2008 Volkswagen Eos Powertrain & Transmission Problems

While in drive, the car jumps out of gear and PRNDS lights are illuminated. The car is no longer able to put back in gear and is idle.

CAR WAS IN MORNING TRAFFIC AND FAILED DUE TO TIMING BELT FAILURE AT 85000 MILES. CAR WAS MAINTAINED BY DEALERSHIP AT RECOMMENDED INTERVALS. THE MANUALS AND DEALER RECOMMENDED BELT REPLACEMENT AT 110000 MILES. FORTUNATELY MY WIFE WAS NOT INJURED OR KILLED IN WHAT COULD HAVE LED TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AFTER LOOKING AT THE INTERNET AND TALKING TO MECHANICS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY FLAW THAT SHOULD LEAD TO A RECALL OF THESE MOTORS BY THE NHTSA AND CORRECTION BY VOLKSWAGEN AND PAYMENT FOR MOTOR REPLACEMENT.

EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS IN DRIVE IT WILL GO DOWN I FEEL BACKWARDS THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE ACCIDENTS. THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS GO UP AND DOWN CONTINUOUSLY YES, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT THEY REFUSED TO FIX THIS THE DISTRACTION IS GOING TO CAUSE PEOPLE ACCIDENTS. THIS MAKES TEXTING WHILE DRIVING SEEM LIKE A SAFE WAY TO BEHAVE.

GEARBOX FAILURE! DIRECT FAILURE TO GEARBOX CAUSES CAR TO MALFUNCTION WHILE IN MOTION. VEHICLE WILL STOP ABRUPTLY (TRAVELLING ON THE INTERSTATE!) AND REFUSE TO GO BACK INTO ANY GEAR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REVERSE AND DRIVE. REPEATITIVE PROBLEM AND ISN'T ISOLATED TO ONE SPECIFIC EVENT (BUT MANY OCCASIONS)

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON A LOCAL CITY STREET AND HALFWAY THROUGH A TURN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL ON IT'S OWN, ALL THE GEARS ON THE DASH STARTED FLASHING (THE PARK, REVERSE, AND DRIVE) THEY STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF AS MY TRANSMISSION WENT HAYWIRE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND AVOID BEING HIT AS I HAD NO CONTROL OVER MY SPEED, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WAS RACING AND THERE WAS NO FORWARD MOTION AT ALL. MY CAR HAS A DSG (DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX).

FIRST INCIDENT (MANY MORE TO FOLLOW) OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL ON HIGHWAY. THE ENTIRE DASH PANEL APPEARED TO HAVE GONE HAYWIRE AND THEN CAR JUST TURNED OFF. COASTED OFF OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED DOWN THE HILL. CHARGED THE BATTERY AND IT STARTED JUST FINE, FOR ABOUT 20 MILES, THEN THE SAME THING OCCURRED AND CAR TURNED OFF. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AFTER DIAGNOSIS, HAD FUEL PUMP, FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND GASKET REPLACED. DURING THEIR TEST DRIVE, CAR STALLED OUT AGAIN. HAD TO ALSO REPLACE ALTERNATOR, FREEWHEEL PULLEY AND BATTERY. PICKED UP CAR, BEFORE I EVEN GOT HOME ENGINE LAMP CAME ON AGAIN, TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP IN A CLOSER LOCATION TO ME. NOW THE PROBLEM WAS TURBO UNDERBOOST AND EVAP SYSTEM LEAKS, RECCOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF TURBO PURGE VALVE, EVAP PURGE VALVE AND EVAP VENT HOSE. VOLKSWAGEN IS AWARE OF AND HAS HAD MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THESE SAME PROBLEMS, YET THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT, AND CAN ONLY APOLOGIZE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT THEY ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH "THEIR" PARTICULAR VEHICLE. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY VEHICLE WILL NOT EVEN PASS SMOG NEXT YEAR AT THIS RATE, GIVEN I COULD NOT FIND ANY SMOG RECORDS AT ALL FOR THIS VEHICLE...IS IT POSSIBLE TO FAKE A SMOG CHECK TO DMV AND RE-SELL A LEMON?? I WAS DEFINITELY DUPED!

THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPS GEARS WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND OR SPEEDING UP. THE PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHILE GOING IN REVERSE. AFTER A BIT OF RESEARCH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DSG COMPONENT OF THE TRANSMISSION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THIS MODEL/MAKE OF THE EOS. THIS UNEXPECTED JUMPING AND JERKING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD. *TR

VEHICLE LURCHED DURING START OF ACCELERATION. ALSO SOUNDED AND FELT LIKE IT WAS SEARCHING FOR A GEAR AND COULDN'T FIND IT. SLAMMING OF GEARS FELT AND HEARD - INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN IN AND THE CLUTCH PLATES WERE REPLACED. PREVIOUS WORK RECORDED WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MECHTRONIC UNIT. SO FAR AFTER 100 MILES THE ISSUE APPEARS BETTER BUT NOT TOTALLY RELIEVED. STILL SLIGHT HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS. NO SLAMMING. ALSO PREVIOUSLY PARKING ON A HILL WAS AN ISSUE. NO ROLL STOP WITHOUT BRAKES OR BRAKING. NOW AFTER REPAIR THE VEHICLE WILL STOP ROLLBACK AFTER 1 FT. *TR

THE CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5K RPMS ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND DUE TO THE RAPID REDUCTION IN MY SPEED. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN WORKED ON AND VW WILL NOT WORK WITH ME TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM FOR A REASONABLE PRICE. *TR

2008 VW EOS SWITCHED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITH HIGH ENGINE RPM. *TR

MY 2008 EOS 2.0T WITH 6 SPEED DSG TRANSMISSION HAS ERRATIC ACCELERATION IN FORWARD AND REVERSE FROM STANDSTILL. USUALLY THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAVE COOLED. IT HAS OCCURRED OVER A WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES ALTHOUGH IT DOES SOMETIMES DISSIPATE AFTER EXTENDED DRIVING. THE FAILURE CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS SEVERAL SURGES OF THE THROTTLE IN FIRST GEAR OR REVERSE GEAR. MY FOOT IS TYPICALLY DEPRESSING THE PEDAL WITH A CONSTANT VELOCITY TO A SHALLOW POSITION WHICH WOULD NORMALLY PERMIT ME TO SLOWLY PULL AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. INSTEAD, THE CAR SEEMS TO SURGE AT A MUCH GREATER SPEED FOR AN INSTANT, COAST FOR ANOTHER INSTANT, AND REPEAT UNTIL I EITHER APPLY THE BREAK OR FURTHER DECREASE THE PEDAL. WHEN DECREASING THE PEDAL FURTHER THE SURGING STOPS ONCE I REACH AN ACCELERATION CONSISTENT WITH THE PEAK OF THE SURGE. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT THE INCONSISTENT ACCELERATION WILL LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MINOR ACCIDENTS. A SECONDARY CONCERN IS THAT IF THIS PROBLEM WORSENS IT MAY CAUSE WHIPLASH FROM EVER MORE VIOLENT ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION CYCLES. NO CORRECTIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS VW HAS NOT PROVIDED DEALERSHIPS AND SERVICE SHOPS WITH A WAY TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE THE EFFECT OR DETECT IT'S OCCURRENCE VIA FAULT CODES. *TR

PURCHASED 2008 VW EOX ON 09/11/2009. CAR WOULD BRIEFLY STALL-OUT AND POP INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. 02/12/08 - DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIND ERROR CODES. 12/16/08 - CAR HAS BECOME WORSE, STALLS MORE OFTEN, ROLLS BACKWARDS, BANGS - DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIND ERROR CODES. 03/18/09 - AFTER ALMOST HAVING AN ACCIDENT FROM THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, DEALER SCANS AND FOUND NO FAILURE RECORDS - UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. 07/07/09 - DEALER WAS ABLE TO VERIFY PROBLEM BY TEST DRIVING - 07/31/09 - DEALER REPLACED MECHATRONICS UNIT. THE CAR DROVE BETTER THAN EVER AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. YESTERDAY 08/27/09 CAR STALLED LURCHED, BANGED, AND SLIPPED THROUGH GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP INTO TRAFFIC. NARROWLY MISSED HAVING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 08 VW EOS HAS BEEN HAVING A JERKING (FEELING LIKE BEING REAR ENDED) AND SPUTTERING IN THE TRANSMISSION SINCE I HAVE HAD IT, BOUGHT THE END OF JUNE 08 I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES TO INCLUDE JUST BEFORE MY SURGERY NOV 11, 09. IT WAS IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND I WAS TOLD EVERYTIME THERE WAS NO ISSUE. I FINALLY RECV'D A NOTICE IN THE MAIL DEC 22, 09 FROM VW SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE BUT NO FIX TILL SUMMER 2010. ON NOV 11 09 I HAD TO HAVE NECK SURGERY BECAUSE THE CAR JERK IS SO BAD IT FEELS LIKE I AM BEING REAR ENDED I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR TO SEE IF I HAD BEEN HIT. AND I HAVE TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THIS AS WELL. AFTER TELLING THE DEALERSHIP I HAD SURGERY BECAUSE OF THIS THEY ARE REQUESTING MY CAR TO COME BACK TO THE SHOP AND IT WILL BE DROPPED OFF TOMORROW 2/5/10 BUT THERE IS STILL NO FIX FOR THIS ISSUE ACCORDING TO THE LETTER I RECV'D IN DEC. *JB

