NHTSA Campaign 09V333000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NHTSA campaign 09V333000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 09V333000 with NHTSA on August 20, 2009; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 09V333000, NHTSA lists up to 16,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 2008 and August 19, 2009.
Owner notification letters for 09V333000 were scheduled from October 20, 2009, 61 days after the report.
09V333000 covers 5 models from Audi and Volkswagen, model years 2009–2010.
Owners of the model years 09V333000 covers have filed at least 364 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 09V333000 vehicles, the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta has the most (141).
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V333000 ranks 27 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 09V333000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 3 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 09V333000 was 09V164000, reported on May 19, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2008 AND AUGUST 2009. THE WIRING HARNESS OF A TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX (DSG) MAY HAVE CONNECTOR WIRES THAT WERE INSUFFICIENTLY CRIMPED. WITH INSUFFICIENTLY CRIMPED CONNECTOR WIRES, A TEMPERATURE SENSOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FALSELY DETECT A HIGH GEARBOX OIL TEMPERATURE, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE SELECTOR LEVER POSITION INDICATOR WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL FLASH. IN ADDITION, THE "DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL" INDICATOR LIGHT WILL BE ILLUMINATED, ALERTING THE DRIVER TO APPLY THE BRAKES.
- The risk
- THE ABRUPT SHIFT TO NEUTRAL COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- VOLKSWAGEN WILL REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH UPDATED SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
- Notes
- VW RECALL NO. 37E3/S7 & AUDI RECALL NO. 37E5/J7.
Reported August 20, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V333000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V333000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 20, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted