Your VW might not be as reliable as you once thought.
Announced earlier today, Volkswagen of America has decided to recall 13,500 of their cars The Boston Globe reports. The reason? Problems with a dual-clutch transmission that causes a warning light on the dashboard to appear. Audi of America, the luxury division of Volkswagen, also made a recall yesterday. This affected 2,500 vehicles with similar problems. All of the cars were built between September 2008 and August 2009.
The Volkswagen recall affects cars from the model year 2009, along with a limited number of 2010 Jetta, Jetta SportsWagen, GTI and Eos vehicles. The Audi recall affects 2009 MY A3, TT and TT Roadster models equipped with S tronic transmissions. A limited number of 2010 MY A3 cars equipped with S tronic transmissions are also affected.
Volkswagen said some of their vehicles could have a faulty temperature sensor in the transmission, which could lead to the warning light showing up on the dashboard. In rare cases, the transmission could shift into neutral (Yowza!). Audi also cited problems with warning lamps, and the same problem of the transmission shifting into neutral in rare cares.
If you own one of the cars affected by the recall, you will be contacted by Volkswagen so that you can take the car into a shop for repairs or new sensors. But if you want to contact the company’s Loyalty Center, you can do that too. Call them at 1-800-444-8982.
German engineering, not as great as we once thought?
oooo and acura has faulty transmissions too japp engineering not as great as its built up to be
German cars are still great. All car companies run into issues every once in a while, look at all those horrible ford diesels and fords doing good now. honda and toyota have their fare share of issues too. Nissan left casting sand in their four cylinder blocks so you received a new engine in your car because of it. german cars are still great!!!