2010 Volkswagen Routan: jerking or lurching

Filed May 7, 2020 · Transmission · 108,000 miles · TX

Around 108000 miles, my 2010 routan automatic transmission started jerking into gears 2, 3, 4. Sometimes it shifts smoothly but more often it's hard enough to jerk all passengers while driving. I have tried eco mode with same results. Driving normal it seems to be worse than when speeding up quickly. 3rd gear is the worst and is hard enough to throw you forward causing you to swerve sometimes. It's the same results in town, on highway, and in stop and go traffic. Now has 129000 miles and getting worse. There are other times it feels like it didn't want to shift up and would over rev before shifting up.

Filed Sep 12, 2017 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · AK

Automatic transmission change of gears jerks the vehicle during 1-3 gears. In eco mode same jerking of transmission. Vw states it is a town and country problem that a chrysler dealership must re-code the transmission.

Filed Jun 9, 2017 · Electrical · 76,115 miles · NM

Ignition switch recall. While I am driving my car I have experienced a sudden jerking in the car feeling as if my vehicle is trying to stall out. My car will suddenly shut off completely while I am driving or it just won't start at all. I have to use jumper cables to get it started again and it takes several minutes before it actually starts up. I also experienced not being able to remove the key from the ignition when the car has stopped suddenly or when I try to start it up and it won't. Also when I push the button to close and open the back passenger doors, one of them will half close then open back up half way then stop and close have way again all on its own.

Filed May 30, 2017 · Electrical · GA

For the last couple of years, we have experienced our vehicle locking up, shutting off in mid-drive and sometimes losing breaks up to 4 times a day. We have had it looked at and diagnosed and the computers do not record these events. This is a known problem with these vehicles, however, my VIN doesn't qualify to have any parts replaced. I recently contacted vw via telephone because my car jerked very hard to the left, luckily, nobody was coming the opposite direction. I was told to take it to the nearest dealership (an hour away) and that all costs would be mine. I have two small boys. It's currently at a dealership after being towed for two hours and I will have to come out of pocket to fix this very dangerous known malfunction.

Filed Feb 1, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 71,000 miles · PA

While driving in low gears (2nd, 3rd) car will stall out. Power steering and power brakes no longer functioning, making the care very difficult to manuever. This is especially scary while driving in snow/ice. Making with even more dangerous is stalling while on back roads or curves, if I'm stalled in the middle of the road, another car might not be able to stop and run into me. Jerking movements are also occuring when driving at low speeds when not accelerating, like car is going to stall. Vin is not included in recall, but it is the same problem that was recalled on other 2010 routans.

Filed Jan 6, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen routan. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle started vibrating and the speed fluctuated independently. Also, the vehicle started to jerk and the contact lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a faulty sensor. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred on several occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Apr 2, 2011 · Electrical · 8,100 miles · CA · 3 injuries

Death & injury risk! Volkswagen 2010 routan suddenly shuts off while driving on the highway at 65mph. This has happen more than a few times. Today is the last straw as I was driving on the highway with my kids. I barely survive the incident. I have been taking the vehicle to vw service multiple times. I keep getting the runaround and they say the vehicle is fine as they cannot reproduce the issue. I guess my kids' lives are not important to vw. The van is bran new and only has 8k miles. Vw said that they could not do anything and the only advice was that if it shuts off again donot turn on the vehicle stay where you are just call road side assistance. That is the most ridiculous advice I have ever heard! I would need to stay in the middle of the highway or in between a traffic intersection with my kids. I have struggled so much to escalate this and now finally vw has replace the ignition switch base on the 03/10/11 recall. This van also has other problems with the automatic doors. These doors smash my kids and have had some injuries because of this. You trigger the doors to open and you think they will remain open but they don't lock. The doors rapidly close them self, trapping anything in their way. The same behavior happens as you walk away and think the door will shut and lock. You come back from walmart and see that the doors are wide open. The last thing I need is some sicko hiding in the vehicle and I think my vehicle is safe for me and my kids. Also when you put the van in reverse the vehicle stutters and jerks with little tork. I have taken the vehicle for these issues as well and they are not able to replicate so they cannot do anything. In the process of all of this I have also found the most depressing news, my vw is actually a chrysler. I could not believe it when I heard this but I confirmed it. No one ever told me that I was actually buying a chrysler van. I thought I was buying a german vehicle. These horrible events have been traumatizing.