Automatic Transmission Gear Indicator problems of the 2009 Volkswagen EOS

While in slow traffic and transmission in drive position, if I slow down or stop for traffic in front of me or a red light, the transmission does not engage again when given acceleration. I have shut the car off and restarted again, sometimes more than once to get it to engage and get me out of traffic. I have held up traffic behind me. There are also loud clunking noises coming from what I believe is the transmission at each start causing the prndl to flash and no power for reverse and drive. I believe all of this will eventually cause a collision as it appears to other vehicles that I should be moving. People have also become very frustrated with my vehicle holding up traffic, especially on the busiest of days and long lines waiting to advance behind me. People have become impatient and angry to the point of road rage. Thankfully, no one has actually tried to hurt me physically. The date below would be the latest incident.

On Sunday, June 30th, 2019, @ about 6pm, @51k I was driving 25mph and car jerked, then the rpms revved really high and car slowed down, and "prnds" letters started blinking. I slowed down even more and car was still going at higher than normal rpms. I was able to drive it very slowly through residential streets to my house. When I was going to park it in my spot, I had to put it in reverse, and when I did, it did not move in reverse! during all this the "prnds" lights kept on flashing. I had to turn it off, put it in neutral, and get pushed into my parking spot. When I tested to see if car would start, it started perfectly, no flashing light or anything, no delay or trouble to start it. The check engine light never turned on either. The day before, I did have an issue with getting the car started, it needed a jump start, and when the battery was tested for its voltage, it was running on the lower side. I had not driven it all day on Friday, and the starting issues were on Saturday. I was told by mechanic that I must have left a light on, but nothing was left on to drain the battery. Earlier on Sunday, I needed to go on one outing and the car did give me trouble to start, with a delayed slow start, and it drove fine to my destination less than 4 miles away. When I left there, the car managed to start with that delay again, and when I was driving home is when the crazy jerking, rpm revving, and car slowing down happened about a mile away from my house. Needless to say, this was very scary, and I have read many other complaints about this exact same thing! I am too scared to drive my car! I had it towed to the vw dealer, and I am waiting to hear back from them. When I was signing in at the dealer, another lady was registering her car for the same exact complaint and her car was the same exact car!!! vw needs to address this very dangerous and scary problem and fix it!!!!.

When backing out into a city street from a parking space on an incline, the vehicle gear dash lights began flashing and the car lost power. In order to get the vehicle to function, it was put in park and restarted, all the while blocking traffic and creating an unsafe disabled vehicle condition. The second incident occurred while driving at approximately 50 mph on a state road. The vehicle shifted to a lower gear, revving the engine and quickly slowing to approximately 25 mph. As was in the first incident, the prnd lights on the dash began flashing. This occurred in heavy traffic and required a vehicle following to swerve to avoid a rear end collision. I'm assuming the rear brake lights did not come on. These two incidents resulted in my taking the vehicle to a nearby vw dealership where the service department stated that vwoa suggests that the solution be changing the clutch packs which does not appear to address the immediate problems. However, that was the recommended solution from vwoa to the dealership.

When driving on the expressway the car automatically shifts and slows down abruptly to approximately 40 mph. Cars behind slam on the breaks. The gear indicator lights flash (prndl). And the depress break signal appears.

Driving 60 mph during rush hour traffic on highway when suddenly engine reved prnd lights started blinking and car had no power. I managed to get to shoulder and the car would drive 20 mph on shoulder. Faster the engine reved. Vw says recall on 2009 Eos does not include my VIN number. I could have been killed if the people behind me didn't manage to avoid hitting me. Vw will not assist me because my power train warranty ran out at 100k miles. My car has 103k. I am concerned that more cars were involved in the recall. Flash of death article by abc news is exactly what happened to me on Nov 6 2015. Vw says my car is not affected. I disagree.

August 2013: 2009 vw Eos abruptly lost power, would not accelerate, and the dashboard (prnd) flashed erratically; happened numerous times since. A vw master mechanic of 14 years told me that the dsg temperature sensor should be repaired and mechatronics unit should also be replaced. He advised I take the vehicle to a dealer for the recall/warranty repairs. Prestige vw, turnersville, NJ told to replace the transmission (5700 dollars), due to "internal transmission issues". No definitive problem identified. I was then told they would contact vwoa so they "could go to bat for me" because they understand that "no one buys a Volkswagen expecting the transmission to go at 74k miles". A claim would be submitted on my behalf; due to new vw policy they 'must' use a third-party claim service-vw would no longer accept direct claims. I called the dealer several times and was put off each time promised a return call. It has been nearly 5 weeks and nothing has been done. I called vwoa directly, they indicated that they I) have no record of a claim initiated by the dealer; ii) do not require dealers to use a third-party claim service; and iii) rely on their dealers' determination of problems. I am seriously concerned for my and my child's safety. Last week, my car abruptly slowed in 65mph traffic on route 295 in NJ; I was almost hit by a car behind me due to this malfunction. Vw refuses to address this;I hope the NHTSA will take action and address these concerns before someone loses their life to this transmission malfunctioning.

2009 vw Eos dgs transmission seemed to slip when accelerating into traffic. There was a bump like the clutch engaged, but then there was a momentary loss of power (torque) and then another bump like the clutch fully engaged. This vehicle has had the recent recall applied already, and we've experienced a previous problem with the prnds lights flashing (reported already) and the transmission disengaging while driving 40mph, and another incident with only the d light flashing, also remaining in neutral, from stopped while trying to leave a parking spot. Both times the car had to be turned off & on to restore the transmission to operational condition. The vw dealership was unable to find any events in the car's computer for any transmission events. (presumably an error big enough to remain in neutral and flash prnds or d should at the minimum log an error!) complaints for previous 2 incidents are 10290234 and 10285719. The dealership has been unable to find anything wrong with the vehicle.

2 incidents: sept 2009, dsg transmission flashed prnds and shifted into low gear. Oct 21 2009, dsg transmission flashed d and shifted into neutral. In the 1st incident, I was driving about 45 mph, and had shifted to neutral. When shifting back to drive, the dashboard flashed the prnds lights at me and the transmission shifted to a very low gear (2nd?), making the car redline and slowing the car abruptly on a busy street. The car would not respond correctly until turned off and restarted. (dangerous while driving). In the 2nd incident, while parked I shifted from p to d. The car flashed d on the dashboard and remained in neutral. There was no immediate danger. Again, I had to turn off the car to reset the problem. I don't know if drive can become disengaged while driving though, particularly since I had the previous incident.

When driving 2009 Eos, after accelerating I shifted into neutral, then shifted back to d a while later. The car went to a low gear (like 2nd) inappropriate for my speed, and the prnds indicators on the dashboard started flashing. I was unable to restore normal operation without restarting the car. I shifted back to neutral and turned the car off, then on, to get it to behave. Needless to say this was quite unexpected and dangerous in traffic. I would've needed to slow to 20mph or so in a 40mph area to get the engine rpms to a speed appropriate to the gear. I understand that you're already looking into incidents with this transmission, so I thought I should provide an account of my incident.