2009 Volkswagen Jetta: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed May 30, 2014 · Transmission · 62,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Vw jetta reverse / forward action error. Malfunction of car electronics / mechanics causing sudden acceleration and surging.

Filed Jun 13, 2011 · Acceleration · 29,000 miles · RI · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta sportwagen. The contact stated they were attempting to park the vehicle and when she applied the brakes, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle until she crashed into the front of a glass building. There were no injuries, a police report was filed. The contact also stated that the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to determine what caused the failure and the dealer stated they could not find any error codes. The failure and current mileage was 29,000. Updated 10/12/11

Filed Sep 21, 2010 · Acceleration · 2,000 miles · IL · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated that while pulling into a parking space the vehicle accelerated without driver intent and crashed into the front of the store. The impact stopped the acceleration. No injuries were reported. The police and fire department filed a report and it is available. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop to be repaired. The insurance company contacted volkswagen and stated that they had no other complaints related to the failure on file. The failure and current mileages were 2,000. The VIN was unknown.

Filed Dec 22, 2009 · Transmission · 10,000 miles · SC

2009 vw jetta tdi (turbo-diesel) equipped with dsg (direct shift gearbox) transmission. Vehicle prematurely downshifts from 2nd into 1st gear at slow speeds. When driving in 'tiptronic' (manual) shift mode at slow speed conditions, such as right turns, parking lots/garages, yield conditions, etc., the vehicle will downshift unexpectedly from 2nd gear into 1st after reacceleration has already begun, resulting in the engine's rpms to "skyrocket". If this occurs within a turn in traffic, the vehicle's acceleration is stalled due to the lower gear. Panicking, one shifts the vehicle into 2nd at the high rpms and the transmission jolts under the power and causes the vehicle to surge forward rapidly under power. This has contributed to near rear-end crash situations for both drivers following at the downshift/stall condition as well as vehicles in front at the upshift/acceleration condition. In parking lots while moderately traveling in 2nd gear looking for a parking stall, without warning, again the vehicle will sometimes downshift into first causing this braking "bucking' effect and the engine rpms skyrocket until one either lifts off the accelerator or shifts back into 2nd. This condition has been intermittent for over a year now an overall makes it very difficult and unnerving to drive in stop and go traffic, parking lots, areas with speed bumps, garages, or any other slow speed environments where one would prefer to operate the vehicle in 'manual' shift mode as provided by the dsg's design. It seems apparent to me that the software and/or sensor components related to the shifting characteristics of the dsg while in these modes, should not allow the vehicle to downshift into the 1st gear unless the vehicle comes to a stop, or at least at an almost non-detectable speed, thereby allowing the driver to reaccelerate in 2nd which, in combination with the high-torque nature of the diesel engine is more than sufficient for these scenarios.

Filed Sep 22, 2009 · Transmission · 200 miles · CT

2009 vw jetta tdi sportswagen. When moving from complete stop, vehicle sometimes pauses, then lurches forward with sudden acceleration; even thought steady foot pressure was on the gas pedal.

Filed Jul 29, 2009 · Acceleration · 2,500 miles · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the engine began to rev excessively high. There was no response when the accelerator pedal was depressed. There were also no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle finally resumed normal operation after the accelerator pedal was depressed several times. In addition, the vehicle exhibited unintended acceleration. The failures occurred spontaneously. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but they could not duplicate the failures. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer on three separate occasions for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 2,500 and current mileage was 4,000.

Filed Jul 6, 2009 · Transmission · 480 miles · MD

Dsg transmission mechatronic unit failure (integrated cpu unit) resulting in severe to erratic behavior of the car. Cars would suddenly stall... Buck or lunge forward or backward depending on the shift mode. Many people are complaining on the vwvortex website about this most recent and severe transmission malfunction. Vw is taking up to several months to repair cars. It appears to be vw-audi cars '08 through present that are severely affected.