A FEW DAYS AGO I GOT A WARNING ON MY CAR SAYING THE FRONT RIGHT TURN SIGNAL NEEDED TO BE CHECKED. IT WASN'T AN EMERGENCY SITUATION SINCE THE REAR AND SIDE MIRROR TURN SIGNALS STILL FUNCTIONED. I HAD ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL ONLINE, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST TELLING ME I WAS PART OF THE RECALL AND WOULD NEED TO TAKE IT IN SOON. LAST NIGHT, DRIVING IN THE DARK, I LOST A HEADLIGHT, FOG LIGHT, AND THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT. IT WAS DECIDED TO MAKE THE 4 HOUR TRIP TO THE NEAREST VW DEALER THIS WEEKEND TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK, I LOST VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE REMAINING EXTERIOR LIGHTING. LUCKILY IT WAS A BRIGHT MORNING, AND WORK IS NOT FAR. BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF TWO BRAKE LIGHTS, AND ASSUMING I WOULD LOSE THE OTHER ONE, I HAD VW TOW MY CAR TODAY TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THIS IS MY LIST OF LIGHTS LOST AS OF 12.6.13 8:00 AM: FR DIPPED BEAM, FR TURN SIGNAL, FR MAIN BEAM, FR FOG LIGHT, FL SIDE LIGHT, RL TURN SIGNAL, RL BRAKE LIGHT, RR SIDE LIGHT, 3RD BRAKE LIGHT, R REVERSE LIGHT, AND LICENSE PLATE LIGHT. FORTUNATELY I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY, SO IT WILL BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO ME REGARDLESS OF AN OFFICIAL RECALL. *TR
2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THERE ARE 2 SEPARATE INCIDENTS. FIRST INCIDENT APPROX. NOV. 26. PROCEEDING UP A STEEP HILL WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED. PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL DID NOT RESULT IN INCREASED SPEED. NEEDED TO SHIFT TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION MODE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR. SECOND INCIDENT ON DEC. 27. PROCEEDING DOWN A STEEP HILL AT APPROX. 45 MPH. POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 45MPH. PAVEMENT IS DRY, VISIBILITY IS MILES. SKY IS OVERCAST. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HILL THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO DECELERATION FROM 45 TO ~ 30MPH. PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT RESULT IN SPEED INCREASE. NEEDED TO SHIFT CAR INTO MANUAL TRANSMISSION MODE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR BACK. THIRD INCIDENT ON JAN. 5. PROCEEDING ON CITY STREET AT LESS THAN POSTED SPEED LIMIT. SUDDENLY CAR HAS NO POWER. ALL ELECTRICAL IS OFF. MUST MOVE CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. AFTER GETTING THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPED, WAS ABLE TO RESTART. ALL ABOVE INCIDENTS ARE REPORTED TO VW AND CAR IS IN FOR SERVICE. VW REPORTS NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR. *TR