Volkswagen Recall, Audi Recall: 16,000 Vehicles Impacted

Volkswagen announced a voluntary recall of 13,500 vehicles built between September 2008 and August 2009 to inspect gearboxes that may have a faulty temperature sensor. The faulty gearboxes may cause the transmission to register as running hot when nothing is wrong. In extreme cases the Volkswagen transmission may totally shut down, again in reaction to a false overheating warning.

Audi in the USA also issued a voluntary recall of 2,500 cars with similar transmission problems. Volkswagen is the parent company of Audi of America. The total number of Volkswagen and Audi vehicles under the voluntary recall is 16,000.

The Volkswagen recall applies to 2009 model year Jetta, Jetta SportsWagen, GTI and Eos vehicles. The Audi recall impacts 2009 model year MY A3, TT, and TT Roadster cars with S tronic transmissions, and a limited number of 2010 MY A3 vehicles.