Volkswagen Issues Global Recall of 2.64 Million Vehicles

[ziggyboy]

There was a changeover sometime in mid-2011, where DQ200 gearboxes made after this period used G 052 512 A2 instead of G 052 171 A2. However, it now appears that G 052 512 A2 is used exclusively for all DQ200 gearboxes.

And this is the sort of behaviour that pisses me off (and frankly, should piss off all of you). It's not that fact that VW cars have problems because as some people keep repeating, all makes have problems and all makes do recalls.

Volkswagen knew of the problem since mid-2011, and silently tried to "fix" it without dong recalls. Why are they issuing a recall only in late 2013 when they knew of the problem from before mid-2011. If they switched over at that time, this means they have investigated the issue way before. They have admitted that synthetic oil causes gearbox failures in start/stop or hot scenarios. How can that not be a safety issue? I have lost power while driving (gearbox switching to neutral). Once in a busy roundabout which was really dangerous. I have mentioned this numerous times for the past 12 months. It's a moment I'll never forget with my car. Thankfully I just drifted to a stop without incident (apart from a few angry people honking behind me). Again, HOW IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE TO WARRANT A RECALL WHEN THEY FOUND OUT IN 2011?

Some people do not understand why some of us are really upset about this. This is why. It has been more than 2 years since they changed some DQ200's to mineral... what about all of us who bought our cars from the time the DQ200 first came out??? One big... WTF????