2008 Volkswagen R32

INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH A VW R32 DSG TRANSMISSION. MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A CASE WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD VERY HARD AS THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AT ~3000 RPM. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE SLOWER-MOVING TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION DUE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE IMPACT. HOWEVER, IT WAS JUST THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGING SPONTANEOUSLY. *TR

YESTERDAY I CHANGED LANES IN ORDER TO PASS. I STOMPED IT, AND ALTHOUGH THE RPMS SHOT UP, NOTHING HAPPENED -- NO POWER. I THOUGHT I HAD SOMEHOW BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. IT WAS NOT IN NEUTRAL, IT WAS IN "S". I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, SHIFTED TO "D", AND THEN REAPPLIED THE ACCELERATOR. ALL WAS BACK TO NORMAL. BECAUSE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY, AND BECAUSE I MAY BE CONFUSED, I'M GIVING THE TRANSMISSION THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT -- BUT I'M PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION NOW. IT'S NO FUN TO NEED POWER, EXPECT TO GET IT, AND INSTEAD JUST GET NOISE FROM REVVED RPMS. *TR

WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2008 VW R32 IT DROVE AND SHIFTED SMOOTHLY AND WITHOUT ISSUE. AFTER WE PUT ABOUT 1500 MILES ON THE CAR IT STARTED JERKING FORWARD ROUGHLY AS IF THE CLUTCH WAS ENGAGED AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THIS BEHAVIOR IS INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE RELATIVE AMOUNT OF TIME THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN, THE LONGER IT'S BEEN THE MORE LIKELY IT IS TO DO IT. I'VE HAD CASES WHERE THE DSG WOULD ALSO SIMPLY JERK FORWARD AND BACK VERY HARSHLY DURING A QUICK STOP/START THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE WOT ACCELERATION. I'VE TAKEN THIS CAR INTO VW SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DEFAULT BEHAVIOR OF THE DSG AND REQUIRED SOME FINESSE TO AVOID THESE ISSUES, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE AND THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS WITHOUT SOMEONE DYING BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO HANDLE OR MECHANICALLY UNRELIABLE. *TR

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VW R32 HAS BEEN JERKY ITS WHOLE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP TO GET UP TO DRIVING SPEEDS THE DSG WILL REACT EXTREMELY JERKY AND HESITATE FROM TIME TO TIME, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV SUPER HIGH, THEN IT WILL KICK IN TO GEAR CAUSING ME AND MY PASSENGERS TO GO THROUGH A WHIPLASH TYPE STATE FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE CYCLES STARTS OVER AGAIN WHEN GOING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. ALSO WHEN AT HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEEDS WHEN I TRY TO OCCASIONALLY PASS ANOTHER CAR AND DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE WILL JUST REV REALLY HIGH FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATING. DURING ALL OF THESE INSTANCES THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO AVOID ALL OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME AND NOT GET INTO ANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. IF THIS CONTINUES IN THE FUTURE I AM UNSURE IF I WILL BE SO LUCKY AND I AM CAUTIOUSLY AWAITING THE TIME WHEN MY TRANSMISSION GOES OUT COMPLETELY AND I AM IN A SERIOUS WRECK. FROM THE RESEARCH I HAVE CONDUCTED IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RASH OF FAULTY MECHATRONICS UNITS AND DSG'S THROUGHOUT THE VW PRODUCT LINE. THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD WITH OTHER VW OWNERS ALWAYS LEADS TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT EITHER REPLACING THE MECHATRONICS UNIT, SOMETIMES REPEATEDLY, OR AN ENTIRE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS THE ONLY CURE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIX PERMANANTLY BY VW BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS AND SOMEONE WINDS UP EITHER IN THE HOSPITAL OR DEAD. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN MODEL R32. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES HAPPENS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN "D" (DRIVE) POSITION. AT LOW SPEEDS (BELOW 40 MPH) THE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO GO IN AND OUT AND UP AND DOWN THE GEARS RESULTING IN A "CLUNKY" AND UN-SMOOTH MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO THIS IS OFTEN EVIDENT DURING SLOW GENTLE ACCELERATION AND SLOWING DOWN FROM LOW SPEED (APPROX 40 MPH OR LESS). ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO A GENTLE ACCELERATION, THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE DELAY UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ITSELF. SIMILAR FOR SLOWING DOWN, THE ENGINE REMAINS AT HIGH RPM AND SUDDENLY SLOWS, BUT NOT CONSISTENTLY I DID NOTICE THAT ALL OF THIS HAPPENS MORE WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED UP, RARELY WHILE THE ENGINE IS COLD.. AT HIGH SPEED THE CAR ACTS NORMALLY INCLUDING DURING QUICK ACCELERATION. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY NOT RIGHT, THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS IN MY OPINION. CAR DEALER SAYS ONLY THAT ALL THE DSG-TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED CARS DO THIS AND I SHOULD GET USED TO IT. EVIDENTLY THERE IS NO OFFICIAL FIX; *TR

SEVERAL SYMPTOMS RELATED TO DSG TRANSMISSION SWITCHING GEARS: FROM A STOP, CAR LUNGES AND JERKS INTO FIRST GEAR. RPM'S SOMETIMES DIP AND SURGE, AND CAR SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 3RD, GEAR SOMETIMES ENGAGES WITH A THUNK. WHEN DOWNSHIFTING 3 TO 2 OR 2 TO 1, CAR OFTEN SURGES AND JERKS. IN REVERSE, CAR SOMETIMES LOSES POWER FOR A SECOND OR TWO. *TR

VW 2008 R32 WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. MANUAL DOWNSHIFTS FROM 5>4, 4>3, AND 3>2 CAUSE A DANGEROUS POWER OR THROTTLE LAG FROM THE MOTOR. SINCE DOWNSHIFTS ARE OFTEN DONE IN PREPARATION FOR A SAFETY MANEUVER WHILE DRIVING, THIS LAG CAUSES THE MANEUVER TO FAIL LEAVING THE CAR AND DRIVER VULNERABLE AND WITHOUT POWER WHILE MID-MANEUVER. I CAN REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VW SERVICE CENTERS HAVE NOT SEEN TCU FAULT CODES, NOR HAVE THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH I HAVE INSTRUCTED THEM HOW TO DO SO. APPARENTLY THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE PROPER INSTRUCTIONS TO REPLICATE IT. NO SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ASIDE FROM RESETTING THE TCU WITH FACTORY SETTINGS A NUMBER OF TIMES. *TR