Transmission Not Go Into Gear Problems of Volkswagen EOS

I was driving out of town at approximately 50 mph when my car suddenly slowed to approximately 20 mph. I could not get the vehicle to go above 20 mph. I pulled it off of the road and turned the car off. I restarted and again it would not get past 20 mph. When I switched the car to manual mode it would not go past 2nd gear. After a few hours of sitting the car worked properly. I contacted a dealership in the area I was traveling and they said it sounded like the car was going into "limp mode" and that vw had had tons of complaints about that over the last several years. I drove the car home. Seven days later, the exact thing happened and I contacted my local dealership about the problem who informed me "they had not had any type of complaint similar to what I was describing". They did however conduct a safety recall on my vehicle. I took my car to another mechanic because my concern is driving on the interstate and having the car abruptly slowing down and being struck from behind or if I am turning, not being able to complete my turn before someone strikes me from the side. That mechanic also saw what I was explaining and said that the dealership needed to fix it because it should be covered under a warranty. It did the same thing as I was leaving the shop so I had it towed to my local vw dealership. After driving the car several days the mechanic at the dealership found the problem and said that the dsg transmission assembly needed to be replaced. When I asked about a warranty, they said I was not covered, however in the last 10 years there were over 53,000 vws and audis that had the same problem and had a recall. I don't understand if this is having the same problem, why mine is not covered.

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I purchased my 2009 vw Eos on August 30, 2008. On September 29, 2008 after only approximately 1,300 miles, a valve that measures the temperature of the clutch malfunctioned. As a "safety" precaution the transition will not change gears if the clutch temperature is too high. This valve malfunctioned while I was on the freeway. The car operated as though I put it in neutral and revved the engine. Once out of oncoming traffic it took me three tries to restart my car. I proceeded to exit the freeway and get to a safer destination. While doing so this malfunction occurred two more times. Upon taking my car to the dealer to be repaired I was initially told that the engine switch malfunctioned. Only upon demanding to speak with the head mechanic and being asked to fully describe the situation that the true problem was discovered. It was made clear to me that this is a common problem with this model. Subsequently, the malfunctioning vale causes a pressure problem in the transition. I am anticipating this problem to occur again and have already consulted with a lawyer for lemon law.

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