Volkswagen R32 Complaints

129 consumer complaints on file.

#10278756July 30, 2009
POWER TRAIN
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.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278778July 30, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC 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
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278785July 30, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 WITHOUT POWER WHILE MID-MANEUVER. I CAN REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VW SERVICE CENTERS HAVE NOT SEEN TCU FAULT CODES, NOR HAVE THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH I HAVE INSTRUCTED THEM HOW TO DO SO. APPARENTLY THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE PROPER INSTRUCTIONS TO REPLICATE IT. NO SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ASIDE FROM RESETTING THE TCU WITH FACTORY SETTINGS A NUMBER OF TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278842July 30, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 DOWNSHIFTING 3 TO 2 OR 2 TO 1, CAR OFTEN SURGES AND JERKS. IN REVERSE, CAR SOMETIMES LOSES POWER FOR A SECOND OR TWO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278583July 28, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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: WHEN YOU ACCELERATE TO SPEED AND LET OFF THE GAS TO MAINTAIN THE TARGET SPEED; THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO REV HIGHER FOR 2-3 SECONDS BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE PROPER GEAR. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY AFTER ONLY 4 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR: 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278282July 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT FINALLY DECIDES TO SHIFT, AND THEN I STILL HAVE NO POWER FOR A FEW MORE SECONDS UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION DECIDES IT WANTS TO SEND POWER TO THE WHEELS AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS, AND ALL THE DEALER SAYS, IS EITHER THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE EFFECTS, OR THE CAR HAS NO FAULT CODES, SO THEREFORE IT MUST JUST BE ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278286July 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 FUNCTION RETURNS. 2) EXTREMELY HARSH SHIFTING WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. 3) AT TIMES, AT LOW SPEEDS, NOTICEABLY WHEN APPROACHING A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN I TRY TO SHIFT MANUALLY, USING THE CONTROLS. 4) WHEN BACKING ESPECIALLY, BUT ALSO WHEN MOVING VERY SLOWLY AS WHEN PARKING, THE CAR HAS BEGUN TO MOVE IN A VERY JERKY MANNER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN A BUSY GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. THE SYMPTOMS BEGAN AT ABOUT 17 OR 18000 MILES AND ARE GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278300July 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278305July 25, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 SOMETIME CHANGING TO A LOWER GEAR. THIS OCCURS IN "D" AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL MODES. THIS IS RECURRING PROBLEM SINCE BEGAN LEASING THE R32 IN APRIL 2008.*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278207July 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SHIFT A MANUAL GEARBOX, YET THIS IS A DSG GEARBOX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278212July 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278022July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 BACK ORDER FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS. THE DEALER IS THE IS THE ONE WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND INFORMED ME OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE DAY 1 SO I ASSUMED IT WAS NORMAL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278026July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278041July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN
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 FRIEND PERFORMED A "BASIC SETTINGS" ON MY DSG TRANSMISSION. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES, OTHER THAN A SLIGHT CLUNK WHEN APPLYING THROTTLE BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278033July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REPEATEDLY WHEN DRIVING THE CAR WILL HESITATE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CAR REFUSES TO DOWNSHIFT UNTIL THE VERY LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278043July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN
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 THE INTERSTATE AT SPEED, OCCASIONALLY WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE WHEN CHANGING LANES TO PASS A SLOW INDIVIDUAL, THE DSG APPEARS TO DISENGAGE WHILE THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AND THEN COAST MOMENTARILY LIKE IT IS IN NEUTRAL IN D, S, OR M MODE AND THEN FINALLY IT WILL REENGAGE. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR INCLUDING TODAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278048July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278064July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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, SEEMS TO "SLIP". I WOULD HATE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN A SITUATION IN WHICH I AM TRYING TO BACK OUT OF THE WAY OF DANGER. I AM ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE IF PROBLEMS WORSEN AFTER WARRANTY PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278073July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE IS A DELAY WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR FROM A STOP. SEVERAL TIME THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE OF THE DELAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278079July 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 A THROTTLE INPUT. THIS IS SEEN FOR EXAMPLE WHEN DRIVING IN 6TH GEAR AT 55 MPH, SHIFTING INTO 5TH AND THEN ACCELERATING TO PASS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE AT THAT TIME DOES NOT RESPOND WITH POWER AND THE CAR SPENDS MAYBE 1 OR 2 SECONDS SORTING OUT HOW TO APPLY THE POWER. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE THEN NORMAL AND OPERATION CONTINUES WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THE GENERAL SHIFTING OF THE CAR IS NOT SMOOTH UNDER OTHER OPERATIONS ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT STALL OR LOSE POWER. YET THE SHIFTING FEELS UNNATURAL AND DETERIORATED FROM HOW IT WAS WHEN THE AUTO WAS NEW. THE VEHICLE HAS NOW 22000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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