2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 Complaints

2008 R32 MECHATRONIC DSG PROBLEMS.. BEEN TO DEALER AND CONFIRMED PROBLEM... DEALER SAID IT IS BACK ORDERED IN GERMANY AND IT IS OK TO KEEP DRIVING IT BECOMES UNDRIVABLE LET THEM KNOW "WHAT EVER THAT MEAN". *TR

IT IS A COMMON DRIVING ISSUE WITH MY MY2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS THE CAR WILL LURCH AND THEN IT APPEARS THE DSG DISENGAGES AND THE CAR COASTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND THIS IS IN EITHER D OR S MODE. ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEED, OCCASIONALLY WHEN I GO TO ACCELERATE WHEN CHANGING LANES TO PASS A SLOW INDIVIDUAL, THE DSG APPEARS TO DISENGAGE WHILE THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AND THEN COAST MOMENTARILY LIKE IT IS IN NEUTRAL IN D, S, OR M MODE AND THEN FINALLY IT WILL REENGAGE. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR INCLUDING TODAY. *TR

THE CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH ~2000 MILES ON IT. WHEN COMING TO A NEAR STOP, AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE HARD AROUND A CORNER, ON 4 OCCASIONS THERE WAS A LOUD BACKFIRE, AND THE CAR WOULD STALL COMPLETELY. THE CAR HAD TO BE STOPPED AND RESTARTED EACH TIME. AT ~25000 MILES, A VW TECHNICIAN AND FRIEND PERFORMED A "BASIC SETTINGS" ON MY DSG TRANSMISSION. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES, OTHER THAN A SLIGHT CLUNK WHEN APPLYING THROTTLE BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP. *TR

MY 2008 VW R32 HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHEN STARTING OR STOPPING, IT HAS A CLUNK AND JOLT WHEN STARTING TO GO (MAINLY AT STOPLIGHTS). IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN'T FIND THE GEAR FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND WHEN IT DOES, IT JOLTS YOU FORWARD. *TR

WHEN REVERSING IT IS CHOPPY/JERKY, AS IF I AM PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR. THE SAME HAPPENS WHEN IN TRAFFIC AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO SOMETIMES THE CAR IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AS IN THE RPMS'S INCREASE BUT THE CAR IS NOT GOING ANY FASTER. I AM STATIONED IN GERMANY AND THE DEALER HAS A DSG MECHETRONICS UNIT ON BACK ORDER FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS. THE DEALER IS THE IS THE ONE WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND INFORMED ME OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE DAY 1 SO I ASSUMED IT WAS NORMAL. *TR

IN MY 2008 VW R32, WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION DURING LOW SPEED ACCELERATION THE CAR BUCKLES KIND OF LIKE IF DRIVING A MANUAL AND YOU DON'T PUSH IN THE CLUTCH AND THEN DEPRESS IT QUICKLY, BASICALLY IT HAS HAD ROUGH SHIFTING, AND ROUGH CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VW R32 EQUIPPED WITH A COMPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CALLED "DSG". THE EVENTS THAT ARE LEADING UP TO A FAILURE ARE; VEHICLE JERKING WHILE TAKING FROM A STOP, ENGINE SPEED DROPPING AND CAR LURCHING FORWARD ALL IN A SUDDEN WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE IN A TRAFFIC OR A LIGHT OR ANY OTHER STOP SITUATION. THE OTHER DAY AT THE LIGHTS I ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE INFRONT OF ME BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. CAR WAS TAKEN TO VW SERVICE AND TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR THIS KIND OF TRANSMISSION WHICH IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SOLUTION FOR THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

RECENTLY MY 2008 VW R32 EQUIPPED WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SUFFERING A JERKINESS AND HARSHNESS IN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND VICE VERSA. SOMETIMES THE CAR TAKES TIME TO REACT AND THEN DOES IT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED AND ABRUPT WAY. ALSO WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, SOMETIMES WHEN I GET ON THE ACCELERATOR Y TAKES TIME FOR THE CAR TO START ACCELERATING. BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN, AND POSE A SAFETY CONCERN, SINCE IT CAN CAUSE ME TO BACK UP INTO AN OBJECT OR EVEN GET STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF CROSS-TRAFFIC. *TR

MY 2008 VW R32 HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION. IT LURCHES WHEN STARTING AND STOPPING, MAKES HARD SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST. ON OCCASION IT HAS SELECTED NEUTRAL RATHER THAN THE NEXT GEAR, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND MAKE DRIVERS BEHIND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ME. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE ONLY WAY TO FORCE THE TRANSMISSION TO SELECT A GEAR IS TO MOVE THE SELECTOR LEVER INTO S OR N THEN BACK INTO D. I TRIED GETTING THE ISSUE LOOKED AT AND FIXED BY VW BUT THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I FEAR THAT EVENTUALLY I'M GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

JERKING AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. SEEMS RANDOM, BUT NOT EASILY REPEATABLE. *TR