2008 Volkswagen R32
Safety Score
69
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-20 | 09V093000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | 5,000 | — | Details |
| 2007-09-24 | 07V442000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | 340,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My vehicle started to develop a crank no start and intermittent stumble when idling at a light shortly after starting. … |
| 2020-07-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I EXITED FROM A DRIVEWAY AT A RITEAID TO GET TO THE LIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, I HAVE ABOUT 3/4 TANK OF GAS AND THE ODOME… |
| 2020-06-27 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE FUEL TANK VENTILATION VALVE MAY NOT R… |
| 2019-06-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RAW FUEL SPEWING FROM LEAK DETECTION PUMP (LDP) FILTER LOCATED UNDER PASSENGER SIDE FENDER WELL. CHARCOAL CANISTER, LDP… |
| 2019-01-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THIS OCCURRED ON BOTH HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS,… |
| 2017-08-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE FALSE NUETRALED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A 18-WHEELER SOLENOID FAILURE IN THE TRANSMIS… |
| 2016-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I AM EXPERIENCING THE WELL KNOWN SYMPTOMS OF A FAILING MECHATRONIC UNIT IN THE VOLKSWAGEN DSG GEARBOX. THERE WAS A … |
| 2016-02-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION FAILED @ 57,000 MILES |
| 2014-07-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED … |
| 2014-02-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | VW R32 HID HEADLIGHT SYSTEM BURNS OUT BULBS AND SMELLS LIKE BURNT WIRES. THE BULB IGNITER WIRES INSIDE THE LIGHT HOUSI… |
| 2014-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. HEADLIGHT WIRING IS DETERIORATED. WIRE INSULATION IS BRITTLE, CRACKED AND SEPARATED, LEAVING TH… |
| 2013-08-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION LAGS IN APPLYING THE CLUTCH AND WILL SOMETIMES APPLY THE CLUTCH EXTREMELY HARSH AFTER A SECOND OF LAGG… |
| 2013-06-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SUSPECT CLOCK SPRING FAILED. AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FUNCTIONS TO STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED CONT… |
| 2013-03-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SHIFTS VERY HARD AT SLOW SPEEDS. GOING INTO REVERSE SOMETIMES HESTATES FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. SARTING FROM A STOP WILL N… |
| 2013-02-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SUDDENLY STARTED HEARING LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE THEN IT STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. I PULLED OVER AND … |
| 2013-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | EXTREME HARSH SHIFTING UP FROM FIRST TO SECOND DURING ACCELERATION. ALSO EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST… |
| 2012-12-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R 32 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OPERATION VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING INTO FIRST FR… |
| 2012-03-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR HAS VERY ROUGH SLOW SPEED LURCHING AND JERKING WHEN MOVING IN REVERSE AND ALSO IN SLOW FORWARD. ITS WORSE ON C… |
| 2011-02-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HESITATING AND JERKING FROM TRANSMISSION WHEN IN REVERSE OR DRIVE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. *LN |
| 2010-12-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY CAR BEGIN MAKING A LOW WHISTLE NOISE A WEEK AGO WHENEVER I ACCELERATED FROM STAND STILL AND A WEEK LATER IT BEGIN S… |
| 2010-12-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | FRONT RIGHT LIGHT BULB WENT OUT, WENT TO DEALER, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, REPLACED BULB $256.00. 1 WEEK LATER THE B… |
| 2010-10-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | LOSS OF POWER WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. FORTUNATELY, IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN A SITUA… |
| 2010-09-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN MY VW 2008 R32 IS IN 2ND GEAR IN THE PARKING LOT IT IS NOT SMOOTH. IT JERKS AND LURCHES LIKE I'M PUMPING THE GAS. … |
| 2010-08-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R 32 IS HAVING ISSUES WITH DSG TRANSMISSION OPERATION VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING INTO FIRST F… |
| 2010-08-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO GEAR VERY HARD. GOING FROM R TO D SEEMS TRANSMISSION SLIPS GOING INTO GEAR. IN DRIVE, ACCE… |
| 2010-06-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2008 VW R32 IS STARTING TO HAVE DSG TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 22,000 MILES. IT CLUNKS WHEN GOING IN AND OUT OF REVER… |
