Transmission Sensor Problems of Volkswagen GTI

I own a new 2009 vw Gti, dsg, 2-door. I had it just over a month and has about 1100 miles on it. About 2 weeks ago, I parked in my condo and was in "park" and noticed the gear shift lights on the display (p-r-n-d-s) were flashing/blinking. I turned off key and next day everything was fine. About 3-4 days later the same thing happened while in "park" at my house. Again, next day everything was fine. Today, I was at a traffic light in "drive" with the foot on the brake and noticed the gear shift lights on the display were blinking again. When the light turned green, I stepped on the accelerator but nothing happened. The car was running, all power (radio, lights, etc) were operating fine, but it was like the car was in neutral. I shifted into park, reverse, neutral, then drive, and it did not correct the problem. I then turned the car off for 5 seconds then back on and it worked fine. I did research online and on multiple car forums, many others have had this problem recently as well. Most have had their mechatronic module replaced, some have had their shifter assembly sensor replaced and some have had the transmission temperature sensor replaced. This could pose a serious threat of injury or death if this happens while someone, including myself, are turning into or from an intersection and the car goes into this "false neutral" stage with no accelerator to get out of the way of any traffic. Please file this complaint and hopefully vw might issue a recall which is seriously needed for this problem. Thank you!.

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