Other Engine Info: 50-St.BIN 5 emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: BADXV02.03UA.
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat
Belt Advanced Front Air Bags.
Plant City: Emden
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Sport
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SIGNIFICANT HESITATION AND JUTTERING, VIBRATION, AND ACCELERATION LAG WHEN STARTING FROM A STATIONARY STOP. ISSUE ALSO OCCURS WHEN STARTING FROM A SLOW OR VIRTUALLY STOPPED CONDITION. VEHICLE WANTS TO CUT OUT (ENGINE APPEARS TO WANT TO SHUT DOWN) BEFORE LURCHING FORWARD WHILE GENTLY ACCELERATING. THE ISSUE IS HAZARDOUS WHEN PARKING IN PARKING LOTS BECAUSE THERE IS NO FINESSE ON SLOW SPEED ACCELERATION. THIS ISSUE IS CHALLENGING WHEN TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS ISSUE ALSO OCCURS WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS THE ENGINE APPEARS TO CUT OUT BEFORE RECOVERING TO A NORMAL RESTING REVOLUTION. DEALERSHIP HAS CONFIRMED WITH VW THAT THIS IS WITHIN "NORMAL OPERATING EXPECTATIONS", THERE ARE OBVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S GEARBOX THAT I WISH VW WOULD SOLVE. *TR
2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 VOLKSWAGEN CC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO PULL ON THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO RELEASE IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO DID NOT PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,678. UPDATED 05/02/12*BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED A HEADLINER CLIP HAD BECOME LOST DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEADLINER AND HAD BECOME LODGED BEHIND THE FOOT PEDAL. UPDATED 05/11/12