2010 Volkswagen Passat: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Oct 18, 2019 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · TX

Driving and the transmission falls out of gear. Also had it to where the transmission would not shift from 1st gear. I have to pull over put vehicle in park turn the car off and restart. Sometimes it will run fine others have had to pull over 3 or 4 times before I could get back home. Started looking on internet on carproblemzoo.com and there are many complaint of the same problem. Some started with only 20k miles on the vehicle. This his a safety issue especially when your driving 35 MPH or faster.

Filed Mar 25, 2015 · Engine · 88,898 miles · CA

While traveling downhill, the engine increased to 400 rpms while traveling at 15-25 MPH. I then returned home. The engine light never came on; however, the d (drive) light began flashing, and I realized that the car was in limp mode. It was towed to the dealer, which had serviced the car every 10,000 miles, (and had actually replaced the turbo recirculation valve at 39,637 miles as a result of my concern that there was a burning smell while driving). Roseville volkswagen diagnosed the current problem as being the multi-clutch assembly, as well as a faulty intake manifold. The intake manifold is covered by a voluntary extended warranty; however, the multi-clutch assembly is not covered in 2010 sedans. It appears that volkswagen did extend the warranty on 2007-2009 models for the multi-clutch assembly; and it appears from several threads (vwvortex.com, forums.tdiclub.com, myturbodiesel.com, vweosclub.com) that the multi-clutch assembly continues to be a problem in 2010 models. Volkswagen of america is taking no responsibility to extend my warranty, which expired at 85,000 miles. I am concerned because the check engine light never appeared, and this could have happened while driving on a freeway, instead of on a street near home. Additionally, this problem may have begun approximately 20,000+ miles ago, as I again smelled a burning smell at that time, and was told by the dealer to ignore it, as it was probably a plastic bag that was burning on the engine. However, the smell lasted for several months, and I now realize from reading the threads that this was probably the beginning of the problem with the multi-clutch assembly.

Filed Sep 23, 2014 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · MD

Driving and went to put car into reverse and the transmission gear indicator started blinking and car would not go into gear. Car had to be turned off and restarted to get car to select gear and move again. This has happened on several occasions where not being able to move the car in a timely manner put me and my passengers in imminent danger. I had a transmission service done at 60,000 miles and the transmission was "better", but the problem still cropped up occasionally. Now, at 75,000 miles, the problem seems occur more often. After research, it appears there are issues with the dsg unit in this car, but vw has ignored it on passats while extending warranty service on other cars that use this same transmission. The "mechatronic" unit is the problem part. See: vw recall no. 37e3/s7 & audi recall no. 37e5/j7, service bulletin no.: tb-35-11-01 , service bulletin no.: tb-30-14-01, service bulletin no.: csc-37e6/s8. A copy of the extended warranty that seems to cover most cars except mine can be found here: http://www.myturbodiesel.com/images/pdf/vw-dsg-recall-warranty-extension.pdf.

Filed Nov 4, 2013 · Transmission · 63,000 miles · MD

Car equipped with dsg transmission (automatic manual) prnds light started flashing, car would not go into reverse and was stranded blocking roadway with oncoming cars. Tried selecting any gear, putting into park, back into gears and the car would not move. Finally went into drive and pulled out of traffic by driving up curb. Car would not shift to 2nd. Pulled out of traffic, turned of car and restarted. Problem disappeared. Happened again 7 days later, restart somehow fixed problem. Now fearful that car may be stranded somewhere or fail to engage while driving as others have listed.

Filed Oct 21, 2013 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · NY

Prnds lights flushing and dsg shifting problems. Car stopped on red light with dsg in d position. On green light, car moved and accelerated but, RPM raised above 4000 and gear does not shifted to the next stage. Speed control was difficult. Additionally, car had a blinking shifter "d" light. I stopped the car and attempted to change dsg to s, n, p but, shifter lights continue to blink. Only after turning my car completely off and restart, dsg malfunction had been fixed. Fortunately, it happened at low speed and did not lead to lost of control.