2008 VW EOS LUX. WHEN NEW, THE VEHICLE WAS GREAT, AND THEN WE EXPERIENCED WHAT FELT LIKE RUNNING OVER A SPEED BUMP WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP; AT AROUND 25-30 MPH, THE SHIFT IS VERY HARSH AND THE CAR SEEMS TO MOMENTARILY LOSE POWER. THE DEALER "REFLASHED" THE CAR, WHICH SEEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT CAME BACK. THEY THEN REPLACED THE MECHATRONICS UNIT, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. WHEN PULLING ONTO A BUSY STREET THIS PROBLEM IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

I OWN A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN EOS. EXPERIENCED UNEVEN, LURCHING, AND LABORED SHIFTING STARTING OUT FROM A DEAD STOP IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE MECHATRONICS UNIT HAD GONE OUT. THE DEALERSHIP (NORTHPOINT VOLKSWAGEN OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK) WILL NOT RETURN ANY PHONE CALLS. MY HUSBAND HAD TO DRIVE 30 MINUTES TODAY TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP IN PERSON. THEY TOLD HIM THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER AND GAVE NO INDICATION OF A TIMEFRAME WHEN THE CAR WOULD BE FINISHED. *TR

TRANSMISSION STUTTERS ERRATICALLY FROM DEAD STOP AND REVERSE. HESITATION AND THEN SURGE IN ACCELERATION THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH OTHER OBJECTS OR VEHICLES. I NOTICED THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR IN JUNE, 2008, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND MORE DANGEROUS. *TR

DSG TRANSMISSION IN 2008 VW EOS BEGAN LURCHING/HESITATING AND DROPPING INTO NEUTRAL AT 12,000 MI. BY 15,000 MI. CAR COULDN'T BE DRIVEN IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC WITHOUT BUCKING LIKE A BRONCO. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN MERGING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAR WOULD LOSE COMPLETE POWER AS THE TRANS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. BACKING UP, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY INCLINE, WAS ANOTHER LURCHING AFFAIR, MUCH LIKE A NEW DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE A MANUAL TRANS FOR THE FIRST TIME. TAKING OF FROM A STOPLIGHT WAS HIT OR MISS. CAR WOULD LURCH AND HESITATE, CAUSING DRIVERS BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON BRAKES AS I LOST POWER. VERY DANGEROUS AND UNEASY FEELING. VW DEALER DETERMINED PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A FAILED MECHATRONICS UNIT IN THE DSG. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT APPROX. 16,000 MILES. OLD PART WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE. *TR

CAR SURGES AND BUCKS AT LOW SPEEDS, SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IN DRIVE, ALWAYS WHEN BACKING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE IN REVERSE. *TR

VEHICLE PURCHASED ON 02 SEPT 2008. HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION KICKING, STALLING, LURCHING, ROLLING BACK. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER AT 952, 5632, AND 10171 MILES. DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT RECREATE AND NO ERRORS WERE FOUND DURING TESTING. RECENTLY CAR STALLED GOING INTO TRAFFIC AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. LAST TIME IN @ 15,845 MILES DEALER ORDERED NEW MECHATRON UNIT. *TR

2008 VW EOS DSG AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS SAME ISSUES AS REPORTED BY OTHER DRIVERS ON NEWER MODELS. THE BIGGEST SAFETY HAZARD ARE DELAYS IN SHIFTING GEARS CRUCIAL FOR LANE CHANGING AND PASSING. AT WORST VEHICLE SEEMS TO RUN OUT OF STEAM OR NOT BE 100 PERCENT THERE. I HAVE OWNED ANOTHER VW WITH DSG AND THOSE SYMPTOMS WERE NEVER PRESENT. THE PROBLEMS ARE ON AND OFF. CAR HAS NEVER STALLED BUT MOST OF THE INCIDENTS INVOLVED DELAYED SHIFT AND LOSS OF POWER. *TR