Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| TB-35-11-01 | 06/06/2011 | 10041250 | Ready | 09/21/2011 | |
| TB-35-11-01 | 06/06/2011 | 10041250 | Volkswagen: the gear box has a momentarily delay while accelerating. *rm | 09/21/2011 | |
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | |||||
| CSC-37E6/S8 | 08/01/2010 | 10036970 | Volkswagen service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. in some vehicles it is possible that a bushing inside the mechatronic unit has the potential to wear out prematurely, causing the clutches inside the transmission | 04/25/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 05/22/2009 | 3986 | 1 | |
| While stopped at a red light, vehicle suddenly revved up and started to move forward, even though foot was firmly pressing down on brake pedal. turned wheel to the right while vehicle was moving forward and moved the gear shift lever from drive to park. left front of vehicle made contact with rear of vehicle that was stopped in front of me. *tr | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 05/31/2009 | 5000 | ||
| I currently own a 2008 vw beetle and it's an automatic. when first getting the car i could tell the transmission seemed not smooth at all. when driving through an intersection from a red light my car had trouble when pressing the gas. it had a pause. then when going down the high way when i was changing lanes to go infront of someone i pressed the gas and my car jumps. this happens all the time. not something that happens once and a while. it happens every time i drive my car. the dealership replaced the transmission at on 5,000 but the problem still happens! then going down the road in the pouring rain my windshield wipers stopped working. they had to replace the motor. when i went through a drive through i rolled down my window and it made a horrible grinding noise that i thought the window was going to shatter. they had to replace the window motor. then the same exact thing happened to the passenger side front and back window. both my head lights keep going through $20.00 bulbs. they had to replace the fuses. on my convertible top the side covers stopped going in and out. they had to replace those. then on my way to work all the lights for the what gear you were in blinking. which caused me to have the car towed because it was running in emergency transmission mode. they had to replace something with that. right after that was replaced going down the road my car made a grinding noise so i turned around to take it back and it was something with the fuel intake that they had to replace. the dash board lights go on and off. the dealership said they could not find anything wrong with that. | |||
| 05/22/2009 | 3986 | 1 | |
| While stopped at a red light, vehicle suddenly revved up and started to move forward, even though foot was firmly pressing down on brake pedal. turned wheel to the right while vehicle was moving forward and moved the gear shift lever from drive to park. left front of vehicle made contact with rear of vehicle that was stopped in front of me. *tr | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE | |||
| 04/21/2010 | 23400 | 1 | |
| Dear madam / sir, two days ago i had and accident with my 2008 and still under warranty car. i dropped the car at the rockville, md official dealer, then i called the insurance company and my insurance agent. they three (agent, insurance inspector and dealer) inspected the car and approved a $1,440 spending to fix it. since i got surprised; i asked the reason of the very low repairing labor and parts exchange costs of a sub-frame vw part # vw1j0-199-313-m (large steel part to supporting the engine, suspension and transmission), transmission oil pan part #vw09g-321-361-a (place where the oil transmission is keep), and a center shield engine-transm axle a large and heavy underbody protecting metallic part. they said these days it is a common rule to recycle used parts from similar vehicles, and low costs of the used parts utilized to fix my car (no matter the key role of the parts). at this point i am asking myself: what about safety? in any way? not only used parts from other cars have not quality inspected, even worse i guess this practice encourage the cars stilling. are we all (customers) aware of this?, is it any .org or .gov organization which regulates these used parts market? are we protecting our safety? can we as a customers complaint somewhere about this? please give me your opinion. thank you so much. *tr | |||
| 05/22/2009 | 3986 | 1 | |
| While stopped at a red light, vehicle suddenly revved up and started to move forward, even though foot was firmly pressing down on brake pedal. turned wheel to the right while vehicle was moving forward and moved the gear shift lever from drive to park. left front of vehicle made contact with rear of vehicle that was stopped in front of me. *tr | |||