Front Seat Power Adjust problems of the 2009 Volkswagen Routan

Two problems related to front seat power adjust have been reported for the 2009 Volkswagen Routan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Volkswagen Routan based on all problems reported for the 2009 Routan.

1 Front Seat Power Adjust problem

Failure Date: 01/01/2013

Power sliding doors actuate on own, without warning, both open and close with no regard to humans or object in the path. Door handles chrome delamination causing severe cuts. Power third row seating motor/frame failure causing seats mounting points to be unsecure. Dealer and vw of America unwilling to correct safety issues without large financial compensation.

2 Front Seat Power Adjust problem

Failure Date: 08/02/2010

I have had my Volkswagen Routan for about a year and a half. In that time the transmission has gone out twice now. The first time was at 6k miles and it was at the dealer for 2 months before it was fixed. There was every excuse in the book, first they didn't have a tech qualified to fix it so they had to wait on an out of state tech to come in. Parts were backordered and when they came in the "fix" didn't work so they had to order a new transmission. Now at 15k miles I started having more problems with the transmission and the rear power folding seat was broken. I reluctantly took it back to the dealer but was assured that they would be able to fix it in a short amount of time. That was a month ago, and it is still not fixed, they are waiting on parts to come in. Volkswagen's customer care is no help, they say they are working on it but the only thing they have done so far is apologize.


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