Ownership Cost for 2012 Volkswagen CC (Sport PZEV)
Estimated: $40262 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2632
$1263
$1105
$1000
$895
$6895
Insurance
$1834
$1898
$1964
$2033
$2104
$9833
Fuel
$1625
$1674
$1732
$1802
$1883
$8716
Maintenance
$2278
$1588
$1020
$1053
$2068
$8007
Repairs
$797
$973
$1106
$1228
$1421
$5525
Taxes & Fees
$868
$868
$868
$868
$868
$1286
Total Ownership Costs
$10034
$7494
$7054
$7196
$8483
$40262
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 1984
Displacement CI: 121.071108283
Displacement L: 1.984000
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 200.00
Engine KW: 149.140000
Engine Manufacturer: Volkswagen
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 1147
Model: CC
Model Year: 2012
Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 3/PZEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: CVWXV02.03PA.
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
2012
WHEELS
THIS LETTER IS A FOLLOW UP TO A VERBAL COMPLAINT I FILED WITH VOLKSWAGEN CUSTOMER CARE. ON MAY18TH 2011, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ON MY 2012 VW CC SHATTERED AS I DROVE DOWN INTERSTATE 95 AS IT PASSES THRU THE TOWN OF GREENWICH. MY CONCERN IS FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF THE WHEEL DESIGN AND MY BELIEF THAT THE OVER INFLATION OF THE TIRES CONTRIBUTED TO RIM FAILURE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 10AM ON THAT DAY THERE WERE NO VISIBLE DEFECTS IN THE ROAD AND THE CAR THAT PULLED OVER BEHIND ME CONFIRMED THE ABSENCE OF ANY LARGE POTHOLES. WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE THE CAR CLEARLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN IRREGULARITY, ONE THAT EVERY CAR BEFORE AND AFTER WAS ABLE TO TRANSVERSE WITHOUT A PROBLEM. IN MY CASE THE RIM SHATTERED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CAR CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR THAT WAS BEHIND ME PULLED OVER AFTER SEEING WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS AN EXPLOSION ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES OF THE RIM. CLEARLY SHOWING PRODUCT FAILURE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, HE COMMENTED THAT HE HAS NEVER WITNESSED RIM FAILURE LIKEN THAT. THE DEALER UPON REVIEW OF THE DAMAGE CONCURRED. MY CONCERN IS TWOFOLD. ONE THE SAFETY OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIM AND THE OVER INFLATION UPON DELIVERY OF THE TIRES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEAKNESS OF THE DESIGN. I AM REQUESTING AN INQUIRY INTO THE SAFETY OF THIS DESIGN, THE TRAINING OF THE STAFF ON PROPER INFLATION GUIDELINES AND THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAILURE