2008 Volkswagen R32: sudden loss of power

Filed Nov 29, 2010 · Transmission · 17,556 miles · OR

Loss of power when downshifting. This has happened more than a few times. Fortunately, it has never happened in a situation where a crash could have occurred. Nothing has been done. My vw service adviser told me a recall for the dsg transmission is imminent. That was in august. So far, I've heard nothing.

Filed Aug 10, 2010 · Transmission · 17,700 miles · PA

Dsg transmission shifts into gear very hard. Going from r to d seems transmission slips going into gear. In drive, acceleration is delayed. When accelerating, car jerks 3 times and then back to normal. There is a loss of power when accelerating.

Filed Sep 15, 2009 · Transmission · 22,000 miles · FL

My 2008 golf r32 equipped with a dsg transmission is having rough shifting, rough clutch engagement, choppy reverse and power loss at highway speeds under hard acceleration. Please push vw of america to have a recall campaign done. How long do owners have to wait for this? I guess vw and the federal safety agency want someone to die before any action is taken. Thank you.

Filed Aug 31, 2009 · Transmission · 8,000 miles · FL

Lurching motion of car as transmission engages and disengages. This happens mainly when pulling off from a complete stop. Loss of power/forward momentum. This happens when down shifting manually and pressing gas to gain speed quickly to merge into traffic (highway/interstate traffic). This also happens when allowing the dsg transmission to shift automatically when pressing the gas (harder that normal acceleration to merge with highway/interstate traffic).

Filed Aug 24, 2009 · Transmission · 6,500 miles · FL

Sudden loss of power and mobility for a few seconds when taking off from a stand still .... This has happened a few times a week in the month I've had the car . It seems especially dangerous when making a left turn in front of on coming traffic ..!! Also when backing/reverse slowly into my garage , the car is very jerky ...?

Filed Aug 23, 2009 · Transmission · 200 miles · MD

Random loss of power/torque coming out of dsg transmission when shifting into certain gears, jerky reverse, hesitation starting from stop, jerky downshift to first gear. Hesitation has randomly occured multiple times including at an intersection. Jerking (or pulsating power delivery) during reverse and when downshifting into first is always there. Hesitation when starting from stop is also always present. I believe this probably as something to do with the mechatronics unit of the dsg. I am worried about saftey due to the abnormal behavior of this transmission. Lossing power at an intersection or other critical locations can easily lead to an accident. Also I am afraid that this abnormal behavior is going to lead to transmission problems including but not limited to abnormal clutch pack wear which might need to be replaced later down the line after the 60,000 mile warranty is up.

Filed Jul 23, 2009 · Transmission · 12,000 miles · MD

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.

Filed Jul 22, 2009 · Transmission · 20,000 miles · VA

Purchased a 2008 vw r32 in october of 08 equipped with the 6 speed dsg transmission. I was satisfied with the car as a whole however recently I have been experiencing some fairly scary issues with the vehicle that I relate to the transmission. Often times, when manually downshifting from 3rd to 1st when coming to a stop, the engine will completely lose power and there is a approximately 1-2 second delay from hitting the gas to any type of forward motion. This also occurs from 5th to 3rd or 4th to second. It is quite alarming when you downshift to scoot into traffic or off an on ramp and the car responds with no power. More than one occasion I have nearly been rear ended as the car simply began to coast during a lane change into traffic. I have been unable to get any information from vw and after taking it to the dealer and not being able to replicate it, was told that it was a "quirk" of the transmission. I feel this is a potentially deadly problem and as my car is leased, I have no recourse in getting out of the vehicle as I will accrue early termination fees and such. I feel something should be looked into on this transmission so that nobody is hurt driving a dsg equipped vehicle.

Filed Jul 22, 2009 · Transmission · 13,000 miles · CT

Jerking and loss of power when accelerating from a stop. Seems random, but not easily repeatable.

Filed Feb 9, 2009 · Fuel system · 10,599 miles · UT

2008 vw r32, the car would throw check engine lights all the time, the check gas cap light came on randomly days after last fill up, the car would randomly have lost of power or stall, takes 20 seconds after fill up to start and run properly, some times not start at all. The car first went in to a vw dealer september 3 2008 with 10599miles , the dealer could not find a fault for the check engine light they gave me the car back and they contacted vw technical support . Contacted me a few days later and said parts were ordered and will be in soon. September 12 2008 car taken back in for parts to be put on. The car runs ok but it throws a check engine light and random check gas cap lights again. The car has a hard time starting. January 6 2009 16,032 miles car taken back in for stalling, not starting, loss of power. Vw dealer master mechanic cannot find problem car is given back to me with the problems, vw dealer contacts vw technical support. January 12 2009 16247miles I have had the last straw, I had to push the car out of a fuel pump cause the car wont start!!! I took the car back to vw dealer and it has been in there since january 12 2009 and today is february 9 2009.

Filed Jan 12, 2009 · Fuel system · 877 miles · CA

1. Car was running fine till about little less than a month. On 10/13/08 put car in reverse and car was experiencing rapid fluctuations in rpms and engine would die when shifting to drive. Had difficulty in re-starting car. Put car in drive and felt jerky non-responsive acceleration with transmission banging and engine died again while driving. 2. Car died 4 times engine would stop while driving totally loss of power. Consequences are major safety concerns and possible accidents can occur from this malfunction 3. Brought into dealer, they could not reproduce problem & said they couldn't do anything. Gave car back & said they hoped it didn't happen again. No parts replaced. Car recently experienced this problem again 1/11/2009 & 1/12/2009.

Filed Dec 31, 2008 · Fuel system · 3,100 miles · SC

My brand new r32 has been stalling/hiccuping since 3100 miles. It has a lose of power under acceleration, then idles rough and sometimes dies. The check engine light comes on and the gas cap light comes on but as soon as you turn the car off and back on it goes away. It has died twice while driving in traffic and wouldn't start back, I've had it towed to the dealer twice. The dealer has replaced my purge valve and evap cannister twice, it runs fine for about 2 weeks then starts all over again. The car only has 7550 miles on it now and it's back at the dealer once again.