2012 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DVD PLAYER IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS BLOCKING THE VISIBILITY OF THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY STATED THAT THERE THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10.

10,000 MILES, FULL WARRANTY, BOUGHT NEW LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, THE VAN LOST ALL POWER MID-DRIVE. BRAKES, STEERING, EVERYTHING STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THANKFULLY IT WAS LATE AND MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP. IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. THIS HAD HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, BUT NOT AT THAT SPEED, AND WE'D ASSUMED IT AN ANOMALY. WE WERE HEADING OUT OF TOWN, BUT CONCERNED FOR SAFETY WE TURNED AROUND. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, WHERE THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. WE BROUGHT IT BACK A FEW DAYS LATER SO THEY COULD KEEP IT, BUT AFTER DRIVING IT 400 MILES, AND NOT ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING TRY COULD DO. WE CONTACTED VW, WHO GOT A REGIONAL CLAIMS PERSON TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP, SUPPOSEDLY CONSULTED THEIR ENGINEERS, AND DECIDED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. BUT NOT BEFORE THE CS CASE PERSON LIED TO US AND TOLD US THE VAN HAD BEEN FIXED. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND REALIZED IT HADN'T BEEN, WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD AVE TO FIX THE VAN, OR REPLACE WITH SOMETHING COMPARABLE. WE ALSO FOUND AT LEAST 12 OTHER COMPLAINTS ON LINE OF OTHER OWNERS IN EARLIER MODELS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD OR MY FAMILY AND ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD WITH US, AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE SAFETY STANDARDS PROMOTED THAT ENCOURAGED US TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS AT A LIGHT AND PRESSED THE GAS TO GO, WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HE ENTIRE VEHICLE HAD TURNED OFF. STEERING, BRAKES, AND ALL ELECTRICAL. IT TOOK HIM A WHILE TO REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT THEN HE TRIED TURNING THE VAN OFF AND BACK ON, AND IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. HE THOUGHT IT A FREAK OCCURRENCE. *TR