The transmission would cause the vehicle to abruptly lunge forward when the gear was shifted from reverse to drive. i am the driver of the van and my head,neck, upper shoulders, upper/mid/lower back hurts. it started hurting because of abrupt jerking of my head and neck caused by the van when i shifted the gear from "r" to "d". this would also happen to my 2 small children (now 4 and 6 years of age) while they sit in the back. the head of the passengers in the van would also jerk and ...
Death & injury risk! volkswagen 2010 routan suddenly shuts off while driving on the highway at 65mph. this has happen more than a few times. today is the last straw as i was driving on the highway with my kids. i barely survive the incident. i have been taking the vehicle to vw service multiple times. i keep getting the runaround and they say the vehicle is fine as they cannot reproduce the issue. i guess my kids' lives are not important to vw. the van is bran new and only has 8k miles. vw said that they could ...
Death & injury risk! volkswagen 2010 routan suddenly shuts off while driving on the highway at 65mph. this has happen more than a few times. today is the last straw as i was driving on the highway with my kids. i barely survive the incident. i have not picked up the car from service since and i am trying to get vw to put in on another vehicle. i have read that other people have had these repairs done and they still are shutting off and squashing their kids. i have spoken to vw since i turn in my ...
Overall the worst problem with Volkswagen Routan relates to ELECTRICAL SYSTEM problems. Browse the categories below to learn about the specific Routan years that are prone to issues with these components.