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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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