2016 Volkswagen Jetta Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“2016 Volkswagen Jetta with 1.8 l.turbo engine with automatic transmission. After totally stopping car at an intersection and then applying a little throttle the car will start moving out into intersection, but if I have to let off on throttle after starting out in intersection for one reason or another the engine will not respond and for a few seconds, it will not move leaving me dead in the intersection without any response. Engine is still running but car will not move for a few seconds. …”

“This car continues to sporadically go in reverse while I am in drive. This has happened while waiting in like at a drive through, foot on break while in drive while waiting for food, then told to pull up only to nearly back into the car in line behind me. Had to put car in park and shut off engine- restart to correct problem. Has happened while foot on break at red light while in drive, took foot off break when light turned green - car went into reverse while drive shaft d still lit up almost backing into car behind me. …”

“At 32,000 miles the clutch started slipping. Even though covered under warranty I was told my my local vw dealer and by vw of america that they would have to pull the car apart to determine if it is covered. If they determine it is normal wear and tear it won't be covered and I'm out $1100 for the diagnostic. Meanwhile the vw forums I've been on pinpoint a weak clutch pressure plate (design flaw) as the source of the slipping. That makes sense since I've never had a clutch slip in my previous 6 manual transmissions and two of those vehicles made it to over 200,000 miles. …”

“3 times car popped out of 3rd gear while car was in motion, nothing in particular brought this on (no bump in road, etc), car has less than 7k miles, brought to vw dealership and after driving it only two miles, they said they would not even inspect the transmission because they couldn't recreate the problem. Now the issue is that sometimes I can't get the car into 3rd gear. Contacted ne vw regional manager because I wanted it in writing that they were refusing to service the car. Though I was told I would be sent a letter, I've received nothing more than a month later. …”

“Vehicle pauses for up to 5 seconds when attempting to accelerate across an intersection or while attempting to pass another car on the highway. This failure happens sporadically whether on a public street or highway. I never know when it will occur but have almost been hit by other vehicles several times.”