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Tell Santa: What Features Aren’t Automakers Giving You?

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

There’s really a disappointing trend going on in the car industry if you’re a car but, the death of the manual transmission. It’s not just the “average” car that can’t come with the ability to row your own, but some high powered beasts that only mount power through a slushbox...

VW DSG reader stories round 3 – “Flash of death” woes lead to brand new recall

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Late Friday night we broke the news that Volkswagen of America was offering up another 53,000+ vehicles as part of a second recall concerning its DSG transmission. Our readers knew something bigger than a simple temperature sensor acting up was afoot and let us know. Here's a few more of the emails that we've received.

Volkswagen recalls 53,300 new vehicles, announces service program to address DSG complaints

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Volkswagen Group of America has announced that it will ramp up an official customer service program to specifically address DSG related issues for Volkswagen and Audi models. At the same time, the company announced a new recall that includes over 50,000 vehicles.

VW DSG reader stories round 2- Failures reported in non-recall models

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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It's time for round two of reader-submitted Volkswagen DSG failure stories. Today we have three stories, each bringing new light to how widespread the DSG failure issues may be while posing an entirely scary question- Is the current recall just the tip of the iceburg? You don't want to miss this.

How long has Volkswagen/Audi known about DSG recall related failures?

Monday, August 24, 2009

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After news of the Volkswagen & Audi recall broke last week we asked for your DSG failure experiences. One email in particular, from reader Adam M. brings up an interesting question regarding the so-called "flash of death". How long has VW known about the potentially serious safety aspects of the failing transmission temperature sensors?

Flash of death? Volkswagen & Audi DSG recall issues caught on video

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Yesterday we reported that Volkswagen & Audi were recalling 13,500+ vehicles equipped with it's DSG transmission. Today we're finding out the recall may just be the tip of the iceburg. After the jump we have videos of what happens when the transmission fails and more information on the recall.

Volkswagen recalls 13,500 2009/2010 Jetta, GTI, and EOS models

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Just in off the wire- Volkswagen has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 13,500 vehicles equipped with its DSG transmission. The recall includes Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GTI, and Eos models built between September 2008 and August 2009.