Transmission Gear Indicator Problems of Volkswagen Passat

Dsg transmission intermittently flashes d gear selector indicator. This means the transmission shifts into neutral and cannot be reengaged into drive. Very dangerous condition on freeway or making left hand turn with on coming traffic. Shutting vehicle off and back on always clears the condition however vehicle must be stopped and in p. Fault occurs randomly sometimes with 2500 miles between occurrences. Has occurred 5 times with 2500 miles between the 4th and 5th occurrence. Transmission has been serviced per vw required intervals.

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1/26/2018 - I was driving my 2013 vw Passat on the highway at a 60 mph speed, and it suddenly began forcing itself to stop, as if the transmission was going out. The car began slowing down jerking itself, and the cars behind me had to brake abruptly, almost hitting me. It was a frightening experience. I did look down at the gear while this was happening and noticed that the gear lights d & s were both lit in red and the - and + were also lit in red. I was finally able to stop (on the highway) and put my car gear on park. I quickly put it on park and then tried to drive again, all was well until I exited the freeway, and while I was trying to make a left turn, the car begin slowly jerking again, not allowing to continue driving. I finally pulled to the side and turned off the car, restarting it after a few minutes, and then all was normal again. Today, 1/27/2018, on my way to work, the same issue happened. I'm taking my car into service firs thing Monday morning. I just purchased this vehicle on October 2017, and no recalls were on this vehicle. So to be having these problems just a few months after the initial purchase is disappointing. No personal belongings were anywhere near the gear, so that was definitely not an issue. Please advise if anyone has reported the same vehicle concern. Thank you.

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Driving and went to put car into reverse and the transmission gear indicator started blinking and car would not go into gear. Car had to be turned off and restarted to get car to select gear and move again. This has happened on several occasions where not being able to move the car in a timely manner put me and my passengers in imminent danger. I had a transmission service done at 60,000 miles and the transmission was "better", but the problem still cropped up occasionally. Now, at 75,000 miles, the problem seems occur more often. After research, it appears there are issues with the dsg unit in this car, but vw has ignored it on Passats while extending warranty service on other cars that use this same transmission. The "mechatronic" unit is the problem part. See: vw recall no. 37e3/s7 & Audi recall no. 37e5/j7, service bulletin no. : tb-35-11-01 , service bulletin no. : tb-30-14-01, service bulletin no. : csc-37e6/s8. . Read more...

Purchased 2010 vw Passat with 69 miles on 6/14/2010 immediately noticed vehicle shuddered in reverse after starting. On 6/27/2010 after driving approx. 4 blocks while on an incline the vehicle suddenly stopped. The rpms and the engine was revving up and the vehicle was in drive but the vehicle would go no where in addition no gear was indicated on the control display. Changing gears didn't help. After repeatedly restarting the vehicle I was able to get it to display a gear and move. The same situation occurred again later that same evening almost under the same conditions. At this point the vehicle had less than 150 miles. I placed the vehicle for service the next day. The service tech indicated that vw was aware of a problem with the computer that controlled the transmission and that I should be getting a notice about a recall and that it would take up to two weeks to get the part. My vehicle was scheduled to be in the shop for after market detailing for two days anyway. On 6/29/2010 I was told my vehicle was ready that the tech's had driven the car around the parking lot and found nothing wrong that the computer needed to just learn the transmission. On 6/30/2010 I drove the vehicle to PA. On 7/1/2010 I experienced the same mechanical problem. After driving approx 1/4 - 1/2 mile I slowed down to turn into a fastfood establishment. After turning in about a car's length the vehicle stopped and would not move. I immediately put on my hazard lights and tried to move the vehicle and calm down the irate driver behind me. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. I was told that the dealer spoke with vw repeatedly and was told to drive the vehicle until the condition repeated. I am being told a code relating to the transmission was detected. That it was cleared and test drove and that there seems to be no problem. That the computer needed to relearn the transmission. No parts were replaced. This vehicle failed at less than 150 miles and I don't feel safe!.