2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND BLINKING PRND WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, AND SCARED ME. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I THOUGH I HIT THE SHIFTER WITH MY KNEE; SECOND TIME GOT ME CONCERNED; THIRD TIME I SAID I'M GOING TO THE DEALER; 4TH AND 5TH TIMES IT HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER! WHILE IN THE SHOP FOR 2 DAYS, I SENT A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT I EXPERIENCED TO THE HEAD MECHANIC, KNOWING HE WOULD NOT LIKELY BE ABLE TO RECREATE WHAT I EXPERIENCED ON HIS OWN. HE NEVER GOT A FAULT CODE FOR THIS. AFTER CALLING VW, HE CHECKED AND FOUND A FAULTY TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE SENSOR, WHICH SHOWED FAILURE 54 TIMES! APPARENTLY, THE TRANNY GOES INTO PROTECTION MODE (DEATH MODE ON THE HIGHWAY IF YOU ASK ME) WITH THIS FAULT CONDITION. WAITING NOW FOR A TRANNY TEMP SENSOR FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW. *TR

THIS IS A JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI WITH DSG AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WITH DSG TRANSMISSION IN 'D" MODE, COASTING AT MODERATE SPEED IN TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR INTO FALSE NEUTRAL, TRANSMISSION DISPLAY FLASHING "PRNDS". STEPPING ON ACCELERATOR CAUSED ENGINE TO REV TO REDLINE, CAR DID NOT SPEED UP. THIS HAPPENED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, EACH TIME I TRIED REPEATEDLY PLACING TRANSMISSION INTO "TIPTRONIC" MODE AND BACK INTO "D", PROBLEM RESOLVED WITHIN 30 SECONDS AND TRANSMISSION THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. CEL DID NOT ILLUMINATE. AS THIS HAPPENED IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, THE FAILURE ONLY DELAYED VEHICLES BEHIND ME TEMPORARILY. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO VW DEALER YET AS THEY HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM. TDI CLUB FORUM POSTS SUGGEST PROBLEM IS FAULTY TRANSMISSION TEMP SENSOR, MAY BE MORE COMMON IN VEHICLES SOLD IN SPRING 2009. *TR

I OWN A 2009 VOKSWAGON TDI WAGON. LAST WEEK WHILE ON VACATION WITH MY FAMILY I EXPERIENCED SEVERAL "FALSE NEUTRALS". THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WOULD SHIFT INTO A NEUTRAL GEAR AND THE RPM WOULD REV TO 3000+ RPNDS LIGHTS ON THE MFD WOULD FLASH AND ACCELERATION WOULD CEASE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS IN THE CITY... IT ALSO HAPPENED ONCE WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. *TR

THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2009 VOLKSWGEN JETTA TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. THE AUTO SO EQUIPPED CANNOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY AS THE CAR HAS SERIOUS ACCELERATION LAGS BEFORE POPPING INTO GEAR AND SEVERE DOWNSHIFTS. THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT WHEN THE NEXT INCIDENT WILL HAPPEN ONLY THAT THE ACCELERATION LAG HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES AT INTERSECTIONS. TO DATE ONLY A SCRAPED WHEEL WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A BANK DRIVE THROUGH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON I-95, CAR DISENGAGED FROM TRANSMISSION. ENGINE REVVED, BUT SLOWED DOWN. AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGED. AT SAME TIME, CENTER DISPLAY FLICKERED AND BEGAN INDICATING ALL DRIVE MODES. ON JULY 10, 2009, WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT TRANSMISSION DIDN'T ENGAGE, AND WOULDN'T ENGAGE, UNTIL I RESTARTED THE CAR. AS THE INTERSECTION WAS ON A SLIGHT DOWNGRADE, THIS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. *TR

I JUST GOT MY BRAND NEW 09 VW TDI SPORTWAGON WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION AND IT ONLY HAD 298 MILES ON IT, I WAS ON THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE WITH MY 20 MONTH OLD TWIN GIRLS, SOPHIA AND JESSICA AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THEN NO POWER AT ALL . I WAS STUCK ON THAT BRIDGE FOR OVER 3 HOURS WITH MY TWIN GIRLS ! THE TOW TRUCK FINALLY CAME AND TOWED THE CAR TO BAYSIDE VW. *TR

2009 VW JETTA TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL UNDER HIGHWAY CONDITIONS RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER/ACCELERATION. REQUIRES SHIFTING TRANSMISSION TO ANOTHER MODE, SOMETIMES PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE. OCCURS TYPICALLY ONCE A DAY UNDER PROLONGED DRIVING CONDITIONS, BUT CAN BE COMPLETELY RANDOM. EFFECT OF SUDDEN STOP OR DECELERATION IN TRAFFIC, VERY UNSAFE. PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED, DEALER UNABLE TO REPRODUCE OR FIND FAULT. OTHERS WITH ISSUE HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION TEMP/SPEED SENSORS REPLACED. *TR

2009 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGEN: LOSS OF DRIVE AT SPEED, ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR'S DASH BOARD FLASHES THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR ITS AUTOMATIC DRIVE MODE 'PRNDS' AND PRODUCES NO POWER TO THE WHEELS, DESPITE THE SHIFTER REMAINING IN 'D' FOR DRIVE. VEHICLE POWER WAS RESTORED ONLY AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP, SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT. THIS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE, FOR US. VW CHECKED THE VEHICLE, FOUND NO COMPUTER GENERATED "CODES" AND RETURNED IT TO US WITH NO CHANGE MADE. WE BELIEVE IT WAS UNSAFE TO BE WITHOUT POWER ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, WITH NO SHOULDER AND HOPE VW WILL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

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. *TR

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. *TR