NHTSA campaign 09V333000 · Volkswagen campaign 37E3/S7 & 37E5/J7
Audi and Volkswagen Recall 09V-333: DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 09V333000 (Volkswagen campaign 37E3/S7 & 37E5/J7) was reported by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC on August 20, 2009, with 16,000 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Audi A3, Volkswagen GTI, Volkswagen Jetta and more for model years 2009–2010. Owners were notified on October 20, 2009, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 09V333000 (also written 09V-333 or 09V333)
- Filed by
- VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
- Volkswagen campaign number
- 37E3/S7 & 37E5/J7
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 16,000 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Power Train — Automatic Transmission
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE09-035 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V333000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Audi
Audi A3
Audi TT
- 2009 · Vehicles built September 1, 2008 – August 19, 2009 (per NHTSA)
Volkswagen
Volkswagen Eos
- 2009 · Vehicles built September 1, 2008 – August 19, 2009 (per NHTSA)
Volkswagen GTI
Volkswagen Jetta
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V333000.
Defect description
VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2008 AND AUGUST 2009. THE WIRING HARNESS OF A TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX (DSG) MAY HAVE CONNECTOR WIRES THAT WERE INSUFFICIENTLY CRIMPED. WITH INSUFFICIENTLY CRIMPED CONNECTOR WIRES, A TEMPERATURE SENSOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FALSELY DETECT A HIGH GEARBOX OIL TEMPERATURE, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE SELECTOR LEVER POSITION INDICATOR WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL FLASH. IN ADDITION, THE "DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL" INDICATOR LIGHT WILL BE ILLUMINATED, ALERTING THE DRIVER TO APPLY THE BRAKES.
Safety consequence
THE ABRUPT SHIFT TO NEUTRAL COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
VOLKSWAGEN WILL REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH UPDATED SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
Notes
VW RECALL NO.37E3/S7 & AUDI RECALL NO. 37E5/J7.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V333000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.