2015 Volkswagen E-Golf Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I was driving my 5-month old vw E-Golf on a city road with heavy traffic and traveling about 35-40 MPH when all of sudden my electric car shut off and came to a shuddering stop. It felt almost like another car had hit me from behind. The electric vw golf came to such an abrupt stop that the car behind me nearly hit me. But, they were able to swerve around me. But my car remained stuck in the road and with an electric failure message on the dashboard. The car would not start or even move. I was frightened by this incident. The vw car dealer worked on the car and consulted vw. …”

“Vehicle was travelling ~40 MPH on public road. Reached down to press mode button to left of shifter twice to switch to eco mode. Pressed power button by mistake. Two presses of power button causes vehicle to shut off, even while moving. Vehicle suffered total loss of power. Was able to bring vehicle to a stop thanks to limited traffic, engaged park, and pressed power button to restart vehicle. Mode and power buttons are right next to each other, both require two button presses to either engage eco mode (mode button), or activate emergency vehicle shutoff (power button). …”

“I was driving and the car shuddered and lost all power and would not accelerate. The car glided to a stop, but there were no shoulders so I was stuck blocking traffic. Later, the police helped push it to a side street where it was safe to park. The dashboard displayed the following error: Error: Electrical System. Stop! This message occured at the time of the failure. There were no symptoms or warnings prior to the failure. This message can not be found in the owners manual. Turning the car off and on does not change the situation. …”