On multiple occasions, in traffic and not in traffic, I have had my transmission go into a false neutral that would not recover until I re-started the car. Traveling along at 65 MPH, the engine suddenly approaches redline, with no warning. The transmission indicator, p r n d s starts to flash, indicating that the transmission is in neutral. Trying to get to the shoulder is a white knuckle ride. I am reporting this here now, as I just found out about this site.
2009 Volkswagen Jetta transmission complaints
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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.
While driving in the fast lane at approximately 75 MPH the vehicle began to act as if it were in neutral failing to deliver any power to the wheels. I struggled to get over to the shoulder and was nearly in two accidents and I think I scrubbed one of my rims on the curb, but didn't notice at the time since I was freaked out. I then had to stop and restart the car to get it to drive again. This was the sixth time in about a week that we had the car act as if it were in neutral while driving along. This was the first time that power was not regained shortly after losing power. The frustrating thing is that I had brought the car to the dealer earlier in the week complaining that a similar incident had occurred the previous week where I had lost power to the wheels but that I had regained it after 5-10 seconds. They said they could not do anything because they couldn't reproduce the problem when they test drove the car and that no "errors" showed up in the computer history for the vehicle. They basically said that since there were no bulletins put out by vw they couldn't do anything until the error occurred again. Thankfully I was carrying my video camera in the car and my girlfriend recorded much of the incident. I am emailing the dealer today and we'll see what they have to say now.
Tl-the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. He states that dsg duel cluth automatic transmission that the temp sensor goes bad it sends false reading=s to the elctronic module and causes the tranmission to lock up. Going at 70mph on the highway the vehicle shifted to neutrel. The vehicle stayed in neutrl until it hit 45 MPH when got off the highway and at a stop sign on a off ramp and trying to pass the transmission continued to lock up and almost caused an accident. The vehicle was then turned off and then towed to an dealer and they took a look at the vehicle and they are investigating the problem with this vehicle. Also volkswagen didnt take this situation serioulsy. The failure and current mileage was 868.
09 vw tdi sportswagen dsg will randomly shift into neutral. This has occurred at various times varying from being stopped to cruising at highway speeds. The vehicle has been in the shop twice for this problem. During the first visit, the dealer was unable to replicate the problem. The second time, we took a video of the event and showed it to the lead mechanic. The shop has determined a temperature sensor in the transmission is overheating and causing the car to slip into neutral. The part is reportedly on back order and we do not have any estimate as to when the repairs will be completed.
Dsg transmission disengaged while driving down brooklyn-queens expressway traveling 50mph, had to coast car from left lane to right side shoulder. Incident happened about 3-4 times when care had less than 700 miles from new purchase.
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.
Driving at highway speeds in car, the transmission will go into neutral without warning and the transmission gear range display flashes. The care must be stopped and restarted to allow the transmission to reengage. Diagnosed as a dsg transmission problem causing it to go into "safety mode" in response to a malfunctioning transmission fluid temperature sensor. Dealer working to correct the problem. Problem seems to happen infrequently and very unexpectedly.
While driving, vehicle transmission disengaged resulting in no power to maintain speed. This occurred twice, once on a rural highway traveling approximately 60 MPH and once on the interstate traveling approximately 70 MPH. With the first occurrence the transmission re-engaged after a few seconds. With the second occurrence, the "prnds" shift indicator light began flashing and I had to merge over through traffic into the emergency lane to avoid high speed traffic, all the while having no power. I then had to shut the engine off and restart it to clear the malfunction. I scheduled an appointment at the dealer for repair and a sensor(s) were replaced on the transmission's computer. Since the repair I've not had another malfunction. This malfunction poses a serious hazard as one loses the ability to maintain speed in traffic, resulting in a stalled vehicle situation.
2009 jetta sportwagen with dsg transmission. Car was brand new with 487 miles. The car completely and suddenly lost power in traffic although engine was still running and in drive. Felt like it was in neutral. Pndrs lights on dashboard began blinking. Problem resolved spontaneously only to recur moments later. Was told by vw to have car towed to dealer. This is a potentially life-threatening situation if it occurs in traffic or during a left hand turn.
We were heading up hill when suddenly traffic came to a crawl after a few minutes we started to smell something like burnt brake pads, we figured it was coming from the vehicles heading down hill braking friction, we did nothing of it until we pulled to the side of the road and lift open the hood then noticed that the smell was actually coming from our car engine compartment. The incident took place on a saturday, on the following monday I called vw customer support to report the incident. The representative told me to take the car to the nearest vw dealership to be inspected, the dealership mechanic made the recommendation to have the clutch replaced, vw agreed to have it replaced under warranty. However the new clutch is beginning to show the same sign of failure the car has only 6500 miles on it. I have heard from outside sources that main cause could be the dual mass flywheel it appears that this is happening to a lot of owners.
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