| 2009-12-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 1) PURCHASED THE CAR AND NOTICED THE JUMPS TWICE ON MY WAY HOME. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE TW… |
| 2009-11-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AFTER THE CAR GETS TO IT'S WARM TEMPS (ROUGHLY 30 MINS OF DRIVING), IT STARTS TO JERK THROUGH LOW GEARS, HARSH DOWNSHIF… |
| 2009-11-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION DROPS INTO THEN OUT OF THEN BACK INTO 1ST GEAR. ALSO ENGINE REVS AND THE CAR JERKS IN REVERSE. *TR |
| 2009-10-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL (ABOUT 30MPH) AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MADE A LAST MIN… |
| 2009-09-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2008 GOLF R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION IS HAVING ROUGH SHIFTING, ROUGH CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT, CHOPPY REVERSE AND… |
| 2009-09-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND LETTING OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHILE THE CAR IS STILL IN DRIVE, IT WILL LURCH OR JUMP… |
| 2009-08-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | LURCHING MOTION OF CAR AS TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND DISENGAGES. THIS HAPPENS MAINLY WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A COMPLETE ST… |
| 2009-08-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R32 HAS DSG ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SMOOTH WHEN GOING FROM A STOP (BRAKE APPLIED) TO GO… |
| 2009-08-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH SOME CORRECTED BUT THE HESITATION OF POWER AND SHIFTING ISSUES WITH DSG CONTINUE TO PERS… |
| 2009-08-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HAVE A 2008 VW GOLF R32 DSG. SHIFTING IS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND APPEARS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. IN FACT SOMETIMES IT DO… |
| 2009-08-18 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO EXECUTE A LANE CHANGE, THE CAR BECAME NON- RESPONSIVE BY HESITATING (APX 2 SEC) AFTER … |
| 2009-08-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND MOBILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STAND STILL .... THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW T… |
| 2009-08-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2008 R32 ON OCCASION DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY WHEN IN D MODE. IN ADDITION, WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDSTILL IT IS NOT UNC… |
| 2009-08-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH A VW R32 DSG TRANSMISSION. MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A CASE WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE … |
| 2009-08-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE IS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN MODEL R32. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES HAPPENS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN "D" (DRIVE)… |
| 2009-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION SLAMS WHEN PLACED INTO "D" OR "S" MODE EVEN THOUGHT BRAKE IS PUSHED. *TR |
| 2009-07-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I DRIVE 2008 VW R32. WHEN I DRIVE PARKING LOT OR AT SLOW SPEED TRANSMISSION CALLED DSG JERKS AND CLUTCH SEEMS LIKE NOT … |
| 2009-07-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | SEVERAL SYMPTOMS RELATED TO DSG TRANSMISSION SWITCHING GEARS: FROM A STOP, CAR LUNGES AND JERKS INTO FIRST GEAR. RPM… |
| 2009-07-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2 ISSUES WITH MY DSG TRANSMISSION FIRST; WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM SPEED THE TRANSMISSION JERKS AND SHIFTS VERY ROUGH FRO… |
| 2009-07-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DURING NEAR FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION, CAR EXPERIENCES NO INCREASED SPEED. CAR WILL INCREASE RPMS, BUT SEEMS LIKE IT I… |
| 2009-07-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | YESTERDAY I CHANGED LANES IN ORDER TO PASS. I STOMPED IT, AND ALTHOUGH THE RPMS SHOT UP, NOTHING HAPPENED -- NO POWER. … |
| 2009-07-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS EITHER WHEN UP SHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING, THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 HAVE BEEN… |
| 2009-07-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | IT IS A COMMON DRIVING ISSUE WITH MY MY2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32 EQUIPPED WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ACCE… |
| 2009-07-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | JERKING AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. SEEMS RANDOM, BUT NOT EASILY REPEATABLE. *TR |