OUR LIVES. I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS ISSUE GAINS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES AND VW STEPS UP AND MAKES A PERMANENT FIX. THE PARTS THE ARE REPLACING (MECHATRONIC) IS FAILING AGAIN AFTER TIME. I EXPECT A DEALER RUN-A-ROUND. PLEASE HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277998July 22, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277676July 21, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SURGES/BUCKS DURING LOW SPEED OPERATION SUCH AS PARKING. REVERSE IS WORSE THAN FORWARD. REVERSE OPERATION CAN BE DANGEROUS AS EXTRA THROTTLE MUST BE APPLIED TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE BUT THEN THERE IS A RAPID ACCELERATION THAT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. TRANSMISSION ALSO DOWN SHIFTS VERY HARD WHILE SLOWING FOR A STOP, 2ND TO 1ST DOWNSHIFT. CAR IS INOP. SINCE 6/26/09 AWAITING REPAIR PART. PART ETA IS LATE AUGUST 2009. TRANSMISSION IS DSG MODEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277474July 20, 2009
VISIBILITY
VW WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK IN TO BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277403July 20, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277360July 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 2002 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1.8T WITH A 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FROM A PRIVATE SELLER ON 07/18/2009 AT 12:00PM. 12 HOURS LATER, AT 12:00AM ON 07/19/2009 I AM ON MY WAY HOME WHEN I REALIZED MY JETTA WAS NOT DELIVERING POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER, BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING (TRANSMISSION FLUID, MOST LIKELY) AND PARKED IT IMMEDIATELY. WHEN I GOT HOME, I SEARCHED ONLINE FOR WHAT IT COULD BE AND IT TURNS OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THERE ARE COUNTESS OTHERS WHO HAVE POSTED THIS SAME PROBLEM ON VARIOUS MESSAGE BOARDS AND FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. I AM ASSUMING THAT THE REPAIR SHOP IS GOING TO TELL ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND THAT I WILL NEED TO REPLACE IT. HOW CAN MY PREVIOUS CAR, A JUNKER HYUNDAI ACCENT WITH 101,000 MILES AT TIME OF PURCHASE LAST 36,000 MORE MILES WITH A 5-SPEED MANUAL, AND A JETTA CAN'T EVEN LAST ONE DAY? I AM INFURIATED BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR AND HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON IT AS WELL AS REPAIR THE THING. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY VW AS A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277372July 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277380July 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277075July 17, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN I BOUGHT MY 2006 VW JETTA TDI THE DSG TRANSMISSION WORKED FINE. AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS PROGRESSIVELY BECOME ROUGHER AND ROUGHER AND IS NOW BORDERING ON UNSAFE. WHEN I START MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS BACK AND FORTH MAKING IT FRIGHTENING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. ALSO THE CAR SLAMS INTO THE LOWER GEARS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. SOMETIMES WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL FROM A STOP THE CAR HESITATES FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE SLAMMING INTO GEAR. WHEN BACKING UP IT IS HARD TO CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE SURGING. UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND $3000 TO PAY FOR VW TO FIX THIS KNOW DEFECT IN THE DSG TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277110July 17, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Volkswagen Jetta